Zhengzhou Lvyuan Food Waste Treatment Project
#309of 1084 in China#375of 1339 in Verra (VCS)#4of 31 in ACM0022
Audit Analysis
The Zhengzhou Lvyuan food waste treatment project is a VCS-registered avoidance project with VVB-confirmed additionality and no inherent reversal risk, but it carries moderate data-quality concerns including a ten-fold ERR discrepancy between documents, nine material findings at validation, and several key monitoring parameters that remain unstated. The low extraction confidence across the document set further limits the reliability of the available evidence.
Red Flags
- Ten-fold discrepancy in total ERR between the validation report (300,909 tCO2e) and the financial document (30,090 tCO2e), likely a transcription error but indicating weak internal data controls
- Nine material findings at validation, including missing hazardous-waste risk description, outdated landfill statistics, and missing data sources for IRR benchmark and waste-lipid costs
- Four corrective actions still required at the time of the validation report, suggesting the project design document was not fully robust at validation
- Minimum extraction confidence rated low, meaning at least one key document was poorly readable and the full evidentiary picture may be incomplete
Credit Vintages
No issuances recorded on the registry.
Risk Indicators
VVB-confirmed combined test
Avoidance project, no reversal risk
0% deduction, quantified justification
Project-specific, modelled, no reassessment date
FPIC, grievance mechanism, benefit sharing documented
CCP and CORSIA status not stated
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