GOLD STANDARD EVENT
Low carbon commodities: Accounting for the climate impact of certified goods

07 September 2021
16:00 - 17:00 CEST | 10:00 - 11:00 EST

This webinar will feature the first outputs of Gold Standard’s collaboration with ISEAL Code Compliant sustainability standards including the Better Cotton Initiative, FSC, and others to incentivise climate action upstream in corporate value chains.

IUCN WORLD CONSERVATION CONGRESS
Pathways to scaling up finance for nature

07 September 2021
09:00 - 10:30 CEST

Gold Standard’s CEO, Margaret Kim, will discuss the importance of impact certification in assessing real progress toward climate, biodiversity and other Sustainable Development Goals, in this IUCN World Conservation Congress session focused on green finance and how private sector financing can be increased to maximise global environment benefits.

CORPORATE INVESTMENTS INTO FORESTRY & BIODIVERSITY SUMMIT
Biodiversity and Non-Rainforest Landscapes

08 September 2021
17:30 - 18:30 CEST | 11:30 - 12:30 EST

Gold Standard’s Head of Sustainable Finance, Felicity Spors, will participate in a panel on biodiversity and non-rainforest landscapes, exploring the challenges and opportunities of investing in new arenas like coral reefs, peatlands, mangroves, and more. With speakers from the Landscape Finance Lab, UNEP Climate Finance Unit, EcoValue, and Commonland.

ALL4CLIMATE - PreCOP26 EVENT
Scope 3: The How to Net Zero

20 September 2021
17:00 - 18:30 CEST | 11:00 - 12:30 EST
 
This Value Change event featuring the Science Based Targets Initiative, SustainCERT, and companies will explore how businesses can take climate action in and beyond their value chains and credibly report progress toward their performance targets.

CLIMATE WEEK NYC 2021 + NET ZERO FESTIVAL LONDON
Beyond Net Zero: Credible, Ambitious Climate Strategies

22 September 2021
17:00 – 18:30 CEST | 11:00 – 12:30 EST
 
Gold Standard will host an event featured in Climate Week NYC and the London Net Zero Festival. With speakers from WWF, EDF, Patagonia, and SustainCERT, the discussion will focus on how companies can set ambitious climate strategies and highlight concrete solutions they can take today to reduce emissions within AND beyond their corporate boundaries -- and the fuzzy space in between. It will also look at how Scope 3 and carbon markets can work together for more ambitious climate action and how to navigate the complexity of emerging claims and practices to recognise climate leadership.  

WORLD BANK EVENT
Country Perspectives: Opportunities and Challenges for International Voluntary Carbon Markets in the Context of the Paris Agreement

30 September 2021
15:00 – 16:30 CEST | 09:00 – 10:30 EST
 
The Partnership for Market Readiness (PMR), with the support of ICROA, commissioned a technical note to understand perspectives of potential host countries on the role international voluntary carbon markets might play in the context of their NDCs and the Paris Agreement. This webinar presents the key findings of the study and discusses what it means for the development of prospective voluntary markets in the future.

ENVIRONMENTAL FINANCE: THE FUTURE OF ESG DATA 2021
Next frontiers – moving beyond climate metrics and considering how other environmental, social and governance data metrics will mature

05 October 2021
17:00 - 17:40  BST | 18:00 - 18:40 CEST | 12:00 - 12:40 EST
 
Owen Hewlett joins this Environmental Finance event to discuss how environmental, social and governance data metrics will mature beyond already established climate metrics.
 

BNP PARIBAS SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FORUM 2021
Sustainable Finance and its role in the race to Net Zero 

20 October 2021 

The world is increasingly focused on moving to net-zero emission by 2050 – a bold, but vital ambition. Our Head of Sustainable Finance, Felicity Spors, will be joining the discussions at this forum exclusively for BNP Paribas clients focusing on sustainable finance and its role in the race to net-zero.

ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK EVENT
The role of the Voluntary Carbon Market under the Paris Agreement

04 October 2021 - to be confirmed
09:00 - 10:00 CEST | 15:00 - 16:00 PST 
 
Hugh Salway, Head of Environmental Markets, will be participating in a panel to discuss the landscape of the voluntary carbon market and how it is evolving under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.