The Breathing Space Improved Cooking Stoves Programme, India - VPA No. 10 Envirofit
GS-736 ↗ · current registry ID: GS4291
#568of 1329 in Industrial#582of 975 in India#885of 1801 in Gold Standard (GS)#100of 189 in AMS-II.G
Audit Analysis
A Gold Standard improved cookstove project with VVB-confirmed additionality and documented safeguards, but undermined by multiple cross-document contradictions (leakage rate, FNRB method, ERR figures), a 19-percentage-point gap between assumed and verified usage rates, and a verification finding that the PoA-DD template was tampered with. The project delivered roughly 83% of its claimed ERR for the monitored period, and the absence of FPIC and a buffer pool leaves residual integrity concerns.
Red Flags
- Verification report lists 'PoA-DD template tampered; section numbers inconsistent with GS template' as a corrective action, raising data-integrity concerns
- Leakage deduction is reported as 0.95% in the verification report but 5% in the monitoring report — a five-fold discrepancy that is not reconciled
- Usage rate assumed at 100% in the PDD but verified at only 81.2% in the monitoring report, indicating a ~19% over-estimation of stove utilisation
- FPIC was not conducted despite the project serving rural Indian communities
- FNRB method is stated as 'local field' in the verification report but 'national default' in the monitoring report, creating uncertainty about which emission factors underpin the credit calculation
Credit Vintages
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 12,636 | 12,384 | 252 | |
| 2016 | 35,098 | 35,098 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 37,037 | 37,037 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 37,355 | 37,347 | 8 | |
| 2019 | 34,782 | 34,599 | 183 | |
| 2020 | 12,896 | 12,887 | 9 | |
| Total | 169,804 | 169,352 | 452 |
Risk Indicators
VVB-confirmed combined test
mixed evidence / unresolved risk
Quantified but contradictory (0.95% vs 5%)
Project-specific, no reassessment date
Grievance & benefit-sharing present; FPIC not conducted
CORSIA and CCP status both not stated
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