Core Sponsors

The German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety provides funding for the Gold Standard Foundation based on a decision of the German Federal Parliament. In 2009 a significant contribution made possible the establishment of a Gold Standard Local Experts Network which will offer capacity building and technical support for development of Gold Standard projects in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

The European Climate Foundation aims to promote climate and energy policies that greatly reduce Europe’s greenhouse gas emissions and helps Europe play an even stronger international leadership role in mitigating climate change.

Merrill Lynch is an investment bank with headquarters in the US and the UK. Its core approach is to integrate its expertise in the carbon emissions markets with the products and services offered across its Commodities, Fixed Income, Equities, Investment Banking and Global Wealth Management businesses.  This offers clients a wide range of investment and risk management opportunities associated with carbon finance.

Merrill Lynch is a Core Sponsor of the Gold Standard Foundation and a provider of Carbon Advisory & Asset Management Services for the Gold Standard Market.

REEEP is a global partnership that structures policy initiatives for clean energy markets and facilitates financing for sustainable energy projects. It operates a Voluntary Carbon Offsetting scheme through which governments and private buyers can outsource the purchase of CDM CERs or Gold Standard VERs to REEEP. It has been a strong NGO supporter of the Gold Standard Foundation, and provides important core funding for its work.

REEEP is an NGO Supporter and Core Sponsor of  the Gold Standard Foundation.

The WWF panda logo is recognised worldwide as a symbol of conservation and sustainable development. Due to its commitment to these principles, World Wide Fund for Nature in the Netherlands played a leadership role in the development of the original Gold Standard approach and establishment of the Foundation and has remained an important supporter untill today. WWF International and other country offices also provide support and participate in local stakeholder consultations for Gold Standard projects.

WWF Netherlands is an NGO Supporter, a Core Sponsor of the Gold Standard Foundation, a Lead Contributor to the original Gold Standard methological approach and a Supporting Sponsor of GSv2.