Kitambar Switching Fuel Project
#142of 211 in Brazil#1042of 1339 in Verra (VCS)#49of 60 in AMS-I.E
Audit Analysis
The Kitambar Switching Fuel Project is a long-running VCS energy-switching project in Brazil with confirmed additionality and a standardized methodology, but it carries a substantial history of data discrepancies, a VVB rotation violation, and a weak leakage justification. The 2024 verification report confirms 50,763 tCO₂e for the 2020–2022 period, yet earlier monitoring reports claimed materially different figures, and numerous corrective actions related to biomass quantities, production data, and worker conditions remain in the record. Overall, the project's credit claims are supported by a recognized methodology but are undermined by recurring data-quality issues and incomplete safeguards documentation.
Red Flags
- VVB rotation violation: the same verification body (ESPL) performed both the first and second verification, breaching VCS Standard v4.5 Section 4.1.27(1) as noted in the material findings.
- The 2021 monitoring report claimed 75,805 tCO₂e while the 2024 verification report verified only 50,763 tCO₂e for the 2020–2022 period, indicating a significant gap between project claims and independently verified results in at least one reporting cycle.
- Leakage deduction of 0% is justified solely as 'deemed negligible' in the 2024 verification report, with no quantified analysis, which is a weak basis for a fuel-switching project where displaced non-renewable fuel could be redirected.
- Extensive worker-safety and social-compliance gaps documented in material findings: no PPE compliance, no formal worker-satisfaction procedure, no waste-tracking registers, no gas/particulate emission control system, and high employee turnover with no records.
- FPIC status is contradictory across documents: the 2016 verification report states it was not conducted, while the 2018 monitoring report states it was, leaving the true status unresolved.
Credit Vintages
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 40,627 | 40,627 | 0 | |
| 2008 | 43,325 | 43,325 | 0 | |
| 2009 | 40,789 | 40,789 | 0 | |
| 2010 | 47,039 | 47,039 | 0 | |
| 2011 | 47,025 | 45,488 | 1,537 | |
| 2012 | 47,251 | 47,251 | 0 | |
| 2013 | 47,022 | 47,022 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 51,458 | 51,458 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 50,131 | 50,131 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 46,955 | 46,955 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 25,250 | 25,250 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 21,307 | 21,207 | 100 | |
| 2019 | 20,189 | 20,189 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 9,558 | 5,866 | 3,692 | |
| 2021 | 1,050 | 1,050 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 686 | 686 | 0 | |
| Total | 539,662 | 534,333 | 5,329 |
Risk Indicators
VVB-confirmed barrier test
mixed evidence / unresolved risk
0% deduction, 'deemed negligible' only
Project-specific, last reassessed 2018
Grievance present, FPIC contradictory, worker gaps
CORSIA excluded, CCP status not stated
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