VPA 92 - GHG Emission Reduction through use of Bondhu Chula (Improved Cook Stoves) in Bangladesh

Audit Analysis

A Gold Standard improved cookstove VPA in Bangladesh with VVB-verified additionality and a quantified 5% leakage deduction, but weakened by the absence of a buffer pool, a project-specific baseline without a documented reassessment date, and a contradiction indicating FPIC was not conducted per the most recent verification report. Multiple documentation-level corrective actions and cross-document inconsistencies reduce confidence in the overall data reliability.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠FPIC status contradicts across documents: the 2024 verification report states FPIC was not conducted, while the 2023 validation report states it was; the more recent verification report is privileged, leaving a safeguards gap for a project serving rural households in Bangladesh
• ⚠Baseline is project-specific with no documented reassessment date, and the crediting period itself is inconsistent across documents (15 years in the 2024 monitoring report vs. 5 years in the 2022 validation report)
• ⚠The lifetime ex-ante ERR estimate is not available in the extracted record, preventing a full pro-rata over-crediting check

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