GS1729 Myanmar Stoves Campaign - Soneva in Myanmar - VPA No. 010

Audit Analysis

This Gold Standard cookstove project in Myanmar has a named VVB (SustainCERT) and a stated monitoring period, but is undermined by 13 material findings, 13 corrective actions, and nine cross-document contradictions. The verification report (2023) does not confirm additionality by the VVB, the baseline is project-specific with no reassessment date, no buffer pool is in place, and the assumed 100% usage rate diverges sharply from the 75.45% verified rate. The project's data reliability is further weakened by a large discrepancy in the ex-ante lifetime estimate (9,584 vs 47,922 tCO₂e) and a leakage deduction that is 0% in the verification report but 5% in the contemporaneous monitoring report.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Additionality was NOT verified by the VVB according to the 2023 verification report, contradicting the 2023 validation report which recorded it as verified
• ⚠13 material findings in the verification report, including corrections to baseline calculations, survey sample data, EFb values, and net-benefit computations
• ⚠13 corrective actions required, spanning ODA declaration, stakeholder consultation documentation, LSC timing, and emission-reduction transfer agreements
• ⚠Ex-ante lifetime estimate differs by a factor of five between the PDD (47,922 tCO₂e) and the 2020 monitoring report (9,584 tCO₂e)
• ⚠Leakage deduction is 0% in the verification report but 5% in the monitoring report dated 15 days earlier

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