# Gold Standard carbon credits > Markdown version of https://www.carbonfootprint.store/carbon-credits/gold-standard. Part of The Carbon Marketplace (carbonfootprint.store), run by Carbon Footprint Ltd. See https://www.carbonfootprint.store/llms.txt for how agents can use the site. Gold Standard certified projects must show verified emission reductions and measurable benefits for local communities. Compare the available projects below, then read what the certification does and does not tell you. - [Gold Standard Impact Registry](https://registry.goldstandard.org/projects) - [About Gold Standard for the Global Goals](https://www.goldstandard.org/) - [How CRISP ratings work (carbonoffsetratings.org)](https://www.carbonoffsetratings.org/ratings/) ## Available projects 26 projects are currently listed in this category. Availability and vintages may change. - [150 MW Solar PV Plant Project by Juniper Green Field in Maharashtra](https://www.carbonfootprint.store/projects/150-mw-solar-pv-plant-project-by-juniper-green-field-in-maharashtra-66f525a340822702b78d7ea2.md): Solar Power in India. Gold Standard; vintages 2024, 2025; CRISP 3.9/5. - [27 MWp Solar PV Project by MH Technique Solaire India Private Limited](https://www.carbonfootprint.store/projects/27-mwp-solar-pv-project-by-mh-technique-solaire-india-private-limited-68f64df9eacb7a02fc8afe6f.md): Solar Power in India. Gold Standard; vintages 2023, 2024; CRISP 4.0/5. - [AS METAL, Romania Aluminum Recycling Project](https://www.carbonfootprint.store/projects/as-metal-romania-aluminum-recycling-project-687fa9a9b73a490316367673.md): Energy Efficiency in Romania. Gold Standard; vintages 2022; CRISP 4.2/5. - [Bergres Wind Power Project](https://www.carbonfootprint.store/projects/bergres-wind-power-project-66cd9b34d88b150285823002.md): Wind Power in Turkey. Gold Standard; vintages 2022, 2023; CRISP 4.0/5. - [Bursa-Hamitler Landfill Gas Collection and Energy Utilization Project](https://www.carbonfootprint.store/projects/bursa-hamitler-landfill-gas-collection-and-energy-utilization-project-68a43daba6acf10317abb1f2.md): Land Fill Gas in Turkey. Gold Standard; vintages 2022; CRISP 4.8/5. - [CO2OL Tropical Mix](https://www.carbonfootprint.store/projects/co2ol-tropical-mix-679274deda045002b1309f30.md): Afforestation in Panama. Gold Standard; vintages 2020, 2021, 2022; CRISP 3.9/5. - [CTL Landfill Gas Project](https://www.carbonfootprint.store/projects/ctl-landfill-gas-project-6880f7f3c787ed03033eeb25.md): Land Fill Gas in Brazil. Gold Standard; vintages 2021; CRISP 5.0/5. - [Duzova Wind Power Project Turkey](https://www.carbonfootprint.store/projects/duzova-wind-power-project-turkey-674751bb03198f02d22533e7.md): Wind Power in Turkey. Gold Standard; vintages 2021; CRISP 3.9/5. - [Gold Standard Foundation GS 7591 VPA 53 Improved Cookstove Distribution in Kayonza, Bugesera and Nyamasheke Districts of Rwanda (GS 12227)](https://www.carbonfootprint.store/projects/gold-standard-foundation-gs-7591-vpa-53-improved-cookstove-distribution-in-kayonza-bugeser-6752de0bc9243c02e87ab1b7.md): Cookstove in Rwanda. Gold Standard; vintages 2022; CRISP 4.4/5. - [Greentech Plastic Offset Credits from Romania: Emission Reductions through Recycling](https://www.carbonfootprint.store/projects/greentech-plastic-offset-credits-from-romania-emission-reductions-through-recycling-69cd4471b3a977ff59fbc6d7.md): Energy Efficiency in Romania. Gold Standard; vintages 2020; CRISP 4.6/5. - [Grid Connected Wind Power Project In Maharashtra India By Bhilwara](https://www.carbonfootprint.store/projects/grid-connected-wind-power-project-in-maharashtra-india-by-bhilwara-674751ac03198f02d2252496.md): Wind Power in India. Gold Standard; vintages 2022; CRISP 3.8/5. - [GS 10789 GS 10790 RVPA-52 Efficient and Clean cooking for Households in Somalia](https://www.carbonfootprint.store/projects/gs-10789-gs-10790-rvpa-52-efficient-and-clean-cooking-for-households-in-somalia-69403b3adf99e8a51d1a953c.md): Cookstove in Somalia. Gold Standard; vintages 2022; CRISP 4.4/5. - [GS 1247 VPA 156 Southern Ethiopia Community Protected Springs](https://www.carbonfootprint.store/projects/gs-1247-vpa-156-southern-ethiopia-community-protected-springs-66ac97948532bc00291bfddd.md): Clean Drinking Water in Ethiopia. Gold Standard; vintages 2021, 2022, 2023; CRISP 4.6/5. - [GS 12494 VPA-1 Distribution of Improved Cookstove by Alphabet Greens](https://www.carbonfootprint.store/projects/gs-12494-vpa-1-distribution-of-improved-cookstove-by-alphabet-greens-6823438f865706032672432e.md): Cookstove in India. Gold Standard; vintages 2023, 2024; CRISP 4.6/5. - [GS 7591 VPA 46 Improved Cookstove Distribution In Kayonza, Bugesera And Nyamasheke Districts of Rwanda](https://www.carbonfootprint.store/projects/gs-7591-vpa-46-improved-cookstove-distribution-in-kayonza-bugesera-and-nyamasheke-district-66c84d96cb14030288ecb23f.md): Cookstove in Rwanda. Gold Standard; vintages 2022; CRISP 4.4/5. - [GS1247 VPA 150 Southern Ethiopia Community Safe Water](https://www.carbonfootprint.store/projects/gs1247-vpa-150-southern-ethiopia-community-safe-water-6a43947fb48a1ee252c9d2bb.md): Clean Drinking Water in Ethiopia. Gold Standard; vintages 2023; CRISP 4.4/5. - [GS1247 VPA 256 Northern Ethiopia Community Safe Water](https://www.carbonfootprint.store/projects/gs1247-vpa-256-northern-ethiopia-community-safe-water-6373c9df59342a00214242f3.md): Clean Drinking Water in Ethiopia. Gold Standard; vintages 2021; CRISP 4.2/5. - [GS1247 VPA 309 - Togo Safe Water](https://www.carbonfootprint.store/projects/gs1247-vpa-309-togo-safe-water-6a437f8e61055ecb22e5a623.md): Clean Drinking Water in Togo. Gold Standard; vintages 2024; CRISP 4.4/5. - [GS1247 VPA 310 - Togo Safe Water](https://www.carbonfootprint.store/projects/gs1247-vpa-310-togo-safe-water-6a438dc98a2ab040f77fb5ce.md): Clean Drinking Water in Togo. Gold Standard; vintages 2024; CRISP 4.4/5. - [Loi Hai 2 Wind Farm Project – 28.8 MW](https://www.carbonfootprint.store/projects/loi-hai-2-wind-farm-project-28-8-mw-689b03a5a402ef02f91cacbb.md): Wind Power in Vietnam. Gold Standard; vintages 2022; CRISP 3.9/5. - [Northern Uganda Safe Water Project](https://www.carbonfootprint.store/projects/northern-uganda-safe-water-project-62cd532367958f0020caa0fb.md): Clean Drinking Water in Uganda. Gold Standard; vintages 2024; CRISP 4.4/5. - [Promoting Improved Cooking Practices in Nigeria](https://www.carbonfootprint.store/projects/promoting-improved-cooking-practices-in-nigeria-60f003adf633870750efa407.md): Cookstove in Nigeria. Gold Standard; vintages 2021; CRISP 4.4/5. - [Ras Ghareb Wind Energy Project](https://www.carbonfootprint.store/projects/ras-ghareb-wind-energy-project-674751a003198f02d22517ae.md): Wind Power in Egypt. Gold Standard; vintages 2020; CRISP 4.0/5. - [Soke Wind Power Plant Project](https://www.carbonfootprint.store/projects/soke-wind-power-plant-project-674751a803198f02d2252065.md): Wind Power in Turkey. Gold Standard; vintages 2021; CRISP 3.9/5. - [Wind Park Vader Piet Aruba](https://www.carbonfootprint.store/projects/wind-park-vader-piet-aruba-60f003acf633870750efa3ee.md): Wind Power in Aruba. Gold Standard; vintages 2017; CRISP 4.0/5. - [Zambia Western Province Safe Water Project](https://www.carbonfootprint.store/projects/zambia-western-province-safe-water-project-63230517ccb13a0021f65597.md): Clean Drinking Water in Zambia. Gold Standard; vintages 2023, 2024; CRISP 4.4/5. ## What Gold Standard certification means Gold Standard was set up in 2003 by WWF and other international NGOs to raise the bar for carbon projects. Under Gold Standard for the Global Goals, a project must reduce or remove greenhouse gases and also deliver verified contributions to at least three UN Sustainable Development Goals, such as health, clean energy or decent work. Every project is validated before it starts and verified while it runs by an independent auditor approved by Gold Standard. Each certified reduction becomes one Verified Emission Reduction, a credit representing one tonne of CO₂e, issued and tracked on the Gold Standard Impact Registry. ## How to check a project in the registry Every project page on this marketplace shows the project’s Gold Standard ID. Search for it on the Impact Registry to see the project design document, monitoring reports, the credits issued for each vintage and every retirement. - Confirm the project status is certified and that credits have been issued for the vintage you are buying. - Read the latest monitoring report to see how the reductions were measured. - After you buy, look up the retirement: it names the beneficiary and the serial numbers, which is your proof against double counting. ## Project types you will find here Gold Standard is strongest in community projects: efficient cookstoves, safe drinking water, household biogas, and small renewable energy schemes. It also certifies afforestation and reforestation projects and some agricultural and land-use activities. The pills above the projects filter the marketplace to what is available right now. ## What affects the price Project type has the biggest effect: community projects with strong health and social benefits cost more than large renewable energy schemes. Newer vintages, smaller supply, additional labels such as the ICVCM Core Carbon Principles, and the volume you buy all move the price. Marketplace prices exclude VAT and include registry retirement, your certificate and payment fees. Applicable VAT is added at checkout. Sign in to see live prices. ## Retirement and your certificate Buying a credit does not by itself claim its benefit. The credit must be retired, which permanently removes it from circulation on the registry. When you pay, we retire the credits on the Gold Standard Impact Registry in your name and issue a certificate immediately. ## Certification versus our CRISP rating The Carbon Marketplace sources certified credits from projects. When you purchase through our marketplace, we retire the credits on the registry in your name, or your organisation’s name, and issue your certificate straight away. The certification tells you the project meets the standard’s rules. Our separate CRISP rating tells you how strong the evidence is for that particular project. ## How to read the CRISP rating CRISP, the Carbon Ratings InSight Platform, reviews each project’s design document, verification and monitoring reports, scores five criteria out of 5 with a written justification for each, and averages them into the overall rating you see on every project card. More than 1,800 projects are rated and the ratings are free to read. - Additionality: would the reductions have happened anyway? CRISP looks for regulatory surplus, financial need for the credit revenue, activities that are not common practice, and a credible baseline. - Permanence: how long the benefit lasts and how reversal risk is managed, through monitoring, buffer pools or insurance and long-term project commitments. - Quantification: whether the reductions are measured with robust methods, a clear baseline, systematic monitoring, independent verification and transparent reporting. - Leakage: whether emissions simply shift outside the project boundary, and whether that is monitored and deducted from the credits. - ICVCM CCP status: 1 if the methodology has not been submitted or failed assessment, 3 if submitted and pending, 5 if approved under the Core Carbon Principles. ## Before you buy 1. The project ID is listed on the Gold Standard Impact Registry with issued credits for the vintage offered. 2. The monitoring report is recent and the reductions are measured, not only modelled. 3. The SDG contributions are verified, not just described. 4. The CRISP rating and its notes on additionality and permanence make sense for the project type. 5. You know how you will use the credit: an annual footprint, an event, a product, or a residual after reduction. Guide reviewed September 2026. Prices and availability change; sign in for live prices. ## Buyer questions ### Is Gold Standard better than Verra? They are different, not ranked. Gold Standard requires verified sustainable development benefits alongside emission reductions and focuses on community-scale projects. Verra’s VCS covers a wider range of project types and methodologies at larger scale. Both are approved programmes under the ICVCM Core Carbon Principles. Quality varies project by project within each standard, which is why every project here carries its own CRISP rating. ### What is a Gold Standard VER? A Verified Emission Reduction is one tonne of CO₂e reduced or removed by a Gold Standard certified project, verified by an independent auditor and issued on the Gold Standard Impact Registry with a unique serial number. ### Can I see that my credits were retired? Yes. Retirement records on the Gold Standard Impact Registry show the beneficiary name and credit serial numbers. Your marketplace certificate lists the purchased projects and quantities; credit serial numbers are recorded on the registry, not on the certificate. ### Do Gold Standard credits carry the ICVCM CCP label? Gold Standard is a CCP-eligible programme, and the label is granted methodology by methodology. Where a project’s methodology has been approved, the marketplace shows it and you can filter for CCP-labelled credits when you sign in. ### Why do Gold Standard credits often cost more? Most Gold Standard projects are community projects with monitored health, gender and livelihood benefits, which cost more to run and verify than large renewable energy schemes. The price reflects that extra impact and evidence. ### How is the CRISP rating calculated? Each project is scored out of 5 on additionality, permanence, quantification, leakage and ICVCM Core Carbon Principles status, with a written justification for every score. The overall rating is the average of the five. The full breakdown for each project is free to read on carbonoffsetratings.org, and each project page here links to it. ## Other categories - [Verra VCS carbon credits](https://www.carbonfootprint.store/carbon-credits/verra-vcs.md) - [Carbon removal credits](https://www.carbonfootprint.store/carbon-credits/carbon-removal.md) - [Clean cooking carbon credits](https://www.carbonfootprint.store/carbon-credits/clean-cooking.md) --- Choose a project with confidence: compare the project activity, standard, available vintages and CRISP assessment. Create a free account to view prices and buy individual projects. For orders over 500 tCO2e, contact info@carbonfootprint.com or +44 (0)1256 592599 to discuss your requirements. 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