– a Gold Standard Conference
On 5 and 6 June 2025, Gold Standard brought together corporate sustainability leaders, project developers, climate experts, and validation and verification bodies (VVBs) to explore effective strategies for driving high-integrity climate action that delivers impact for vulnerable communities and ecosystems around the world.
The conference provided practical, actionable insights and tools for organisations navigating the evolving landscape of climate targets and strategies, carbon markets, environmental attribute certificates (EACs) and other mechanisms to drive value chain decarbonisation, and nature-based solutions.
Programme
The conference ran over two days and feature two streams
Corporate Stream
Navigating Credible Climate and Nature Action
Sessions included:
- From Accounting to Action: Designing High-Impact Climate and Nature Strategies
Step-by-step guidance to build and implement robust, actionable plans for climate and nature. - Building a Balanced Portfolio
Discussion on how different types of investments, interventions, and mechanisms can work together to achieve goals across climate, nature, and the Sustainable Development Goals. - Finding the Right Balance for Credible Claims: Explore how to communicate climate and nature action with clarity and confidence, avoiding both greenwashing and greenhushing, while aligning with best practice and global standards.
Impact Track
Scaling Projects for Real-World Impact
Sessions included:
- How Project Developers Can Position Themselves for New Markets: Examining the newly opening markets for project developers including CORSIA and national markets.
- Unlocking Finance for Small, Innovative, and High-Impact Projects
Solutions for overcoming barriers to finance for smaller projects that struggle to attract investment. - Harnessing Digital Solutions
Practical applications of how digital solutions including artificial intelligence and digital MRV can streamline and enhance project development and verification.
This edition gathered
200 +
Attendees
50+
Speakers
17
Sessions
8HR
Networking Time
Conference Insights
SPEAKERS
In addition to the opportunity to hear directly from Gold Standard, the conference featured distinguished speakers from across the sustainability and climate sectors, including:
- Industry-leading corporate sustainability executives
- Renowned climate scientists and policy experts
- Project developers pioneering innovative climate and nature solutions
- Representatives from validation and verification bodies
Yehya Abdellatif
Hanna-Mari Ahonen
Juan Carlos Arredondo Brun
Kaya Axelsson
Gurvinder Bains
Sani Bankoley
Daniel Tutu Benefoh
Scarlet Benson
Preety Bhandari
Vassily Carantino
Giulia Carbone
Karolien Casaer-Diez
Andres Casallas
Anirban Chatterjee
Dr.Wei-nee Chen
Gabrielle Desarnaud
Saurabh Diddi
Anubhav Dimri
Benja Faecks
Pablo Fernandez
Esther Finidori
Wes Geisenberger
Yannick Glemarec
Luc Gnacadja
Owen Hewlett
Feisal Hussain
Hadika Jamshaid
Russell Karas
Margaret Kim
Edit Kiss
Carl-Magnus Kjellman
Kristin Komives
Makari Krause
Sarah Leugers
Patricia Matzdorf-Gobeli
Conor Mc Mahon
Delia Meth-Cohn
Mathilde Mignot
David Ongare
Raj Pattni
Manuel Pulgar-Vidal
Hugh Salway
Veronica Scotti
David Shelmerdine
Megan Simpson
Eric Soubeiran
Matt Spannagle
Archit Srivastava
Ary Sudijanto
Bhushan Trivedi
Neera Van der Geest
Suraj Vanniarachchy
Philippe Varin
Thomas Vellacott
partner
Sponsors
Xpansiv, S&P Global, ecoact, Abatable