Gold Standard
Offset your emissions using Gold Standard accredited carbon credits
Gold Standard is one of the two highest ranked voluntary carbon market Standards (we sell both), according to Australia’s Climate Change Authority in 2022.
It scored ~90% for Integrity, Principles and Governance and demonstrated high overall quantitative integrity.
A rules-based Standard with clear policies, thorough procedures and ample supporting evidence online.
Projects are developed with gender-sensitive and inclusive stakeholder design, environmental and social safeguards, and a contribution towards at least three Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Gold Standard Project Types
You can buy carbon offsets from the three carbon offset themes:
Renewables (infrastructure-scale renewable energy);
People (household-scale); and
Forests (nature-based).
Our Carbon Offset Portfolio offers a selection of carbon offsets from Gold Standard project types like:
Renewables
wind
solar PV
People
safe water
cookstoves
solar cookers
household biogas
Forests
ARR (Reforestation)
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GS7606 Solar Cookers China
$17.16 (incl tax) -
GS2664 Household Biogas China
$9.46 (incl tax) -
GS11134 Safe Water Rwanda
$17.93 (incl tax)
Carbon Credit Price
The price of carbon credits reflects project complexity and market dynamics, not quality.
Gold Standard carbon offsets incorporate a range of sustainability considerations into the project’s design which can impact the price.
We give you great prices by using a variety of suppliers including the project, brokers and the spot market.
Key Features of Gold Standard
WWF (World Wildlife Fund) and other international NGOs established Gold Standard in 2003.
It ensures carbon offset projects feature the highest levels of environmental integrity as well as contributing to sustainable development.
Beyond Neutral considers Gold Standard projects as highly credible in responding to the urgent need to address the twin imperatives – climate change and sustainable development.
Gold Standard carbon units from the voluntary carbon market are called VERs (Verified Emission Reduction).
VERs are issued with a unique serial number and listed in the Gold Standard Impact Registry™.
VERs are tracked from issuance to retirement using this serial number, providing a chain of custody.
Gold Standard VERs are:
- real;
- additional;
- permanent;
- independently verified;
- unique; and
- traceable.
This is why we choose to sell Gold Standard carbon offsets
Sustainability Beyond Carbon
Gold Standard focuses on sustainable development outcomes beyond just the carbon.
Its projects use social and environmental indicators and work to ensure broad stakeholder engagement.
Gold Standard has calculated the shared value that is created by each carbon offset for some of its project types.
According to their calculations, for each carbon offset (we sell all of these types of project):
- Biogas creates US$465 of shared value
- Cookstoves creates US$267 of shared value
- Safe Water creates US$183 of shared value
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Buying carbon offsets from Beyond Neutral is easy
All the projects sold by Beyond Neutral are accredited under either VCS or Gold Standard , so the offset you buy has been created by a project:
- that follows a specific methodology;
- has been verified as having occurred by one of that Standard’s third party verification bodies; and
- is tracked in that Standard’s Registry using a unique serial number from issuance until retirement on your behalf.
