The table below provides details of Gold Standard auditors, called Validation/Verification Bodies (GS-VVBs), at different stages of the GS-VVB Approval Process. Project Developers can choose from any of the following VVBs for GS certification depending on the Project Type and Certification Pathway. The list will be updated continuously to reflect the most recent status of the applications.

For contact details of the GS-VVBs below, you can refer to their listing on the UNFCCC CDM website>>

If you are interested in becoming a Gold Standard approved VVB, please complete the online exam>>

For any further information please contact vvb@goldstandard.org

S.No.	Name of the VVB	Gold Standard Project Type/Certification Pathway							Eligible Auditors
		CER/VER Labelling				Renewable Energy Labelling	Gold Standard Micro-scale	Gold Standard for Sustainable Urban Development
		Community Services Activities*	Other project types**	Energy efficiency in Transport sector	Land Use & Forests	Renewable Energy Labelling	Gold Standard Micro-scale	Gold Standard for Sustainable Urban Development
1	Re Carbon Gözetim Denetim ve Belgelendirme Limited Sirketi (Re Carbon)	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Anil Soyler Sandeep Kanda Sukanta Das Fikriye Seda Atabek
2	Carbon Check India Pvt. Ltd.	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Amit Anand Anubhav Dimri Kranav Sharma Sanjat Kumar Agarwalla Vikash Kumar Singh
3	AENOR International, S.A.U	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Luis Javier ARRIBAS ALONSO Jose Luis Fuentes Perez Maria Mercedes Garcia Madero Elena Llorente Perez Marcelino Pellitero Martinez Richard Daniel Gonzales Toledo
4	EPIC Sustainability Services Private Limited	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	R Vijayaraghavan A Prabhu Das G Vishnu R Madhukar D Siddaramu
5	Earthood Services Private Limited	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Shreya Garg Anshika Gupta Deepika Mahala Sergio Bonanno Cruz Marcelo Sebben
6	RINA Services S.p.A	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Geisa Maria Principe Branco Saettoni Champok Buragohain Thais de Lima Carvalho Giovanni D’Angelo Fulya Ekinci Ozen Tugce Kiratli Rachev Konstantin Rekha Menon Laura Severino Rita Valoroso
7	GFA Certification	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Martin Opitz Gerhard Kuske Martin Seitz
8	KBS Certification Services Private Limited	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Sanjay Kandari Chetan Swaroop Sharma Ma Paa Puratchikkanal Rohit Badaya
9	TUV NORD	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Stefan Winter Rainer Winter Kunal Rami Robert Cheong Oliver Quireza Guadalupe Avendano Raul Mitre Fancy Zhao Prakash Mishra David Lubanga Grzegorz Kochaniewicz
10	China Classification Society Certification Company	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Zhang Ying Zheng Ling Li Xingtong Xu Fangzhou Zhou Wusen
11	CTI International Certification	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Wang Guolian Timothy Chan Liu Jia Du Wenjun Li Ziqi
12	LGAI Technology Center, S.A	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes (except CDM Scope 3)	Yes (except CDM scope 3)	Vivek Kumar Ahirwar Sukanta Das Shen Meng (Simon) Hanshen Xue Augustin Calle de Miguela
13	TUV SUD South Asia Pvt. Ltd.	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Eswar Murty Javier Castro Sreekanth Meesa
14	TUV SUD Industrie Service GmbH	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Javier Castro Klaus Nürnberger
15	ERM Certification and Verification Services	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Jonathan Avis Sushmita Seelam Neringa Pumputyte Miguel Cortez Huoyun Li
16	Bureau Veritas (India) Pvt. Ltd.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Pin Tian Ram Desai Samuel Mayieko Osongo Fikreye Seda Atabek
17	Pangolin Associates Pty Ltd.	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Sunil Sharma Samuel Phua
18	CEPREI Certification Body	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Zhiyuan Guo Li Xu Yuan Peng Qing He Yajun Ma
19	4K Earth Science Private Limited	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Narendra Kumar. R Indumathi. C Sudarshan K.V. Ma Paa Puratchikkanal K. Koteswara Rao
20	Ecocert SA	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Xavier Hatchondo Natalia Hotait Salas Liana Morera

* Technology distribution (cookstove, CFL, biodigesters), WASH, etc.

** Renewable energy, waste to energy, industrial energy efficiency, etc.

NOTE: In addition to the above the following methodologies/Products require specific training to be undertaken prior to conducting Validation/Verification:

All ADALYs (SDG3) methodologies
Projects involving the issuance of Gender Impact (SDG 5) Statements

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