TASC Clean Cooking PoA - VPA 6 (Zambia)

Audit Analysis

A Gold Standard clean-cooking project in Zambia with VVB-confirmed additionality and no material findings, but hampered by a project-specific baseline, a 0% leakage deduction with contradictory justifications across documents, and nine data inconsistencies flagged by the verifier. The VVB conservatively verified a lower ERR than the monitoring report claimed, which is reassuring, yet the sheer number of contradictions and corrective actions undermines confidence in the underlying data quality.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Nine contradictions between the verification report and monitoring report on key parameters (leakage justification, FNRB method, usage rate, ERR figures, crediting period), indicating inconsistent record-keeping
• ⚠0% leakage deduction justified as 'quantified' in the verification report but 'deemed negligible' in the monitoring report — the basis for the zero deduction is unclear
• ⚠Project-specific baseline with no stated reassessment date; the PDD is from 2020 and the baseline has not been independently re-validated
• ⚠CORSIA eligibility and CCP status are not stated in any available document, leaving dual-channel risk unassessed

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