VPA 35 - GHG Emission Reduction through use of Bondhu Chula (Improved Cook Stoves) in Bangladesh
GS-775 ↗ · current registry ID: GS4400
#944of 1329 in Industrial#108of 121 in Bangladesh#1372of 1801 in Gold Standard (GS)
Audit Analysis
The Bondhu Chula cookstove project in Bangladesh has a VVB-verified additionality assessment and a 5% leakage deduction, but suffers from significant data quality issues in monitoring (thousands of invalid phone numbers, name inconsistencies), an unaddressed permanence risk for finite-lifetime stoves, and a 13% overestimate in the assumed usage rate relative to verified values. The project-specific baseline and absence of a buffer pool further weaken the integrity profile.
Red Flags
- Usage rate assumed at 0.99 but verified at only 0.858 — a 13.3% overestimate that inflates claimed reductions
- Reversal events explicitly 'not addressed' in a cookstove project where stoves have finite lifetimes and can be replaced by conventional stoves
- Leakage justification recorded as 'not addressed' in the verification report despite a 5% deduction being applied
- Systematic data quality failures: 33,645 users with blank phone numbers, 6,259 with text entries like 'NO' or 'N/A', and name inconsistencies across 212 respondents between survey forms and installation database
Credit Vintages
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5,608 | 5,608 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 9,936 | 9,936 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 9,394 | 9,394 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 9,077 | 1,664 | 7,413 | |
| 2019 | 8,803 | 0 | 8,803 | |
| 2020 | 1,441 | 0 | 1,441 | |
| Total | 44,259 | 26,602 | 17,657 |
Risk Indicators
VVB-verified combined test
mixed evidence / unresolved risk
5% deduction but justification not documented
Project-specific, no reassessment date stated
FPIC, grievance mechanism, benefit sharing
CCP eligible, CORSIA not stated
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