MIVO Energie - Enabling LPG access for cooking in Togo

Audit Analysis

The MIVO Energie LPG cooking project in Togo has a VVB-confirmed additionality assessment and a consistent verified-to-claimed ERR ratio, but is significantly under-delivering (approximately 51% of the pro-rata ex-ante expectation) due to stove distribution falling well short of projections. The MRV system exhibits serious data-quality weaknesses including traceability failures, duplicate records, and a post-certification correction to the charcoal emission factor. Extensive corrective actions remain open, and the project-specific baseline combined with the absence of a stated buffer pool leaves permanence and baseline robustness as ongoing concerns.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Stove distribution (15,541 units) is only 34% of the initially projected 45,500, driving verified ERR to roughly 51% of the pro-rata ex-ante expectation for the elapsed monitoring period.
• ⚠Non-traceable LPG units were included in emission reduction calculations, violating double-counting prevention requirements (CAR #5 in the verification report).
• ⚠The charcoal emission factor in the ER calculation sheet was corrected only after certification, indicating a post-hoc adjustment to a baseline parameter.
• ⚠FPIC status is contradictory: the PDD (2023) records FPIC as conducted, while the verification report (2026) records it as not conducted.
• ⚠No buffer pool percentage or permanence mechanism is stated in any available document, leaving reversal risk unaddressed for a 5-year crediting period.

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