Governance

The Gold Standard Board of Directors bring their deep and broad experience across a range of sectors to provide financial oversight and strategic governance to support our vision and mission.

Our senior advisers ensure that our initiatives and programmes gain insights and perspectives from experts in the field.

Gold Standard technical governance is designed to be fully compatible with the ISEAL Alliance Credibility Principles and the standard has been developed, and is continually updated, following a standard setting procedure that complies with the ISEAL Alliance code of best practice for setting Social and Environmental Standards.

The Gold Standard Secretariat, guided by the Technical Committee (TC), is responsible for the development of all standards under Gold Standard for the Global Goals.

Our Technical Review Panel (TRP) is responsible for upholding the rigor and integrity in all our work. It is a body of independent experts that oversee and approve Gold Standard for the Global Goals documentation. Members hold expertise in Gold Standard thematic priority areas and across relevant topics including standard-setting, oversight and assurance, environmental markets, the Paris Agreement and project development.

Applications to join the TRP are reviewed on a rolling basis. Details can be found on our careers page.

The Thematic Working Groups (TWGs) provide sector-specific guidance for methodology-related matters. They are bodies of independent experts jointly commissioned by the Gold Standard Technical Review Panel and Secretariat to scrutinise, advise and recommend the TRP on activity-specific and methodology-related matters.

Applications to join the TWGs are reviewed on a rolling basis. Details can be found on our careers page.