Safe Water Programme – Kenya – VPA 46
GS-3325 ↗ · current registry ID: GS11304
#478of 1329 in Industrial#55of 157 in Kenya#759of 1801 in Gold Standard (GS)
Audit Analysis
The Safe Water Programme in Kenya is a Gold Standard energy-efficiency project with VVB-confirmed additionality and conservative verified emissions reductions exceeding the claimed figure. However, the project carries multiple material findings with corrective actions, a project-specific baseline, no stated buffer pool, and seven inter-document contradictions that collectively undermine confidence in the robustness of the credit claims.
Red Flags
- Four material findings (CAR#01, CAR#02, FAR#01, CL#01) with two corrective actions still required, including concerns about monitoring continuity and potential systemic bias in chlorine tablet usage
- Reversal events explicitly marked as 'not addressed' in the verification record
- Seven contradictions across documents, including inconsistent FNRB values (93.51 vs 0.9351), conflicting additionality test types (investment vs combined), and divergent usage-rate figures (0.965 vs 93.17)
- Leakage deduction of 0% justified only as 'deemed negligible' with no quantified analysis, and one monitoring report (March 2023) did not address leakage at all
Credit Vintages
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 20,753 | 20,753 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 18,853 | 0 | 18,853 | |
| 2023 | 18,850 | 0 | 18,850 | |
| 2024 | 22,355 | 0 | 22,355 | |
| Total | 80,811 | 20,753 | 60,058 |
Risk Indicators
VVB-confirmed investment test
reversal not addressed
0% deduction, 'deemed negligible' only
Project-specific; no reassessment date
FPIC, grievance, benefit-sharing documented
CORSIA and CCP status not stated
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