What company papers does Gold Standard ask for before it will list our project?

Names and contact details of every project participant, and for each company its legal registration details plus proof from its home jurisdiction that it is in good standing, with no sign of insolvency or legal or criminal notices against it or its directors.

What the standard lists

1. Name of every project participant.
2. Contact details of every project participant.
3. For an organisation: legal registration details.
4. For an organisation: documentation from the governing jurisdiction proving it is in good standing.

What good standing means here

A legal or other appropriate entity registered in, or allowed to operate within, the required jurisdiction, with no evidence of insolvency and no legal or criminal notices against it or any of its directors.

Related items in the same section

• Gold Standard may refuse use of the standard where reputational concerns arise.
• Full and uncontested legal ownership of any products, such as carbon credits, must be shown. If ownership moves from project beneficiaries, it must be shown transparently with full, prior and informed consent.
• The project must comply with the host country's legal, environmental, ecological and social rules.

Before you apply

The standard names the proof, not a specific certificate. Ask Gold Standard which document it accepts from your registry.

What Senseible does here

Senseible is not a registry or an auditor. It keeps your own invoices and bills in order, but company registration papers stay with you.

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Sources: Gold Standard for the Global Goals, Principles and Requirements v2.1 (January 2025), 3.1.1(d) to (f)

Last reviewed 2026-11-03. Read from version 2.1 (31 January 2025), which listed an update for 5 December 2025. Check for a newer version before relying on it.