GS5047 VPA50 African Improved Cookstoves and Clean Water Programme: Ibanda – Makera Forest Cook Stove Project I

Audit Analysis

This Gold Standard cookstove project in Rwanda has VVB-confirmed additionality and consistent usage rates, but is undermined by twelve corrective actions, a significant fNRB discrepancy between documents (0.77 vs 0.98), unresolved leakage treatment contradictions, and material findings indicating verification delays and incomplete surveys. The project's claims are not yet robustly supported by the monitoring evidence.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Twelve corrective actions required by SustainCERT, including errors in installation dates, crediting period alignment, usage rate transfer errors, and undefined baseline parameters (Nb,y and Pb,y)
• ⚠fNRB value contradicts between the verification report (0.77) and the monitoring report (0.98) — a 27% swing that directly inflates emission reductions
• ⚠Material finding: verification for the 2020–2021 period was never submitted to SustainCERT due to delays, and 2022 surveys had not been carried out at the time of reporting
• ⚠Leakage treatment is inconsistent: the verification report deems leakage negligible (0% deduction) while the monitoring report references a quantified approach

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