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DirectoryEnergy & EnvironmentSustainability SectorCointrinThe Gold Standard Foundation
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Summary

About the company

The core activity of Gold Standard is to develop and certify standards for climate protection projects and investments, ensuring the effectiveness of measures to achieve the global sustainability goals (SDGs) and climate protection. This includes the development of methods and tools for measuring and maximizing the impact of climate protection projects, the certification of projects and investments that meet the Gold Standard, as well as providing consulting and support to companies and organizations in developing climate protection strategies and implementing measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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The Gold Standard Foundation

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Gold Standard for the Global Goals
Standard for quantifying, certifying and maximising climate and SDG impacts; with safeguards, project design, stakeholder engagement and high environmental and social integrity.
Project certification
Certification of projects and programmes for emissions reductions, removals and SDG impact; with validation and verification requirements, methods, templates and fees.
Impact Registry
Public, tamper-evident registry for certified projects and credits; tracks issuance, holding, transfer and retirement and provides transparency for stakeholders.
Assurance Platform
Digital platform for document management, workflows, decision processes and collaboration between project developers, reviewers as well as validation and verification bodies.
SDG Impact Tool
Digital tool for reporting, quantification, verification and certification of projects, as well as for standardising impact indicators and comparability.
SDG Impact Dashboard
Public dashboard for interactive insight into climate and sustainability-related impacts of Gold Standard projects; supports data access for investors, governments and project developers.
Gold Standard Marketplace
Marketplace for investments in certified projects; enables project developers to showcase projects and buyers to invest in climate initiatives with emissions reduction and SDG benefits.
Carbon Market Regulations Tracker
Information hub with standardised summaries and links to regulations for voluntary markets and Article 6; supports governments, project developers and investors in navigating regulation.
Climate and sustainability consulting for companies
Frameworks, guides and contributions for companies, consultants and NGOs on climate strategy, Scope 3, climate responsibility, nature responsibility and credible claims.
Support for governments
Collaboration with governments on Article 6, national frameworks, capacity building, SDG impact, advisory and financing for impact.
Methodologies and standards for climate protection
Principles, requirements, methodologies, governance documents and ongoing updates for project certification, including Paris Agreement alignment and pilot initiatives.
Trust & reputation

ranQ Trust Score of The Gold Standard Foundation: 4.1 out of 5.0

Trust Score4.1/ 5.0

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Data basis 96% · As of October 2026

The Gold Standard Foundation scores 49.8 out of 100 points in the Reputation area of the ranQ Trust Score. This area carries 42% of the weighting.
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CriterionValueWeight
  • Review quality: The average rating across all connected sources, smoothed against the industry mean. So 5.0 stars from three reviews do not outrank 4.7 from three hundred.68.224%
  • Review volume: The number of reviews across all sources. The scale is logarithmic: the first reviews count the most, and the maximum is reached at 50 reviews.17.610%
  • Review recency: The age of the most recent review. Two-year-old reviews deliberately sit in the middle, because that is normal for Swiss SMEs. Only after three years without a new voice does the value drop markedly.35.08%
The Gold Standard Foundation scores 93.6 out of 100 points in the Substance area of the ranQ Trust Score. This area carries 28% of the weighting.
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  • Establishment: Years since founding or brand launch, logarithmic. The maximum is reached at 15 years.100.012%
  • Company size: The headcount band, researched by ranQ or stated by the company. It is scored in steps rather than by head count, because the data only provides bands.90.07%
The Gold Standard Foundation scores 85.0 out of 100 points in the Identity area of the ranQ Trust Score. This area carries 22% of the weighting.
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  • Verification: Official register entry (commercial register with UID or professional-body record, 55 points), confirmed domain (20 points) and confirmed ranQ profile (up to 25 points, depending on completeness).85.022%
The Gold Standard Foundation scores 100.0 out of 100 points in the Visibility area of the ranQ Trust Score. This area carries 8% of the weighting.
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  • Website authority: Ahrefs' Domain Rating measures, on a scale of 0 to 100, how strongly a website is linked from other websites. For Swiss SMEs the range up to 40 is typical; the maximum is reached at 35.100.04%
  • Media authority: No data point — the criterion is taken out of the weighting and does not lower the score.—4%
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The Gold Standard Foundation reaches a ranQ Trust Score of 4.1 out of 5.0 — rated «High». The rating draws, among other things, on 5.0 out of 5 stars from 1 customer reviews. The data basis is 96%, so the score is backed by part of the criteria. As of October 2026.

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Aggregated from 1 reviews across all connected sources

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Location

Avenue Louis-Casaï 79
1216 Cointrin
Opening hours
Mon
09:30 - 17:00
Tue
09:30 - 17:00
Wed
09:30 - 17:00
Thu
09:30 - 17:00
Fri
09:30 - 17:00
Sat
Closed
Sun
Closed

At a glance

Legal form
Foundation
UID
CHE-113.192.582
Founded
2006 · 20 years
Last commercial register change
May 15, 2025
Employees
51 to 100
Legal form: Graded by liability and disclosure. The weight is kept small: a sole proprietorship is not a dubious company, it is just liable differently.
97.0
6%
  • Branch offices: Branch offices linked in the commercial register. Having none is normal and costs no points.70.03%
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