Gold Standard
A high-integrity crediting standard for carbon and SDG impact, widely used for cookstove, energy and nature projects.
The registry entries in brief
- Registry entries
- 947
These counts are of registry entries.
By country
- Argentina1
- Aruba1
- Azerbaijan1
- Bangladesh8
- Benin3
- Bolivia3
- Brazil19
- Burkina Faso5
- Burundi2
- Cambodia5
- Cameroon4
- Chad1
- Chile4
- China121
- Colombia3
- Costa Rica2
- Côte d'Ivoire2
- Dominican Republic3
- DR Congo4
- Egypt4
- Eritrea3
- Ethiopia10
- Gambia1
- Ghana7
- Guatemala4
- Guinea2
- Haiti2
- Honduras9
- India245
- Indonesia12
- International5
- Iraq1
- Kazakhstan2
- Kenya49
- Laos9
- Lesotho1
- Madagascar6
- Malawi12
- Mali5
- Mauritius1
- Mexico3
- Mongolia5
- Morocco3
- Mozambique9
- Myanmar1
- Namibia1
- Nepal21
- Nicaragua4
- Nigeria9
- Pakistan8
- Panama4
- Peru3
- Philippines3
- Republic of Congo1
- Rwanda14
- Senegal6
- Sierra Leone1
- Somalia1
- South Africa19
- Sri Lanka5
- Sudan2
- Taiwan6
- Tanzania8
- Thailand23
- Timor-Leste2
- Togo6
- Türkiye182
- Uganda28
- Vietnam35
- Zambia6
- Zimbabwe3
By type
- Afforestation/Reforestation15
- Biodigesters59
- Biomass23
- Bundled Energy Efficiency5
- Clean Water16
- Community Boreholes6
- Composting8
- Cookstoves127
- Energy Efficiency1
- Fuel Switching1
- Geothermal8
- Hydropower53
- Improved Irrigation Management1
- Landfill Methane37
- Lighting1
- Manure Methane Digester23
- Mass Transit2
- Methane Recovery in Wastewater24
- Programme of activities131
- RE Bundled3
- Rice Emission Reductions2
- Shipping3
- Solar - Centralized95
- Solar - Distributed6
- Solar Lighting4
- Sustainable Agriculture1
- Waste Diversion1
- Waste Gas Recovery2
- Waste Heat Recovery6
- Waste Recycling1
- Weatherization1
- Wind281
Projects
ADES Solar and efficient stoves in Madagascar
Solar cookers and efficient wood stoves for households in the south of Madagascar, a Gold Standard certified cookstove project.
Agasco Improved Cookstoves (with Roshan Renewables)
Agasco and Roshan Renewables target 50,000 improved cookstoves distributed per year in rural Nigeria.
Bboxx DRC solar home systems (Gold Standard PoA)
Operating in DR Congo since 2017, distributing clean energy, clean cooking and smartphones.
Bboxx Kenya solar home systems (Gold Standard PoA)
Operating in Kenya since 2011, now part of Bboxx's Gold Standard-certified pan-African carbon-credit programme.
Bboxx Rwanda solar home systems (Gold Standard PoA)
Bboxx's first market, launched in Kigali in 2013, now part of a Gold Standard-certified pan-African carbon-credit programme.
Betulia Hydroelectric Project
A 6.8 MW run-of-river hydropower plant registered under Gold Standard in the Betulia Valley.
Beyond Biomass Tanzania
UpEnergy's metered electric cookstove programme in Tanzania, certified by Gold Standard as GS12082.
Beyond Biomass Uganda
UpEnergy's metered electric cookstove programme in Uganda, certified by Gold Standard as GS11579.
Brujula Verde
High-integrity savanna restoration in the Colombian Orinoco
Chestnut Sustainable Restoration Project
Native forest restored on marginal agricultural land across the Southeastern United States, as an afforestation project on the Gold Standard registry.
CIZO: Bboxx/EDF solar kits national electrification programme
Togo's national rural electrification subsidy programme, distributing solar home systems since 2017 under the name CIZO.
Clean Cooking with Biomass Gasification in Zambia
Waste-biomass pellets and fan-assisted gasifying stoves replacing charcoal for cooking in Zambia, as an activity under a Gold Standard programme.
Cleaner, Safer Water in Cambodia
A Cambodian social enterprise distributing ceramic water filters, financed on the Gold Standard marketplace.
CPA 3 Improved Cook Stoves programme for Rwanda - Inyenyeri
High-efficiency biomass cookstoves replacing traditional stoves in Rwanda, an activity under a Gold Standard programme of activities.
EcoMakala-Virunga
WWF-led tree plantations supplying legal, sustainable charcoal to relieve deforestation pressure on Virunga National Park.
Efficient and Clean Cooking for Households in Nigeria
A Gold Standard-registered project promoting BURN's Jikokoa fuel-efficient charcoal stove across Nigeria.
Efficient and Clean Cooking for Mozambican Low-Income Households
A Gold Standard-listed improved charcoal cookstove project sold door-to-door in Maputo.
Efficient and Clean Cooking Stoves for Households in Kenya (Jikokoa)
The Jikokoa stove has reached over 3.6 million households in Kenya since 2016, under Gold Standard.
Efficient and Clean Cooking Stoves for Households in the Democratic Republic of Congo
A Gold Standard project distributing highly efficient cookstoves, sold by BURN Manufacturing.
Envirofit India Cookstove Programme
Envirofit India's Gold Standard-verified cookstoves have reduced over a million tonnes of CO2.
Humbo Assisted Natural Regeneration
Described by World Vision as Africa's first forestry project to earn UN-administered carbon credits, restoring degraded hillsides above Lake Abaya.
India: Efficient Wood Gas Stoves (Sunderbans)
TLUD gasifier stoves cutting firewood use by half in the Sunderbans mangrove region.
Installation of High-Efficiency Cookstoves in Malawi
Hestian Innovation's Gold Standard-verified cookstove rollout across Malawi's three regions.
Kenya Biogas Programme
A Gold Standard-listed national biogas programme run by African Bioenergy Programmes Ltd since 2009.
Kikonda Forest Reserve Reforestation
Reforestation of a central Ugandan forest reserve in the Kafu river catchment, with over eight million trees established.
Mozambique Safe Water Project
A Gold Standard-registered programme rehabilitating and installing water infrastructure across Mozambican communities.
National Biodigester Programme (NBP), Cambodia
SNV and the Cambodian government's national biodigester programme, running since 2005.
ProjectTogo
A long-running Gold Standard certified afforestation programme restoring degraded land across three regions of Togo.
Proyecto Mirador
The 'Dos por Tres' stove programme, Gold Standard-certified since 2009, built with Trees, Water & People.
Qori Q'oncha Improved Cookstoves Diffusion Programme
A Gold Standard programme installing improved cookstoves across the high Andes since 2008.
Safe Water Systems for Rural Uganda
TASC-financed distribution of Purifaaya ceramic water filters manufactured by SPOUTS of Water in western Uganda.
SEKEM Tree Project
Described by SEKEM as the first Gold Standard certified project in Egypt and the Middle East, on a single desert-reclamation farm.
SNV Vietnam Biogas Programme
SNV's national biogas programme built over 158,000 digesters across Vietnam since 2003.
Solar Lighting Project in Zambia
A Gold Standard-registered programme distributing solar lights to Zambian households, replacing kerosene lamps and candles.
Solar Power for Rural Villages in Madagascar
Solar mini-grids for rural villages in Madagascar, listed on the Gold Standard registry.
Solar Water Filtration Units for Rural Areas in Coastal Bangladesh
A reverse-osmosis and UV purification programme across six coastal Bangladeshi districts where household water testing found widespread E. coli contamination.
TakaTaka Solutions: Composting and Waste Management in Nairobi Kenya
Composting, waste collection and recycling in Nairobi, listed with the Gold Standard.
TASC Improved Cookstoves for Rural Zambia
A Gold Standard-listed cookstove project that has distributed over 145,000 stoves in rural Zambia.
TerraClear Ceramic Water Purifier Project
A Laotian social enterprise manufacturing ceramic gravity water filters.
Uganda Domestic Biogas Programme (Biogas Solutions Uganda Ltd)
Biogas Solutions Uganda Ltd's national domestic biogas programme, running since 2009.
Uganda Gender Responsive Safe Water Project
Described by Gold Standard as the first project certified under its Gender Responsive Framework, rehabilitating community boreholes in Uganda's Lango region.
Utsil Naj, Guatemala
Microsol's Gold Standard-certified cookstove programme across five Guatemalan departments.
Utsil Naj, Mexico
Microsol's Gold Standard-certified cookstove programme across six Mexican states.
Water is Life, Madagascar
Manual pump wells and solar-powered water systems built around Toliara, guaranteeing free water access to over 80,000 people.