VPA 7 - GHG Emission Reduction through use of Bondhu Chula (Improved Cook Stoves) in Bangladesh
GS-744 ↗ · current registry ID: GS4372
#289of 1329 in Industrial#46of 121 in Bangladesh#472of 1801 in Gold Standard (GS)
Audit Analysis
A Gold Standard cookstove project in Bangladesh with verified additionality and a quantified 5% leakage deduction, but significant gaps in permanence treatment (reversal risk explicitly not addressed) and an inability to verify claimed emissions reductions against a pro-rata expectation. The project is in its final crediting years with no new installations, and dual CORSIA/CCP eligibility introduces moderate double-claiming risk.
Red Flags
- Reversal risk is explicitly 'not addressed' in the verification report despite stoves having a 7-year lifetime and the project operating since 2014 — a material permanence gap for a cookstove project
- No verified ERR figure is available in the extracted record, making it impossible to confirm the claimed 157,839 tCO₂e against a pro-rata expectation
- Both CORSIA eligibility and CCP eligibility are confirmed, creating a dual-channel double-claiming risk if credits are issued in both markets
- No new cookstoves were installed in the most recent monitoring period (MP#5), indicating the project is in a pure usage/decline phase with no additionality from new installations
Credit Vintages
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 4,137 | 4,137 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 7,292 | 7,292 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 3,421 | 3,421 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 3,309 | 606 | 2,703 | |
| 2019 | 3,204 | 0 | 3,204 | |
| 2020 | 524 | 0 | 524 | |
| Total | 31,887 | 25,456 | 6,431 |
Risk Indicators
VVB-confirmed combined test
Reversal risk not addressed
5% quantified deduction with justification
Project-specific baseline; no reassessment date found
FPIC conducted; grievance mechanism present
CORSIA-eligible and CCP-eligible simultaneously
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