The W+ Standard is the only global framework that verifies women’s empowerment outcomes in climate and development projects, ensuring every investment delivers measurable change for women’s lives.
Behind every supply chain, every climate solution, and every global goal are women whose contributions are too often invisible. W+ changes that — certifying projects and channeling finance directly to women and their communities.
measured by the W+ Standard across key empowerment domains.
from clean energy and WASH to agriculture and conservation.
aggregate uplift across W+ indicators after implementation and verification.
channeling finance directly to women through independently verified results
Every W+ Certified project tells a story — of women gaining time, income, leadership, food security, health, and knowledge. Browse projects from around the world and see where your investment can create the most meaningful change.
The W+ Standard transforms climate and development projects into engines of women’s empowerment. By embedding gender-responsive metrics into project design, W+ creates a clear pathway from measurement to verification to financial contribution.
Participating projects use the W+ Standard to design activities and assess changes in at least one of six domains of women’s empowerment:
Time savings
Income & Assets
Education & Knowledge
Leadership and decision-making power
Food security
Health and well-being
Baseline and endline data are collected using standardized indicators. These indicators are designed to ensure comparability across geographies while maintaining cultural and contextual relevance.
All data is subject to independent third-party verification to ensure methodological integrity and eliminate bias.
Verified outcomes are translated into W+ credits through a standardized formula:
A W+ credit is a 10 % of change in the life of one woman in the measurement period. This quantification approach ensures that credits reflect material and verifiable shifts in women’s lives, rather than simply the number of women reached or anecdotal progress. The W+ credit becomes a tradable representation of gendered impact, suitable for inclusion in ESG disclosures (SDG 5), impact reports, or performance-based financing mechanisms.
W+ Credits can be traded across global sustainability markets from voluntary carbon markets that value gender co-benefits, to SDG-aligned investments and innovative finance platforms. Every credit is backed by verifiable data, giving buyers confidence that their funds deliver measurable progress for women.
Supporting Women, Strengthening Communities
This redistribution mechanism ensures that benefits flow beyond measurement and into locally determined adaptation, livelihood development, and resilience-building activities.
Participating projects implement W+ Standard to systematically assess changes in at least one of six domains of women’s empowerment.
Baseline and endline data are collected using standardized indicators. These indicators are designed to ensure comparability across geographies while maintaining both cultural and contextual relevance.
All data is subject to independent third-party verification to ensure methodological integrity and eliminate bias.
Whether you’re interested in developing a project, supporting women’s empowerment through W+ Credits, or diving deeper into our knowledge hub, there are many ways to get involved. Choose the path that fits you best and help us drive measurable impact for women and communities worldwide.
Turn your initiative into a certified W+ Project. Follow a rigorous process—select domains, measure results, and undergo independent verification.
Invest in impact. Purchasing W+ Credits allows you to meet climate commitments and SDG goals while directly funding women’s empowerment.
By purchasing directly, you help accelerate implementation, scale gender-responsive activities, and create long-term community impact.
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From Asia to Africa to Latin America, W+ Credits are creating measurable change. Each verified project delivers financial returns directly to women, strengthening communities while driving global climate solutions.
