Gold Standard Carbon Credits
Supporting climate action and sustainable development
Purchasing Carbon Credits Gold Standard-certified carbon credits fund climate protection projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions AND create sustainable development benefits for the communities that need it most. Each Gold Standard project has a verified contribution to at least three of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals.
We all have an impact on the planet – businesses, governments, individuals – and we can all play a part on the journey towards a more sustainable world. Proceeds from carbon credit purchases go to project developers, enabling them to maintain and expand their projects and deliver more impact.
You will receive a unique certificate by email. This will contain a link to the Gold Standard Impact Registry where your credits will have been retired for transparency.
Useful links and FAQs
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Climate+ Portfolio: Variety of projects
Purchase carbon credits from a range of Gold Standard-certified projects all over the globe.
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Planting Biodiverse Forests in Panama
Re-transforming degraded pastureland into ecological sound forests that offer a safe haven for native animals
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400 MW Solar Power Project at Bhadla, Rajasthan, India
New project that displaces electricity generated from fossil-fuel based power plants with renewable solar energy.
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The Nicaforest High Impact Reforestation Program
Combining reforestation on degraded land for sustainable timber production, sequestration of CO2 and protection of native forests + animals
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22.5 MW Wind Power Project in Rajasthan, India
Wind project in India focusing on sustainable development for the local community
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Ceará Renewable Energy Project, Brazil
Striking out at deforestation: Promoting a more sustainable supply chain whilst improving livelihoods of employees and local communities.
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Terraclear - Clean water access for families in Laos
Enhancing clean water access for rural communities in Laos
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Buenos Aires Renewable Energy Project, Brazil
This project alleviates deforestation, avoids GHGs and promotes a more sustainable supply chain: and does it whilst improving local + employee livelihoods. Making good, better.
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Betulia Energy and Biodiversity Restoration Project in Honduras
Providing rural electrification to local communities and renewable energy to the national grid.
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BaumInvest Mixed Reforestation in Costa Rica
The reforestation project of BaumInvest in Costa Rica combines premium quality standards of a recognised forest carbon offset project with multiple ecological and socio-economic benefits for local communities and the environment.
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Improved Cookstoves in Guinea
These locally made cookstoves need less wood - saving time, money and the forests - and emit less smoke for better health
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Qori Q’oncha Improved Cookstoves in Peru
Qori Q’oncha Improved Cookstove project promotes the use of improved cookstoves in order to reduce harmful indoor pollution, greenhouse gas emissions and pressure on Andean forests.
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Kenya Biogas Programme
Cooking on biogas is fast and smokeless, improving health among women + children. This project also improves crop yields + increases income.
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Cleaner, Safer Water in Cambodia
Hydrologic’s purifiers have provided nearly two million Cambodians with safe drinking water–improving health and helping the environment.
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Myanmar Stoves Campaign
Improving the lives of 250,000 people - saving much needed time + money, improving health and decreasing deforestation.
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Utsil Naj - healthy homes for all in Mexico
Addressing climate change whilst improving living conditions for the most vulnerable populations in Guatemala.
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Cambodia National Biodigester Programme
Using biogas to create an indigenous, sustainable source of energy in Cambodia – reducing emissions + improving agricultural yields
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Utsil Naj - healthy homes for all in Guatemala
Addressing climate change whilst improving living conditions for the most vulnerable populations in Guatemala.
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60 MW Wind Power Project in Karnataka, India
Wind project in India focusing on sustainable development of the local community
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50 MW Wind Power Project in Madhya Pradesh, India
Wind project in India focusing on sustainable development of the local community
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Fairtrade Project: Cookstoves for coffee farmers, Ethiopia
This Fairtrade certified project is distributing 40,000 cookstoves to coffee farmers, reducing wood consumption and CO2 emissions by 40%
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Institutional Improved Cookstoves for Schools and Institutions in Uganda
Simoshi is a social enterprise dedicated to improving the livelihoods of children and their families via the installation of improved cook stoves.
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Mozambique Safe Water Project
The Project works with local communities to identify, repair and maintain broken boreholes to provide safe clean water.
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Chaiyaphum Wind Power Project, Thailand
This wind project in Thailand focuses on the sustainable development of the community.
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Fairtrade Project: Clean cooking with biogas, India
100% sustainable and clean cooking. Cooking on biogas is better for health, climate and environment and saves women time and money.
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Improved Cookstoves for conservation of Ibanda-Makera Gallery Forest in Rwanda
Locally made cookstoves reduce firewood consumption, smoke in the kitchen and help to protect this jewel of biodiversity
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120 MW Solar PV Plant by Juniper Green Sigma Private Ltd. in Gujarat, India
Solar project in India focusing on sustainable development of the local community.
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100 MW Solar Power plant in Maharashtra, India
Solar project in India focusing on sustainable development of the local community.
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Improved Cookstoves for Rural Zambia
Providing the world's most efficient wood-burning rocket stove to rural Zambians. For climate, health and gender.
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Biogas for Better Life Uganda
Cooking on biogas is fast and smokeless, improving health of women and children. The bio-slurry improves crop yields, food security and farmers income.
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Renewable Energy Power Project by DDWL, India
The Wind Project in Gujarat focuses on the sustainable development of the community.
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Solar Lighting Project in Zambia
Distributes 652,000 solar lights to rural homes in communities across four provinces of Zambia, bringing light to 1.5 million people. Distributing through schools and community centres enables children to read and study at night.
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Uganda Gender Responsive Safe Water Project
Safe water project which takes a pro-active approach to promoting and implementing gender equality practices in the community.
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Efficient And Clean Cooking For Households In Somalia
This project provides highly efficient clean cookstoves to low-income families creating social, financial, and environmental benefit.
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M'tetezi Improved Cookstoves Balaka District, Malawi
This project provides highly efficient cookstoves to low-income families, creating social, financial, and environmental benefits.
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Guatemala Improved Cookstoves
The project uses carbon finance to support the distribution of improved cooks to rural communities of Guatemala.