Recipe for Change Grouped Project

Audit Analysis

The Recipe for Change Grouped Project (Wonderbag heat-retention devices in South Africa) has confirmed additionality and quantified leakage, but is severely undermined by a fundamental methodology applicability question, a 31,622 tCO2e over-issuance due to duplicate serial numbers, repeated non-compliance with Forward Action Requests, and documentation that Verra explicitly found below satisfactory quality standards. The verified ERR for the 2023–2025 monitoring period (434,924 tCO2e) vastly exceeds the pro-rata ex-ante expectation, raising serious over-crediting concerns.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Over-issuance of 31,622 tCO2e identified due to 14,356 duplicate serial numbers in the Wonderbag database (verification report, 2026)
• ⚠Methodology applicability fundamentally questioned: VVB noted Wonderbag is a heat-retention device, not a standard cookstove, casting doubt on AMS-II.C/II.G applicability
• ⚠Verified ERR of 434,924 tCO2e is approximately 935% of the pro-rata ex-ante expectation (~46,500 tCO2e) for the elapsed monitoring period, indicating severe over-crediting risk
• ⚠Multiple Forward Action Requests from prior verifications (2023 and 2024) remain unaddressed; Verra granted additional time and imposed a contingency requiring a revised methodology (e.g., VM0050) for future instances
• ⚠Project documentation explicitly found to not meet satisfactory quality standards and to not comply with VCS Program rules (verification report, 2026)

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