GS5658 VPA 26: Promoting energy efficiency & clean cooking in Pemba
GS-2764 ↗ · current registry ID: GS10807
#976of 1329 in Industrial#27of 51 in Mozambique#1403of 1801 in Gold Standard (GS)
Audit Analysis
This Gold Standard cookstove project in Pemba, Mozambique has a VVB-verified additionality assessment and a quantified 12% leakage deduction, but is undermined by an extensive list of corrective actions and clarifications spanning emission-factor inconsistencies, GWP errors, usage-rate justification gaps, and multiple cross-document contradictions. The project-specific baseline lacks a stated reassessment date, and the ERR figures conflict across the verification and monitoring reports, reducing confidence in the claimed reductions.
Red Flags
- The verification report (Dec 2025) lists over 30 corrective actions and clarifications, including inconsistent emission factors (29.988 vs 27.554), incorrect GWPs for post-2021 vintages, and leakage assessment requirements not fully met
- Total ERR figures are contradictory: the monitoring report claims 28,610 tCO2e while the verification report records 8,371 tCO2e for the same period, and a separate 20,000 tCO2e figure (apparent cap for two VPAs) appears in the same verification report
- The PDD (2020) states a 0% leakage deduction and 'deemed negligible' justification, while the 2025 verification report records a 12% quantified deduction — the earlier design assumption was not updated
- Usage rate assumed in the PDD is 0.8, but the monitoring report and verification report use 0.9 without a clear documented justification for the increase
- CORSIA eligibility and CCP status are not stated in any available document, leaving dual-channel risk unassessed
Credit Vintages
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 912 | 912 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 4,111 | 4,111 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 5,451 | 4,280 | 1,171 | |
| 2023 | 9,486 | 602 | 8,884 | |
| 2024 | 5,781 | 5,781 | 0 | |
| Total | 25,741 | 15,686 | 10,055 |
Risk Indicators
VVB-verified (2025) but test type unstated; 2023 report recorded unverified
Cookstove project — no carbon-stock reversal risk
12% quantified deduction with household-level justification
Project-specific baseline; no reassessment date stated in available documents
FPIC and grievance mechanism confirmed (2025); PDD originally lacked grievance mechanism; benefit sharing described
CORSIA eligibility and CCP status not stated in any available document
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