Sponsors

Gold Standard are pleased to have the following sponsors and partners supporting the Grow to Zero Conference in 2023.

For sponsorship and partnership opportunities, please contact conference@goldstandard.org

Gold Sponsors

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Silver Sponsors

Toyola Energy Limited

Toyola Energy Group is a renowned indigenous social enterprise that specializes in selling energy-efficient cookstoves across West Africa. Established in 2003 by Suraj Wahab in Ghana, the company has grown significantly and operates in multiple countries including Nigeria, Togo, Benin, and Senegal. They are committed to promoting clean cooking solutions by manufacturing and distributing cookstoves that are more efficient and environmentally friendly than traditional methods in the region. A notable achievement of Toyola Energy is their pioneering use of carbon finance to promote clean cooking. They partnered with E+Carbon in 2009 to implement one of the earliest cookstove projects registered by the Gold Standard in Ghana. They also coordinate the Clean Development Mechanism Program of Activities (CDM PoA) 9666, promoting efficient cookstoves in West Africa. The Swedish Energy Agency has purchased Certified Emission Reductions that resulted from this program. Their efforts have been recognized through numerous awards, including the Ashden International Gold Award for Sustainability in 2011 and the CEO, Suraj Wahab had the privilege of meeting King Charles III. Suraj Wahab was also voted Africa's leading Energy personality. Toyola Energy has a pipeline of Gold Standard projects for Benin and Togo, with plans for expansion into Ghana, Senegal, Cameroon, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. They aim to implement indigenous technology and community-focused initiatives, such as safe drinking water projects and replacing wick lamps with solar LED lighting.

Persistent Climate

PersistentClimate India Pvt. Ltd. is an international agency headquartered in New Delhi, India, specializing in providing comprehensive solutions for global climate change and sustainability. Established in 2018, the company offers a range of services, including portfolio management services, climate change solutions, sustainability advisory, assurance services, FSC, PEFC, and UER, including validation & verification support. Under the leadership of our experienced Founder & CEO, Mr Prakash K. Mishra, and his team, who have over 20 years of experience, PersistentClimate has successfully developed, validated, and verified millions of tonnes of high-quality carbon credits (CO2e) under various international carbon standards such as CDM, GS, VCS, UER, and EU-ETS. One of our notable achievements is the development and approval of a community-based ICS project in Uganda, targeting tribal communities under the VERRA standard. We are also actively engaged in implementing projects that focus on community development, including the deployment of efficient cookstove technologies, safe drinking water solutions, renewable energy projects (such as solar water pumps, solar/wind/biomass power), and nature-based initiatives like forest conservation, agricultural land management, wetlands restoration, and carbon sequestration in India. In light of the global push towards a low-carbon economy, there is an optimistic outlook for sustainable development. PersistentClimate is well-equipped to assist in achieving the world's NET ZERO targets and advancing towards sustainable development goals. With our expertise and commitment, we aim to contribute to creating a greener and more sustainable future.

GenZero

GenZero is an investment platform company focused on accelerating decarbonisation globally. Founded by Temasek, we seek to deliver positive climate impact alongside long-term sustainable financial returns by investing in opportunities with the potential to be nurtured into impactful and scalable solutions. Driven by a common purpose to decarbonise for future generations, we recognise the need for a holistic and integrated approach to achieve a net zero world. At GenZero, we adopt a flexible investment approach across three focus areas to drive climate impact: (i) nature-based solutions that help protect and restore our natural ecosystems while benefiting local communities and biodiversity; (ii) technology-based solutions that deliver deep decarbonisation impact; and (iii) carbon ecosystem enablers which refer to companies and solutions that support the development of an effective, efficient, and credible carbon ecosystem. For more information on GenZero, visit www.genzero.co.

Evening Networking Event Sponsor

Earthood

Earthood is a pioneering force in the carbon offset verification industry with a reputation of an internationally acclaimed auditing & certification firm, providing strategic support and services in the realm of Climate Change, Net Zero, Sustainability and Agriculture. Earthood is widely regarded as the top choice for clients seeking solutions to the most complex and ground-breaking projects, regardless of their location around the world. Our outstanding reputation is backed by our accreditations from 12 leading organizations such as the United Nations (UN), VERRA, Gold Standard, Global Carbon Council & Social Carbon Standard, to name a few. What started as a vision of 2 changemakers in 2012 has now grown into a thriving company with offices in 5 countries and a satisfied clientele of over 2000+ organizations worldwide.

Networking Booth Sponsors

Eki

EKI is 14+ years old and a global market leader with deep expertise in the realm of climate change, carbon offset solutions, and carbon asset management. Today the company is present in 17+ countries and has 3500+ clients across 40+ countries worldwide. As of date, EKI has supplied over 200+ million offsets. Founded in 2008, EKI has been passionately working towards rehabilitating the planet to a future of net-zero carbon emissions. The company offers sustainable solutions for climate change and carbon offsets with global standards like CDM, VCS, Gold Standard, GCC, IREC, TIGR, and others. The company offers strategic solutions to businesses and organizations globally to achieve their climate ambition. EKI offerings span across Carbon Credit/Asset Management, Carbon Credit Generation, Carbon Credit Supply, Carbon Credit Offsetting, Carbon Footprint Management, Sustainability Audits, as well as Carbon Neutrality and Climate Positive initiatives.

Profit Carbon

Profit Carbon Environmental Energy Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. is one of the largest carbon reduction project developers in China. It has developed 29 GS projects and 45 VCS projects. The project types include wind power, geothermal space heating system, animal waste management system, clean drinking water, wastewater disposal, sustainable grassland management, and afforestation and reforestation. Beyond China, its project area has expanded to Africa and Southeast Asia.

Earthchain

Earthchain's Carbon Intelligence platform makes funding high-quality climate projects easy and transparent for businesses, allowing them to join the fight against climate change. By using our APIs, they can embed climate action into products and services and automate impact at scale. Our climate action programmes, designed for payment service providers, put impact into every retail payment. Every single purchase at a participating merchant contributes to the Global Goals. Our climate action programmes, designed for payment service providers, put impact into every retail payment. Every single purchase at a participating merchant contributes to the Global Goals. Powered by the energy-efficient Stellar blockchain, Earthchain's digital Carbon Ledger ensures full transparency and auditability, preventing double-counting even at one gram resolution.

Climate Impact Partners

Climate Impact Partners is a leader in developing and delivering high-quality, high-impact carbon market solutions for climate action. For more than 20 years, the company, which is committed to delivering 1 billion tonnes of CO2 reductions by 2030, has worked with climate-leading businesses to support more than 600 carbon removal and reduction projects in 56 countries. With a focus on helping to transform the global economy, improve health and livelihoods, and restore a thriving planet, Climate Impact Partners develops and delivers the highest quality carbon-financed projects. It creates and manages carbon credit and energy attribute certificate portfolios that enable its clients to offset emissions they can’t yet reduce, put a price on carbon to incentivise change, and meet ambitious climate goals. Climate Impact Partners builds on the expertise, integrity, and innovation of two companies that have led the voluntary carbon market – Natural Capital Partners and ClimateCare. Learn more at www.climateimpact.com.

Partners in Prosperity

Partners in Prosperity (PnP) is a value-driven organisation specialising in system-level approaches for equitable economic and social development, aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals. As a non-profit registered since 1998, we have a presence in fourteen states across India. Our core aim is to alleviate poverty by mitigating the climate risks as both are interlinked. PnP is impact-driven, innovative, and multidisciplinary. We specialize in climate change, value chain, and skill development projects. Our focus is building agricultural resilience and reducing greenhouse gas emissions through relevant interventions like alternate wetting and drying (AWD), agroforestry, and regenerative agriculture techniques and improving people's lives by providing them clean energy through biodigesters. Aligned with United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, our Skill to Scale Project in Uttarakhand contributes to SDG 8 (inclusive economic growth). By empowering youth and women with vocational skills, we reduce poverty (SDG 1), promote sustainable agriculture (SDG 2), improve well-being (SDG 3), enhance education (SDG 4), encourage responsible consumption (SDG 12), mitigate climate risks (SDG 13), and protect land ecosystems (SDG 15). Together, we create a sustainable future.

Media Partners

Carbon Pulse

Carbon Pulse is an online, subscription-based B2B service dedicated to providing in-depth news and intelligence about carbon pricing initiatives and climate change policies around the world. Our coverage focuses mainly on emissions trading markets and other methods of using taxes and market-based mechanisms to cut greenhouse gas output. Our team has a strong track record of breaking stories that move markets and inform policy development worldwide. We tap a vast number of cultivated primary and secondary sources to provide in-depth news and analysis that is second-to-none, cross-referencing it with media coverage worldwide to give context as well as generate accurate and intelligent content.

Quantum Commodity Intelligence

Quantum Commodity Intelligence is a price reporting agency covering the rapidly evolving global voluntary carbon market. Our original, independent daily news and price assessments bring transparency to the market, enabling buyers and sellers to make better informed decisions and to transact with confidence, using our indices as a reference for negotiations and in contracts. Each day we assess and publish over 100 certificate prices for different vintages of nature based, renewable, cookstove and other categories, using transparent methodology based on bids, offers and traded values seen in the market. Throughout the day subscribers receive breaking news about projects, registries, policy and regulation, funding, corporate activity and a daily market commentary outlining the day’s major deals and price movements.