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With exciting progress taking place within digital working groups, new methodologies being published for consultation, webinars taking place and events being planned, the first quarter of 2023 is proving to be dynamic and progressive for Gold Standard.

Read below to find out more about our recent activities.

 ANNOUNCEMENTS 

TOKENISATION NEXT STEPS

Gold Standard has begun a readiness phase for a new digital asset model, the next step in our progress towards the creation of digital assets linked to our carbon credits. We have also released feedback from our recent public consultation on the topic.

The readiness phase will run from March to May 2023, during which Gold Standard will conduct structured consultations with invited organisations from various sectors, to assess the suitability and completeness of potential new guidelines for the creation of digital assets, as well as engagement on the development of enabling software. This will include five web3 companies – ToucanFlowcarbonThalloearthchain and Bitgreen – as well as other organisations seeking to create digital assets.

We have released the feedback from a recent public consultation on this topic, that sought views on whether and what conditions should be applied to determine if Gold Standard are to provide consent to organisations who wish to create such tokens. During the readiness phase, Gold Standard intends to undertake broader consultation with interested parties alongside engagement with the organisations mentioned above.
 
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ADVANCED AND INDIRECT MITIGATION (AIM) PLATFORM LAUNCHED

Gold Standard, along with Neoteric and the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES) announced the launch of The Advanced and Indirect Mitigation (AIM) Platform at GreenBiz 2023. This new initiative targets barriers to value chain decarbonisation, aiming to unlock vast new climate finance opportunities. 

The AIM Platform will serve as a hub to remove barriers to ‘value chain’ mitigation and to coordinate collective action towards mitigation in sectors that require extensive investment or technological change to reduce climate impact. Through its inaugural initiative, The AIM Platform will bring together experts from civil society and practitioners from the private sector to develop credible approaches for accounting, reporting and claiming the results of efforts that reduce emissions within a company’s value chain.
 
The AIM Platform will be working closely with the Science Based Targets initiative and GHG Protocol, with the goal that its outputs will inform and complement future updates to their respective guidelines. 
 
Over a dozen experts have accepted invitations to sit on the Governing Committee for AIM’s value chain guidance development initiative. The organisers have issued an open call to experts from civil society, standard-setting bodies and the private sector to apply to participate in sectoral and cross-cutting working groups.
 
Applications are open to those wanting to join one of the expert groups.
 WEBINAR 

9th March 2023
17:00 (CEST) 11:00 (EST)


The AIM Platform Webinar 
Informative webinar about the platform

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 WEBINAR SERIES 

ARTICLE 6 WEBINAR SERIES 2023

Following high attendance rates and very positive feedback to our webinars to date, the Gold Standard’s Article 6 webinar series is continuing in 2023. The series is designed to enable participants to better understand some of the key trends and matters for Article 6 operationalisation, hearing directly from global experts.
 
 WEBINAR 

9 May 2023
16:00 (CEST)


First Eighteen Months: Reflections and Experience from Initial Efforts to Implement Article 6

Following the adoption of Article 6 rules at COP26, Gold Standard and partners - with funding from the German Government - have supported early efforts to implement Article 6 through piloting, knowledge-sharing among project developers, and mapping the state of Article 6 preparations in major markets across the world.
In this webinar, we will hear reflections and experiences from experts involved in this work, identifying lessons and recommendations to inform future implementation.

SPEAKERS

  • Marc André Marr, Senior Consultant, Perspectives Climate Group Gmb
  • David Hynes, Advisor, Adelphi
  • Florian Eickhold, Senior Consultant, New Carbon Market and Climate Finance Platform (NCMP)
     
 WEBINAR RECORDING 
 

Pioneering under Article 6: New models to scale up finance and integrity through international cooperation

The rulebook adopted by governments at COP26 and COP27 provides the canvas for governments and the private sector to cooperate and invest under Article 6. It is though the brushstrokes that actors apply over the next few years which will define Article 6’s success. This webinar brought together experts working on pioneering ways to use and support the use of Article 6 to deliver higher levels of investment, ambition, and integrity.

Recorded the 23 February 2023

 EVENTS 

REGIONAL CAPACITY-BUILDING WORKSHOP IN AFRICA

Gold Standard will attend the Subnational Climate Finance initiative (SCF) capacity building workshop titled “Investing in sustainable subnational solutions for climate, nature, and people” in Saly, Senegal.

The objective of the regional workshop, which will take place from 14-16 March 2023,  is to bring together key actors from national and subnational governments, project developers and financial institutions, and to present the SCF initiative, strengthen capacities in the development of projects on key thematic areas of the SCF and share experiences on sustainable finance in the region.
 
The goal of the SCF is to catalyse climate mitigation and adaptation solutions at the subnational level through a transformative finance model. The model is designed to attract public and private investment and to deliver certified climate and sustainable development impacts (including Nature-based Solutions).
 
Gold Standard’s role with the SCF is to provide the framework used to measure, manage and maximise the sustainable development impacts of their investments. Gold Standard’s Fund Requirements provide a third-party verifiable process and performance-based investment management system.
 
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 CONSUTATIONS 

UPDATED: GENDER EQUALITY
REQUIREMENTS & GUIDELINES

The gender requirements and guidelines have been simplified and streamlined extensively as part of a scheduled update. The revised version simplifies the requirements and includes further reference sources to help project developers apply the requirements to credibly quantify and verify gender impacts under SDG 5, in a more pragmatic and practical way. Open for public comment  until 10 March 2023.
 

NEW: METHODOLOGY TO QUANTIFY REDUCTION OF ENTERIC METHANE EMISSIONS

Reducing Methane Emissions From Enteric Fermentation In Beef Cattle Through Application Of Feed Supplements.
 
The aim of this methodology is to quantify the reduction of methane (CH4) emissions from enteric fermentation in beef cattle, as well as impacts on emissions during manure handling. This methodology focuses on the application of feed supplements to reduce enteric methane production in the rumen of livestock. Open for public comment until 10 March 2023.
 

NEW: METHODOLOGY TO QUANTIFY EMISSION REDUCTIONS FROM USE OF WASTE MACROALGAE

Methodology For Collection Of Sargassum And Other Macroalgae To Avoid Emissions From Decomposition And To Use For Beneficial Products.
 
This methodology will be applicable to project activities that collect Sargassum or other waste macroalgae species that would otherwise be disposed in a landfill, and processes this macroalgae into useful products. As a result, less waste is put into landfills and fewer methane emissions will take place from the baseline scenario. In addition, the products made from the waste macroalgae may also displace more carbon-intensive products, further reducing GHG emissions. Open for public comment until 10 March 2023.
 
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 UPDATE 

GOLD STANDARD IMPACT REGISTRY UPDATE

In early February 2023 the Impact Registry accessibility was reduced due to technical issues caused by an increased load from multiple sources using bots to download data from the registry. While our Terms of Use, Clause 16, outline that “the Account Holder will not interfere with or disrupt the operation of The Gold Standard Registry”, this has not been respected by all registry users. 
 
Gold Standard consistently monitors, reviews and upgrades the Impact Registry system to ensure a seamless user experience, for both account holders and public users. As part of these efforts, planned system updates are implemented on a regular basis. In order to combat the recent technical issue, we took the decision to implement a system update – involving the introduction of Rate Limiting - earlier than was originally planned. This update was pushed live on February 16, 2023
 
The introduction of Rate Limiting will not impact registry experience. Please note that regular data exports from a public profile remains fully operational. 
 
Should you wish to know more, you can contact the impact registry helpdesk at registry@goldstandard.org

 JOB OPPORTUNITIES 

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

In the context of an exciting period of growth for Gold Standard, we are looking for a Chief Operations Officer working with the CEO and the Executive Team to enable excellence through the delivery of operations functions (Digital Systems, Finance, Procurement, Governance and Human Resources).
 
This process will be managed by the recruitment firm Birdeo. You can find out more information and candidates can apply directly on their website.
 
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