Leading frameworks, tools and guidance to ensure companies can act credibly on sustainability.
Drive climate action +
Sustainable Development Goal impact
within and beyond your value chain
Gold Standard provides clear, actionable guidance and frameworks that enable companies to drive high-integrity climate action. To ensure the necessary transition from ambition to action, Gold Standard also verifies sustainability impacts that provide assurance to investors, companies, governments, and civil society. We help businesses minimise their negative impacts on the environment and support them on the collective journey to global net zero and the achievement of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Emissions abatement allows companies to make indirect investments throughout their supply chain.
Businesses are being encouraged to take responsibility for the emissions that remain unabated annually as they transition to net zero. This concept is called Ongoing Emissions Responsibility (OER).
High-integrity carbon credits serve as a tool to take responsibility now for emissions that cannot yet be eliminated, thereby contributing to the global net-zero ambition. These credits go beyond simply reducing carbon emissions. They deliver meaningful, verified impact toward the SDGs, providing direct benefits for the communities that need it most.
By shifting to a measured and transparent narrative, organisations can both celebrate progress and stay anchored in scientific reality.