Gold Standard seeks to accelerate progress toward the Paris Agreement and Sustainable Development Goals through robust standards and verified impacts. We do so by:
Raising Ambition
We advocate for ambitious strategies for governments, companies and investors aligned with global Net Zero and the Sustainable Development Goals.
Developing the Tools to Assure Impact
Our standard allows projects, funds, and other impact investments to manage, measure and maximise their impact toward climate mitigation, adaptation, and across the Sustainable Development Goals. Gold Standard for the Global Goals and its wide range of methodologies are independently recognised as the highest integrity for activities as varied as clean cooking, safe water access, nature based solutions, renewable energy, and energy efficiency
Supporting Users of our Standard Through Capacity Development
We appreciate that following leading practices can require resources, user-friendly tools, guidance and training. This is why we are increasingly investing in capacity development efforts that help ensure equitable access to carbon markets and impact finance.
Operating with Excellence
Gold Standard is backed by a broad NGO network and the only climate-focused standard to reach ISEAL code compliance for good governance of standard setting, assurance and oversight. We are committed to continuously improve our standard and how we support our stakeholders.
Details of the work that we do to support these objectives is available on our website:
- For project developers
- For companies
- For investors
- For governments
- For individuals
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