Gold Standard
A high-integrity crediting standard for carbon and SDG impact, widely used for cookstove, energy and nature projects.
- Official website
- goldstandard.org (opens another site)
- Projects
- 18
Projects
- Bboxx DRC solar home systems (Gold Standard PoA) · Certification
- Bboxx Kenya solar home systems (Gold Standard PoA) · Certification
- Bboxx Rwanda solar home systems (Gold Standard PoA) · Certification
- Betulia Hydroelectric Project · Certifying standard
- Beyond Biomass Tanzania · Certification standard
- Beyond Biomass Uganda · Certification standard
- Brujula Verde · Certification and credit registry
- Chestnut Sustainable Restoration Project · Carbon credit registry/verification standard and biodiversity certification
- CIZO: Bboxx/EDF solar kits national electrification programme · Carbon-credit certification
- Cleaner, Safer Water in Cambodia · Standard and registry
- Mozambique Safe Water Project · Standard and registry
- ProjectTogo · Carbon certification standard
- Safe Water Systems for Rural Uganda · Standard and registry
- SEKEM Tree Project · Certifying standard
- Solar Lighting Project in Zambia · Standard and registry
- Solar Water Filtration Units for Rural Areas in Coastal Bangladesh · Standard and registry
- Uganda Gender Responsive Safe Water Project · Standard and registry
- Water is Life, Madagascar · Standard and registry
Documents it published
- Kikonda carbon tree plantation project: Grievance case · Independent evaluation, 3 January 2023 (closed)
- Kikonda Forest Reserve, Gold Standard registry entry (GS 2990) · Monitoring report, entry updated 12 May 2026; crediting period 1 October 2002 to 1 October 2050
- Efficient and Clean Cooking for households in Nigeria (VPA 61), Gold Standard registry entry (GS 11671) · Monitoring report, entry updated 16 September 2026; crediting period 13 December 2021 to 12 December 2026
- Central Mozambique Safe Water Programme (VPA 19), Gold Standard registry entry (GS 7639) · Monitoring report, entry updated 28 July 2026; crediting period 20 May 2020 to 19 May 2030
- Beyond Biomass, UpEnergy Electric Cooking (VPA 9, Tanzania), Gold Standard registry entry (GS 12082) · Monitoring report, entry updated 20 August 2026; crediting period 10 May 2023 to 9 May 2028
- Beyond Biomass, UpEnergy Electric Cooking (VPA 1, Uganda), Gold Standard registry entry (GS 11579) · Monitoring report, entry updated 7 September 2026; crediting period 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2028
Sources
- Page on its own siteGold Standard (opens another site)
- Page on its own sitepublic-api.goldstandard.org/projects?query=23254 (opens another site) on Brujula Verde
- Page on its own sitemarketplace.goldstandard.org/products/namene-climate-investment-vehicle-limited-solar-lighting-project-in-zambia (opens another site) on Solar Lighting Project in Zambia
- Page on its own siteregistry.goldstandard.org/projects/details/222 (opens another site) on Betulia Hydroelectric Project
- Page on its own sitegoldstandard.org/news/project-spotlight-betulia-clean-energy-for-honduras-without-damming-its-rivers (opens another site) on Betulia Hydroelectric Project
- Page on its own sitemarketplace.goldstandard.org/products/co2balance-uganda-gender-responsive-safe-water-project (opens another site) on Uganda Gender Responsive Safe Water Project
- Page on its own sitemarketplace.goldstandard.org/products/co2balance-mozambique-safe-water-project (opens another site) on Mozambique Safe Water Project
- Page on its own sitemarketplace.goldstandard.org/products/cleaner-safer-water-cambodia (opens another site) on Cleaner, Safer Water in Cambodia
- Page on its own sitemarketplace.goldstandard.org/products/scb-environmental-markets-sa-solar-water-filtration-units-for-rural-areas-in-coastal-bangladesh (opens another site) on Solar Water Filtration Units for Rural Areas in Coastal Bangladesh
- Page on its own sitemarketplace.goldstandard.org/products/madaprojects-srl-water-is-life-madagascar (opens another site) on Water is Life, Madagascar
- Page on its own sitemarketplace.goldstandard.org/products/tasc-safe-water-systems-for-rural-uganda (opens another site) on Safe Water Systems for Rural Uganda
- Named inPROJECT TOGO (opens another site) on ProjectTogo
More sources 17
- Named inCarbon Herald (opens another site) on Brujula Verde
- Named inqcintel.com (opens another site) on Brujula Verde
- Named inBrújula Verde Project, Colombia (opens another site) on Brujula Verde
- Named inBboxx (opens another site) on CIZO: Bboxx/EDF solar kits national electrification programme
- Named intogofirst.com (opens another site) on CIZO: Bboxx/EDF solar kits national electrification programme
- Named inEDF (Électricité de France) (opens another site) on CIZO: Bboxx/EDF solar kits national electrification programme
- Named inbboxx.com/countries/rwanda (opens another site) on Bboxx Rwanda solar home systems (Gold Standard PoA)
- Named inbboxx.com/press-releases/bboxx-launches-multi-million-dollar-pan-african-carbon-credit-programme-for-multiple-clean-technologies (opens another site) on Bboxx Rwanda solar home systems (Gold Standard PoA)
- Named insolarquarter.com (opens another site) on Bboxx Rwanda solar home systems (Gold Standard PoA)
- Named inbboxx.com/countries/kenya (opens another site) on Bboxx Kenya solar home systems (Gold Standard PoA)
- Named inbboxx.com/countries/drc-goma (opens another site) on Bboxx DRC solar home systems (Gold Standard PoA)
- Named insekem.com (opens another site) on SEKEM Tree Project
- Named inUpEnergy (opens another site) on Beyond Biomass Tanzania
- Named incarbonherald.com/upenergy-issues-africas-first-ever-electric-cooking-carbon-credits-under-gold-standards-new-metered-methodology (opens another site) on Beyond Biomass Tanzania
- Named inChestnut Carbon (opens another site) on Chestnut Sustainable Restoration Project
- Named inprnewswire.com (opens another site) on Chestnut Sustainable Restoration Project
- Named inaxios.com (opens another site) on Chestnut Sustainable Restoration Project