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GOLD STANDARD FOR THE GLOBAL GOALS

MEASURE, REDUCE, OFFSET GOLD STANDARD FOR THE GLOBAL GOALS
By being conscious of the choices you make and their effects Standard requirements are tailored to your specific activity and
on the environment, you can reduce your own carbon objectives - whether you wish to monetize impacts through
footprint and offset your unavoidable emissions to support issuance of carbon credits or other instruments, or simply certify
the transition to a low-carbon sustainable future. project impacts for credibility and brand value. New user-friendly
IT tools currently in development will simplify monitoring,
Using less energy to perform the same tasks seems like a reporting and verification (MRV) and provide dynamic data
no brainer, but for households that don’t have access to visualization capabilities to bring your project’s impact to life.
basic human rights, such as safe water, health and care, or
education, these savings can be truly transformational. • Environmental Markets
• Community based energy efficiency
In the world today, 2.6 billion people -- more than a third • Land use activities + nature based solutions
of the world’s population -- do not have access to clean • Renewable energy
and energy efficient cooking technologies. And 785 million • Waste management
people -- 1 in 9 -- lack access to safe water for themselves • Water benefits
and their families. And these communities are often found • Corporate Sustainability
at the frontline of climate change • Climate leadership Guidance
• Climate + Development Finance
• Certification

• There are no definite or precise and measured parameters
when it comes to corporate or individual compliance. We
may be doing things differently in addressing climate change:

• The current strategy towards awarding will initially be
towards the process of elimination. SMI will look into the
obvious do’s and don’ts the corporations may be doing
as well as the outstanding beneficiaries.

IN MOST STRUGGLES,

IT IS ONE MIND AT A TIME

AND NOT MOB RULE.