GS5047 VPA49 African Improved Cookstoves and Clean Water Programme: Gishwati – Mukura Forest Conservation Project III
GS-2731 ↗ · current registry ID: GS10742
#1152of 1329 in Industrial#114of 139 in Rwanda#1606of 1801 in Gold Standard (GS)
Audit Analysis
This Gold Standard cookstove project in Rwanda has a combined additionality test and a locally measured fNRB, but is undermined by eight inter-document contradictions, over 30 corrective actions required by the VVB, and critical gaps in permanence, verified emissions, and safeguards documentation. The 16-fold discrepancy in claimed ERR figures between documents is a serious reliability concern that cannot be resolved from the available record.
Red Flags
- Claimed ERR of 92,558 in the monitoring report contradicts a figure of 5,850 from an unidentified source — a 16-fold discrepancy with no ex-ante lifetime figure available to adjudicate
- Over 30 corrective actions were required by SustainCERT before verification could be completed, including errors in fNRB values, usage rate calculations, sampling design, and vintage break calculations
- No buffer pool percentage, no reversal event data, and no permanence claim period are stated in any available document, leaving permanence risk entirely unaddressed
- Leakage treatment is contradictory: the verification report states it was 'quantified' while the monitoring report describes it as 'deemed negligible', with a 0% deduction in both cases
- FPIC status is not confirmed in any document, and the grievance mechanism is affirmed in the verification report but absent from the PDD
Credit Vintages
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 651 | 651 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 9,771 | 9,657 | 114 | |
| 2023 | 9,891 | 1,348 | 8,543 | |
| 2024 | 10,000 | 0 | 10,000 | |
| Total | 30,313 | 11,656 | 18,657 |
Risk Indicators
Combined test applied but VVB confirmation not explicitly stated
mixed evidence / unresolved risk
0% deduction with contradictory justifications across documents
Project-specific baseline, no reassessment date recorded
Mentioned in VR but contradicted by MR; FPIC unconfirmed
CORSIA and CCP status both unstated
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