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The Gold Standard in Sustainable Land Management Ellen May Zanoria South East Asia Regional Manager Workshop on SLM August 29 – September 1, 2011 Vientiane, Laos What is the Gold Standard? Non-profit foundation based in Geneva, Switzerland The global benchmark certification scheme for high quality carbon reduction projects in both compliance and voluntary carbon markets Independently verified to deliver real, measurable, permanent greenhouse gas reductions and sustainable development The only standard to incorporate Monitoring, Reporting Verification for sustainable development and environmental co-benefits - for all projects Actively supported by 75 NGOs worldwide, including WWF, Greenpeace Mercy Corps Buyers include Swiss Post, Deutsche Post, DHL, Nokia, Virgin Atlantic, HM, TUI Travel, FIFA and multiple governments Trusted by the United Nations as the standard for its carbon projects Focus on Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency projects 100+ project types (methodologies) 160+ project developers 600+ projects in over 50 countries 40m+ GS tonnes CO2e issued and pending Approx 40:60 ratio of compliance to voluntary market projects Robust carbon mitigation worldwide Geographic location of GS projects Gold Standard projects and offices worldwide 1 – 20 projects 21 – 100 projects 101 – 150 projects 150 + projects GS headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland GS global offices KEY: Strong market recognition “The Gold Standard continues to be recognized as the flagship for demonstrating real carbon reductions plus additional sustainability benefits.” ENDS Report 2010 NGO category winner in Climate Change Business Journal’s Business Achievement Awards 2010 Non-profit category runner-up in the Association for Climate Change Officers’ Climate Leadership Awards 2010 (winner is GS project developer) Ranked “most desirable standard for corporate buyers when purchasing carbon credits”, Carbon Management and Offsetting Trends Survey 2009 Stockholm Environmental Institute c