VCC Benin Water Purifier Project
GS-3831 ↗ · current registry ID: GS11968
#39of 1329 in Industrial#2of 7 in Benin#112of 1801 in Gold Standard (GS)
Audit Analysis
The VCC Benin Water Purifier Project is a Gold Standard domestic water-efficiency project with VVB-confirmed additionality, a quantified 5% leakage deduction, and conservative verified emissions reductions (68% of pro-rata expectation). However, multiple data contradictions across documents, a project-specific baseline, absence of a stated buffer pool, and 18 outstanding corrective actions temper confidence in the overall data quality and long-term integrity.
Red Flags
- Eight contradictions across documents (leakage, ERR figures, FNRB, usage rate, benefit sharing) indicate inconsistent reporting between validation and verification cycles
- 18 corrective actions remain open, including missing government Letter of No Objection and inconsistent usage-rate figures between the monitoring report and its own summary table
- Benefit-sharing description is contradicted: the 2023 verification report confirms it while the more recent 2024 validation report states it is absent
Credit Vintages
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 153,650 | 0 | 153,650 | |
| 2023 | 294,908 | 0 | 294,908 | |
| 2024 | 52,345 | 0 | 52,345 | |
| Total | 500,903 | 0 | 500,903 |
Risk Indicators
Combined test, VVB-confirmed
mixed evidence / unresolved risk
5% quantified deduction
Project-specific, reassessment date not stated
FPIC, grievance mechanism, safeguards documented
CORSIA excluded; CCP status not stated
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