SMG Cookstove Program 22

Audit Analysis

The SMG Cookstove Program 22 is a VCS-registered cookstove project in India with confirmed additionality and a quantified 5% leakage deduction, but it carries notable integrity concerns stemming from six corrective action requests, a project-specific baseline with methodology-alignment issues, and a 100% verified usage rate. Multiple contradictions across documents—particularly in ERR figures, leakage percentage, and crediting period dates—reduce confidence in the data trail. The project is functional but sits in a mid-range quality band with room for improvement in baseline rigour and documentation consistency.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Six Corrective Action Requests and nine Clarification Requests were raised during verification, including an inaccurate emission reduction calculation (lag day not considered) and a baseline scenario not defined in line with the applied methodology (VMR0006 v1.2).
• ⚠The issuance document (July 2024) reports a total ERR of 735,313 tCO2e while the verification report (February 2025) reports 142,171 tCO2e for the 2023 monitoring period; the basis for the discrepancy is not explained in the extracted record.
• ⚠The verified usage rate is 1.0 (100%), which is at the upper bound and raises over-crediting risk if actual stove utilisation is lower.

Credit Vintages

No issuances recorded on the registry.