GS7591 VPA 61 Improved Cookstove Distribution in Kayonza, Bugesera and Nyamasheke Districts of Rwanda (GS12618)
GS-4463 ↗ · current registry ID: GS12618
#459of 1329 in Industrial#31of 139 in Rwanda#719of 1801 in Gold Standard (GS)
Audit Analysis
A Gold Standard improved cookstove distribution project in Rwanda with VVB-confirmed additionality and no reported reversal events, but significant gaps in leakage treatment and permanence safeguards. The absence of stated leakage deductions and buffer pool arrangements for a cookstove project—where user reversion to firewood is a well-known risk—limits confidence in the integrity of the claimed reductions. Transparency is further weakened by the lack of reported ERR figures in the available documents.
Red Flags
- No leakage deduction or justification stated in any available document, despite cookstove reversion to firewood being a well-documented risk in this project type
- Both total ERR claimed and total ERR verified are absent from the extracted record, preventing any over- or under-delivery assessment
- Multiple contradictions across validation reports (additionality status, benefit sharing, crediting period) suggest documentation inconsistencies that were not fully resolved
Credit Vintages
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 106 | 104 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 5,754 | 0 | 5,754 | |
| Total | 5,860 | 104 | 5,756 |
Risk Indicators
VVB-confirmed combined test
no reversals reported
No deduction or justification found in record
Project-specific baseline, reassessed 2024
FPIC, grievance mechanism, benefit sharing documented
CCP and CORSIA status both undetermined
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