Jiangxi Xinsheng Swine Farm Manure Management System GHG Mitigation Project

Audit Analysis

A registered VCS biogas project (ACM0010) on a Chinese swine farm with VVB-confirmed additionality, but the validation report surfaced 14 material findings including a weakly justified zero-leakage claim, a questionable 2006 financial benchmark applied to a 2021 project, and inconsistent parameter values. All corrective actions were closed and no forwarded action was raised, yet the cumulative documentation weaknesses and the absence of any monitoring-period data limit confidence in the 215,250-tonne lifetime claim.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Zero leakage deduction is explicitly flagged in the validation report as lacking justification for anaerobic digester emissions, yet no quantified deduction was applied.
• ⚠The financial benchmark used for the additionality investment test derives from a 2006 document applied to a 2021 project, and the static investment calculation for baseline anaerobic lagoons was missing at validation.
• ⚠The MCFj parameter is inconsistent between the PDD and validation report (76% vs 71%), raising questions about the accuracy of the methane conversion factor used in the ERR calculation.
• ⚠Low extraction confidence across the document set means key parameters (buffer pool, monitoring period, usage rates, FPIC) could not be confirmed from available records.

Credit Vintages

No issuances recorded on the registry.