TerraClear Ceramic Water Purifier Project in Lao PDR
GS-323 ↗ · current registry ID: GS2095
#1088of 1329 in Industrial#1536of 1801 in Gold Standard (GS)
Audit Analysis
The TerraClear Ceramic Water Purifier project in Lao PDR has a verified additionality assessment and no reversal events, but is undermined by an extensive list of corrective actions, an expired environmental compliance certificate (since 2013), a significant gap between assumed (100%) and verified (76%) usage rates, and a 42% discrepancy between claimed and verified emission reductions. The project-specific baseline and absence of a stated buffer pool further weaken the integrity profile. Documentation, while voluminous (28 documents), is of poor quality with numerous data errors and unresolved findings.
Red Flags
- Environmental Compliance Certificate expired since December 2013 with renewal process unclear due to regulatory changes (verification report, 2025)
- Usage rate assumed at 100% in the PDD but verified at only 76.19% in the 2023 verification report — a 24-percentage-point over-claim
- Claimed emission reductions of 149,706 tCO2e (verification report, 2025) exceed the VVB-verified figure of 105,000 tCO2e by approximately 42%
- FPIC contradiction: the PDD (2020) states FPIC was conducted, but the 2023 verification report records it as not conducted
- Workers employed more than three months without contracts found during site visit; some using personal masks instead of company-provided PPE
Credit Vintages
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 343 | 343 | 0 | |
| 2013 | 3,947 | 3,947 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 8,380 | 8,380 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 16,071 | 16,071 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 26,974 | 26,939 | 35 | |
| 2017 | 39,904 | 34,311 | 5,593 | |
| 2018 | 50,877 | 50,877 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 72,881 | 67,230 | 5,651 | |
| 2020 | 60,000 | 20,321 | 39,679 | |
| 2021 | 60,000 | 45,305 | 14,695 | |
| 2022 | 60,000 | 0 | 60,000 | |
| 2023 | 60,000 | 0 | 60,000 | |
| 2024 | 60,000 | 0 | 60,000 | |
| 2025 | 15,000 | 0 | 15,000 | |
| Total | 534,377 | 273,724 | 260,653 |
Risk Indicators
VVB-confirmed barrier test
mixed evidence / unresolved risk
5% quantified deduction applied
Project-specific baseline, reassessed 2021
Grievance mechanism present; FPIC not conducted per VVB; compliance certificate expired
CORSIA and CCP status not stated in available documents
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