Reunidas Ceramic Switching Non-Renewable Biomass Project

Audit Analysis

The Reunidas Ceramic project is a VCS-registered biomass energy-switching project in Brazil with VVB-confirmed additionality and a quantified 5% leakage deduction, but it is undermined by a project-specific baseline, the absence of FPIC, a new kiln installed after validation, and 19 corrective action requests that reveal significant data-quality and operational weaknesses. The verified ERR matches the claimed figure for the current monitoring period, yet multiple calculation inconsistencies and a reliance on invoices rather than direct measurement for biomass quantities raise over-crediting concerns.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠19 Corrective Action Requests raised during verification, spanning GHG calculation errors, methodology mis-citations, and SOCIALCARBON indicator corrections, indicating systemic data-quality problems
• ⚠Qrenbiomass (renewable biomass quantity) is monitored via receipts and invoices rather than direct measurement, weakening the MRV chain
• ⚠A new round kiln and new biomass burners were installed after validation, constituting a scope change that may not be fully reflected in the baseline
• ⚠FPIC was not conducted and the project does not appropriately contemplate stakeholder participation, per the verification report
• ⚠No structured environmental management system is implemented and kiln chimney emissions are not monitored

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