Shunfeng Erhai Composting project in Yousuo

Audit Analysis

The Shunfeng Erhai Composting project is a VCS-registered AMS-III.F/III.D project in China with a VVB-confirmed investment additionality test and a measured project-specific baseline. However, the project carries a 0% leakage deduction justified only as 'deemed negligible,' eight material findings (all closed) during verification, and several cross-document contradictions that reduce confidence in data consistency. The verified ERR of 59,514 tCO₂e for the ~2.5-year monitoring period represents roughly 41% of the pro-rata lifetime expectation, indicating conservative delivery but also raising questions about the original baseline assumptions.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Leakage deduction of 0% justified solely as 'deemed negligible' with no quantified analysis, despite composting projects carrying inherent risk of compost reverting to open dumping if unsold
• ⚠Five cross-document contradictions identified (FPIC status, baseline type, grid emission factor, ERR magnitude, benefit sharing), indicating inconsistent record-keeping across the project lifecycle
• ⚠Benefit sharing is described in the PDD but explicitly absent from the verification report, and the VVB raised a finding that the project proponent's legal agreements with nine farm owners for manure collection rights were not clarified
• ⚠Monitoring plan contained multiple deficiencies flagged in Finding 3 of the verification report, including incorrect monitoring options for NCV and EFCO2, missing sampling procedures, and absent recording frequencies

Credit Vintages

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