Gold Standard was established in 2003 by WWF and other international NGOs as a best practice standard to ensure projects that reduced carbon emissions featured the highest levels of environmental integrity and contributed to sustainable development. All Gold Standard-certified projects and programmes accelerate progress toward the Net-Zero ambition of the Paris Climate Agreement while catalysing impact toward the broader Sustainable Development Goals.
Our standard, Gold Standard for the Global Goals, allows climate and development initiatives to quantify, certify and maximise their impacts toward climate security and sustainable development. Certification against the standard provides the confidence that these results are measured and verified, enabling credible impact reporting.
ISEAL Code Compliant and backed by a broad NGO Supporter Network, Gold Standard has 3500+ projects underway in over 100 countries, creating billions of dollars in shared value from climate and development action worldwide.
You can read more about our mission and values on our website.
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