UPDATED 17 September 2024

Gold Standard Registries 

Impact Registry

Our Impact Registry tracks the certification status of climate projects engaged in the Gold Standard certification process. It offers a comprehensive public view of their progress and provides access to essential project documentation, empowering stakeholders with the knowledge needed to make informed decisions.

The registry is where products for Gold Standard projects, such as carbon credits, are issued, held, transferred, and retired, providing transparency and credibility. It can be considered the ‘source of truth’ for information related to Gold Standard products, with unique serial numbers generated for every issued credit, allowing full traceability through the lifecycle of the credit from generation to sale, and eventual use or ‘retirement’.

It also showcases the certified Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) impacts. By highlighting these tangible outcomes, we demonstrate the real-world contributions of Gold Standard-certified projects.

The registry is used by a range of stakeholders including project developers, academics, credit purchasers, brokers and exchanges, marketplaces, and the wider public.

Water Benefits Registry

This registry currently tracks Water Benefit Certificates (WBCs) issued to projects certified under Gold Standard's previous Water Benefit Standard. In the future, these will be integrated into the Impact Registry. 

Impact Portfolio Registry

This is a publicly available repository of all funds and portfolios applying the Gold Standard Fund Requirements. In the future, these will be integrated into the Impact Registry listed above.

Impact Registry User Guide

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This is a clear guide for using Gold Standard Impact Registry.

Labelling of credits and projects in the Impact Registry

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This document provides guidance on the attribution of labels to projects and credits listed within the Gold Standard Impact Registry. It is intended for use by registry account holders as well as other stakeholders viewing the public interface of the Gold Standard Impact Registry, to support understanding of when and why labels are attached to projects and credits, and how to filter by labels.


The credits issued by Gold Standard are Verified Emission Reductions (VER) units. The term ‘credits’ has been used in this guidance document for accessibility.

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