Summary
In 2021, Gold Standard’s work in carbon markets achieved more than ever before and developed innovative new ways of driving progress towards the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It issued the highest number of credits ever, 40 million; launched the Value Change Initiative, creating incentives and credible accounting approaches for companies to reduce their emissions with an overall goal of making net-zero value chains possible by 2050; and it became the first climate-centered standard to achieve ISEAL Code Compliant status. Throughout this, it did not lose its focus on improving the standard for project developers.