Yangxiang AWMS GHG Mitigation Project In Anhui Province

Audit Analysis

A VCS animal-waste methane project across six swine farms in Anhui, China, with additionality confirmed by the VVB via an investment test and quantified leakage deductions. However, the verification report flagged ten material findings—including a baseline calculation that did not account for regulatory methane-capture requirements—and eight corrective actions remain open. The project delivered roughly 39% of the pro-rata lifetime expectation from the PDD, and several key governance fields (FPIC, CORSIA eligibility, buffer pool) are absent from the extracted record.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Material finding: baseline emission calculation did not consider methane capture/combustion requirements per regulations, potentially overstating the baseline and thus the credits
• ⚠PDD (2022) states a lifetime ERR of 228,720 tCO2e while the validation report (2024) records 13,330 tCO2e for the monitoring period; the project delivered only ~39% of the pro-rata PDD expectation for the elapsed 1.5-year window
• ⚠Eight corrective actions remain open, including updating the joint PD and MR to the latest VCS 4.2 template and completing empty monitoring tables
• ⚠Low extraction confidence in the document analysis, meaning at least one key document was poorly readable and some facts may be incomplete

Credit Vintages

No issuances recorded on the registry.