GS7591 VPA 30 Central Mozambique Safe Water Programme

Audit Analysis

This Gold Standard safe water and cookstove project in Mozambique has confirmed additionality and no reversal events, but is undermined by a 30,370 tCO2e over-issuance of VERs, a double-counted borehole across two VPAs, a 0% leakage deduction with only a vague 'quantified' justification, and the absence of any buffer pool. The volume of material findings (17) and corrective actions (11) signals significant MRV and documentation weaknesses that erode confidence in the claimed reductions.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Over-issued VERs of 30,370 tCO2e identified in the verification report due to incorrect calculation of borehole operating days; correction required before final issuance
• ⚠Double counting of one borehole between VPAs GS7649 and GS7650, indicating cross-VPA data integrity failure
• ⚠0% leakage deduction justified only as 'quantified' with no quantified figure or methodology detail in the extracted record
• ⚠17 material findings and 11 corrective actions logged in the verification report, including inconsistencies in SDG values, borehole counts, and water quality pass/fail percentages

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