MultiAntioquia

Audit Analysis

MultiAntioquia is a 2,764-hectare multi-species plantation project in Colombia's Andean and Atlantic zones, verified by ICONTEC under the CerCarbono standard. Additionality is VVB-confirmed and a 15% buffer pool addresses permanence, but the project-specific baseline, a 0% leakage deduction across four departments, and several unresolved data contradictions (unit errors in ERR figures, conflicting baseline and reversal-event descriptions) limit confidence in the integrity and transparency of the claims.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠0% leakage deduction justified only as 'deemed negligible' for a 2,764 ha project spanning four departments (Antioquia, Córdoba, Caldas, Sucre) with no quantified boundary analysis
• ⚠Contradiction in reversal-event reporting: the verification report (2023-05-05) states non-permanence is 'not addressed' while an earlier version (2023-03-17) reports 'none reported' — the later, more conservative reading is privileged
• ⚠Unit/formatting error in the claimed ERR figure (43.356 vs 43,356 tCO2e) within the same verification report, indicating data-quality weaknesses in the reporting chain
• ⚠Baseline method is project-specific rather than jurisdictional, and the baseline has not been reassessed since project inception (2011), with no reassessment date recorded
• ⚠FPIC was not conducted and no grievance mechanism is documented, despite the project involving smallholder landowners across four departments

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