GS5047 VPA59 African Improved Cookstoves and Clean Water Programme: Ibanda – Makera Forest Cook Stove Project IV
GS-2949 ↗ · current registry ID: GS10990
#975of 1329 in Industrial#88of 139 in Rwanda#1402of 1801 in Gold Standard (GS)
Audit Analysis
This Gold Standard cookstove project in Rwanda has a verified additionality assessment and a named VVB (SustainCERT), but is significantly undermined by 12 corrective actions, two material findings (including a verification delay and missing 2022 surveys), six cross-document contradictions, and the absence of a stated buffer pool. The fNRB discrepancy between the verification report (0.77) and the monitoring report (0.98) raises material over-crediting risk that has not been resolved.
Red Flags
- Twelve corrective actions required in the verification report, including calculation errors, missing installation dates, unaccounted stove downtime, and missing GPS-verified installation photos
- fNRB value contradicts between the verification report (0.77) and the monitoring report (0.98) — a 0.21 gap that materially affects ER calculations
- Material finding: verification for the 2020-2021 period was never submitted to SustainCERT due to delays, creating a gap in the verification chain
- Material finding: 2022 surveys had not been carried out at the time of the verification report (November 2023)
Credit Vintages
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1,869 | 1,861 | 8 | |
| 2022 | 8,689 | 8,516 | 173 | |
| 2023 | 738 | 724 | 14 | |
| Total | 11,296 | 11,101 | 195 |
Risk Indicators
Combined test verified by SustainCERT
reversal risk unaddressed
0% deduction, deemed negligible; contradiction with MR
Project-specific; fNRB contradicts across documents
Present per VR but contradicted by MR and PDD
CORSIA and CCP status not stated
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