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STANDARDS SETTING WORKPLAN 2020 - 2021
13 May 2020Gold Standard’s vision is ‘climate security and sustainable development for all.’ We believe that this is only possible if impact
quantification and certification become mainstream.
Following the ISEAL Alliance “Setting Social and Environmental Standards” Code of Best Practice, we are sharing our work
plan to update Gold Standard for the Global Goals and launch supporting initiatives. The table below reflects the work
planned for the year 2020-2021 as well as work completed in 2019. It’s split into four areas and includes any requirements,
methodologies, frameworks, tools or supporting programmes to help accelerate progress toward climate security and
sustainable development.
The next Gold Standard work plan will be published in April 2021, although please note that significant updates may be made
during the intervening period.
Document or project Document series Objectives Timeline Remarks
being developed (as per GS-SSP)
I. Gold Standard for the Global Goals – Standard Documentation Updates
Gold Standard for the All Proposal for new Q2 2020 - public
Global Goals (GS4GG) – voluntary carbon market consultation on
Post-2020 carbon market (VCM) requirements to broad policy.
policies and requirements optimise and align where
required with Paris
Rules to be
Agreement including but
finalized by Q4
not limited to;
2020 based on
• Rules and outcomes of
requirements for third-party
corresponding negotiations
adjustments or (Paris) and
domestic policy consultations.
recognition
2• Transition period Updates may
before new rules will defer to later in
come into force 2021, if required
• Limitations and
process for CDM
projects to transition
to Gold Standard
• Update of GWP
values for GHGs as
per IPCC-AR5
• Assess updates to
baseline,
additionality, MRV in
line with Article 6
Rule updates to meet All Develop the set of Q2-Q4 2020 Gold Standard has
CORSIA1 requirements requirements for been approved as an
projects seeking eligible standard to
approval to participate participate in the
under CORSIA pilot phase of
CORSIA that will run
from 2021-2023.
Several updates to
GS4GG requirements
will be published
throughout Q2-Q4
2020 to comply with
additional
requirements set by
ICAO Council.
1 https://www.icao.int/environmental-protection/CORSIA/Pages/default.aspx
3II. Gold Standard for the Global Goals – Standard Documentation Review & Simplification
Standard All Review standard Standard
streamlining documents in updates and
collaboration with updated
SustainCERT to templates will be
streamline and bring released on an
clarity to standard ongoing basis
documents + templates throughout the
where required year
Standard setting Governance This is a planned review Q3 2020
procedure (SSP) of the SSP to identify
procedures that need to
be updated based on
past experience
Validation and Principles & This is a planned review Q2 2020
Verification Bodies Requirements of the VVB requirements
requirements to identify procedures
that need to be updated
based on past
experience
Micro scale requirements Principle & Review of micro scale Q3-Q4 2020
Requirements requirements including
micro-PoA requirements
and make necessary
changes where required
III. Innovation Programmes
Labelling principles All Development of labelling Q4 2020 Gold Standard will
principles for identified develop high level
domestic and other principles to label
schemes credits generated
4from other schemes.
These principles will
be used to develop
customised labelling
requirements for
individual schemes
Scope expansion Principles & Scoping study to expand Q2-3 2020
Requirements eligibility scope to publication
include Blue Carbon and consultation
Integrated Forest
Management activities
Q4 2020
(full details of specific
approval
scopes will be included in
decision on
a policy brief for
scope
consultation)
expansions
where required
SDG Tool Programme Principles & Release SDG tools for Q3-4 2020 Testing will be
Requirements piloting: carried out in
i. Renewable energy, collaboration with
ii. Community services SustainCERT on
& these three SDG
iii. LUF activities tools this year before
releasing them for
wider use
IV. Gold Standard for the Global Goals – Methodologies
TPDDEC methodology and SDG Impact Improvements to these Q4 2020 Further guidelines
simplified cookstove Quantification methodologies will be will be developed for
methodology made to further enhance VVBs to use during
the integrity of credits audits of distributed
that are generated using technology projects
to enhance the rigour
5approaches defined in of their assessments
these methodologies by applying various
cross-check
mechanisms.
Completed documents/projects (2019):
Document or Document Objectives Timeline Remarks
project developed Series (as per
GS-SSP)
Gold Standard for All Planned revision and Completed in
the Global Goals update of GS4GG October 2019
(GS4GG) documents based on
scheduled updates feedback received
since last update
launch in March
2018
Safeguarding Principles & Review of Completed in
Principles & Requirements documents to October 2019
Requirements restructure for ease
of understanding
and application
6Stakeholder Principles & Review of Completed in
Procedure, Requirements documents to October 2019
Requirements & restructure for ease
Guidelines of understanding
and application
Future proofing - Developing solutions This work will
Voluntary Carbon for double counting culminate with
Markets (VCM) under the Paris rule updates
Agreement and for to be
new opportunities to published in
link to corporate Q4 2020
reporting.
SDG impact SDG Impact Create guidance for Completed in This work will continue with piloting the
assessment tools Quantification development of SDG Q4 2019 three SDG tools on projects in 2020
tools. First tool to be
developed
Soil organic SDG Impact Improve soil tillage Completed in https://globalgoals.goldstandard.org/soil-
carbon Quantification methodology to February 2020 organic-carbon-framework-methodology/
(for VERs) make it framework
methodology for soil
carbon projects
Shared Value - Framework to Approach was It will be piloted along with SDG tools in
calculation calculate shared developed in 2020
approaches value of the SDG June 2019
outcomes – pilot
along with SDG
Tools
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