GS5658 VPA 5: Resilience with Safe drinking water in Somali Regional State (Ethiopia)
GS-1511 ↗ · current registry ID: GS6750
#844of 1329 in Industrial#20of 36 in Ethiopia#1244of 1801 in Gold Standard (GS)
Audit Analysis
A Gold Standard safe drinking water project in Ethiopia's Somali Regional State that displaces firewood/charcoal for cooking, verified by SustainCERT. The project shows broadly consistent emission figures (110% of pro-rata expectation) but suffers from significant gaps in additionality documentation, permanence mechanisms, and safeguards, compounded by 12 material findings and 12 corrective actions identified during verification.
Red Flags
- No additionality test type or VVB confirmation of additionality found in the extracted record
- No buffer pool or permanence mechanism stated; no reversal events data available
- FPIC explicitly not conducted (stakeholder consultation document exists but FPIC is marked as not done)
- 12 material findings and 12 corrective actions identified in the verification report, including altered MR template, inconsistent SDG values, and flow rate specification errors
- Crediting period discrepancy: PDD (2020) states 2016–2036 (20 years) while the monitoring report (2024) states 2020–2025 (5 years)
Credit Vintages
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 4,002 | 2,705 | 1,297 | |
| 2021 | 8,241 | 8,220 | 21 | |
| 2022 | 4,174 | 4,174 | 0 | |
| Total | 16,417 | 15,099 | 1,318 |
Risk Indicators
No additionality test type or VVB confirmation found in extracted record
no reversal data available
0% deduction with thin 'quantified' justification; contradicted by 'deemed negligible' in MR
Project-specific baseline; no reassessment date; not yet due under GS rules but not jurisdictional
Safeguards confirmed in VR but not in MR; FPIC not conducted; grievance mechanism present per MR
CORSIA and CCP status not stated; dual-channel risk cannot be excluded
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