GS5047 VPA8 African Improved Cookstoves and Clean Water Programme: Virunga Mountain Gorilla Cookstove Project Musanze II
GS-1033 ↗ · current registry ID: GS5892
#383of 1329 in Industrial#28of 139 in Rwanda#605of 1801 in Gold Standard (GS)
Audit Analysis
A Gold Standard cookstove project in Rwanda with a combined additionality test, FPIC, and grievance mechanism in place, but significant gaps in permanence protection (no buffer pool, reversals not addressed) and a project-specific baseline. The 2024 verification report flags that actual SDG 13 reductions fell below estimates due to lower usage rates, and two corrective actions were required for cookstove tracking data. Low extraction confidence and multiple inter-document contradictions reduce overall reliability.
Red Flags
- No buffer pool percentage stated and reversal events explicitly 'not addressed' in available documents, leaving no financial or methodological protection against cookstove abandonment or breakdown
- Material finding in the 2024 verification report: actual SDG 13 emission reductions are 'considerably below estimated values due to lower usage rate and KPT results'
- Min extraction confidence rated 'low', indicating at least one key document was poorly readable, undermining confidence in the extracted data
- Nine contradictions identified across documents, including conflicting statements on FPIC, safeguards, grievance mechanism, and usage monitoring method
Credit Vintages
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 4,190 | 4,190 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 6,249 | 6,210 | 39 | |
| 2021 | 5,716 | 5,603 | 113 | |
| 2022 | 4,384 | 4,297 | 87 | |
| 2023 | 7,349 | 7,253 | 96 | |
| 2024 | 5,693 | 5,693 | 0 | |
| Total | 33,581 | 33,246 | 335 |
Risk Indicators
Combined test applied but VVB confirmation not explicitly stated in extracted record
reversals not addressed; cookstove abandonment risk unmitigated
0% deduction with 'quantified' justification per 2024 VR; earlier report said not addressed
Project-specific baseline; no reassessment date found in available documents
FPIC conducted, grievance mechanism present, benefit sharing described (per 2022/2024 VRs)
CORSIA eligibility not stated; CCP status not mentioned; dual-channel risk not excluded
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