Become a W+ Standard VVB
Overview The W+ Standard ensures that projects advancing women’s empowerment are rigorously assessed for their [...]
W+ LABELED VCS PILOT PROJECTS
WOCAN’s mission through the W+ Standard aims to support and scale women’s empowerment outcomes within [...]
Factsheet: Gender Due Diligence For Buyers‘ Guide
In considering high-quality carbon credits, buyers should prioritize projects that not only addressclimate change mitigation [...]
Gender Due Diligence Appendix To The Buyer’s Guide To Natural Climate Solution Carbon Credits
The document developed by WOCAN, provides buyers with criteria for ensuring their carbon credit purchases [...]
Updated Guidance Document for W+ Standard labels for VCUs
Verra and the W+ Standard have released an updated guidance document (PDF) for proponents of projects in [...]
Join us for a meaningful conversation at COP28.
Jeannette Gurung will be at the COP28 in Dubai, UAE from 4th – 10th December [...]
Nov
W+ Standard Webinar: Raising the Bar for Higher Integrity
WOCAN and the W+ Standard will present changes made to its W+ Standard and Guidance [...]
Nov
W+ Guidance Document 2.0 is Open for Public Consultation
W+ Program Guide – Version 2.0 Updates on the W+ Program Guide document to ensure [...]
GLF Live: How does the W+ standard make climate finance work for women?
Despite their enormous potential to produce and scale up solutions for climate change, food insecurity [...]
Bringing Women’s Empowerment to Markets: A chat with W+ founder Jeannette Gurung
Simply counting the number of women participating in a given initiative is an inadequate measure [...]
New Program: Supporting Climate Adaptation with Women’s Organizations with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
WOCAN has received a grant for Assessing the Landscape: Climate Adaptation, Women’s Organizations & Enterprises from the [...]
Empowering Women in Nepal’s Forest Sector: Workshops and Information Session on the W+ Standard and Readiness for REDD+
The REDD Implementation Center, World Bank Nepal and WOCAN organized three stakeholder workshops in Lumbini [...]
Changing business as usual in global climate and development action: Making space for social justice in carbon markets
A B S T R A C T Carbon markets are being promoted both by [...]
Dec
W+ Standard Reception during NYC Climate Week Hosted by Empower Co.
Empower Co. hosted the reception during the NYC Climate week to showcase W+ Standard to [...]
Oct
W+ Team Visited Wildlife Works Project in Kenya
Barun Gurung, Daniele Ramiaramanana and Lara Dominguez visited the Willife Works’ Kasigau Corridor REDD+ Project [...]
Oct
Quantifying the Benefits of Women’s Empowerment: The Missing Metric for Game-Changing Climate Action
The W+ Standard is the first globally recognized framework that measures and monetizes women’s empowerment. [...]
Sep
W+ Dialogues: How can the W+ Standard stimulate women’s empowerment in the forest sector?
[buzzsprout episode=’11120976′ player=’true’] The W+ Standard measures the results of women’s empowerment within the development [...]
Sep
Paul Hawken’s newsletter features the W+ Standard as a Climate Solution
Paul Hawken is a thought leader in the climate change community and is the founder [...]
Aug
New Advisory Council Member: Caroline Stillman, Plan Vivo Foundation
We want to welcome our new Advisory Council member Caroline Stillman. Caroline is Projects and [...]
Aug
[Recording] WOCAN CSW66 Side Event: Financing women’s organizations & entrepreneurs using climate finance & markets
Climate finance and markets could enable women entrepreneurs and women’s groups to benefit from climate [...]
Mar
Launch of Empower Co.
Rachel Vestergaard officially launched Empower Co. with 60 guests representing large financial institutions, companies, the UN, [...]
Mar
Gender & Carbon Pricing
This paper focuses on how women and men are represented in the policy making process [...]
Feb
WOCAN CSW66 Side-Event: Financing women’s organizations and entrepreneurs using climate finance and markets
March 22, 2 PM New York time
Feb
UN-REDD event: The key to unlocking transformational change in climate-forest finance
This knowledge event aimed to spotlight gender issues and approaches in the evolving climate-forest finance [...]
Oct
W+ Newsletter – October 2021
Photo Credit: UN Women/Narendra Shrestha We are pleased to share the W+ Standard newsletter for the months of August-October, [...]
WOCAN Webinar: Women Climate Entrepreneurs and the Enabling Ecosystem (October 28, 06:00PM CET)
Photo Credit: IFAD / G.M.B.Akash Purpose A lively discussion amongst colleagues with a common [...]
Glossary of Terms related to Carbon Measurement and Markets
Here you can access a non-exhaustive glossary of terms related to Carbon Measurement and Markets. [...]
Women in the Carbon Market Ecosystem – WOCAN report
Between April-June 2021, WOCAN conducted a survey with women working as brokers, investors, and auditors, [...]
WOCAN Commits to the Action Coalition for Feminist Action for Climate Justice
Watch the video here! The Generation Equality Forum is a global gathering for gender equality convened [...]
Webinar Audio Recording Available: Gender Equality in Environmental Markets
On June 17, 2021, we had a webinar discussion with a common interest in exploring [...]
Open Letter to the TSVCM on Gender Equality in the Voluntary Carbon Market
This is the Open Letter submitted to the Task Force on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets [...]
Join us for a Webinar on Gender Equality in Carbon Markets (June 17, 2021, 04:00PM UK time)
Purpose This webinar will start building a conversation on how to promote a stronger focus [...]
Fill out our Survey: Women in the Environmental Markets Ecosystem
We very much appreciate your inputs and time in completing this survey, and will share [...]
Jun
IEU GCF – WOCAN webinar: How the scaling of voluntary carbon markets can amplify gender equality impacts
March is Women’s History Month, and this month’s Independent Evaluation Unit (IEU) Virtual Talk was [...]
Mar
How the scaling of voluntary carbon markets can amplify gender equality impacts
Abstract At present, both public and private sector institutions are aiming to increase their impact [...]
Jan
W+ Standard: a unique opportunity for project developers
W+ Presentation _Project Developers 2020 The W+ Standard is the first women-specific standard that measures [...]
Jan
W+ receives UN’s 2016 Momentum for Change Award
The W+ Standard was pleased to be selected as a winner of the United Nation’s 2016 [...]
Oct
Stepping Up for Climate Action and Women’s Empowerment: Webinar
Verra, W+ Standard, and Wonderbag of South Africa are pleased to announce the application of [...]
Sep
#8: Feminist Leadership
The current global crisis presents a unique opportunity to put climate resilience at the center [...]
Aug
#10: Women’s increased access to climate investments
The current global crisis presents a unique opportunity to put climate resilience at the center [...]
Aug
#9: Sustainable and inclusive food systems
The current global crisis presents a unique opportunity to put climate resilience at the center [...]
Aug
#8: Feminist leadership
The current global crisis presents a unique opportunity to put climate resilience at the center [...]
Jul
# 7: Nature-based solutions
The current global crisis presents a unique opportunity to put climate resilience at the center [...]
Jul
W+ Standard featured in World Bank report on quantifying co-benefits of clean cooking
Improving global cooking conditions is a primary focus of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7, which [...]
Jul
# 6: Investments for social and environmental impacts
The current global crisis presents a unique opportunity to put climate resilience at the center [...]
Jul
# 5: Capacity development to cope with and adapt to change
Capacity development to cope with and adapt to change In this episode, Colletah Chitsike shares [...]
Jul
#4: Recognizing and supporting women’s organizations
Recognizing and supporting women’s organizations Joining us today on this podcast is Dibya Devi Gurung, [...]
Jul
#3: Institutional transformation and culture change
Institutional transformation and culture change In this episode, we talk with Barun Gurung about the [...]
Jul
# 2: Measuring impacts for increased transparency and results
The current global crisis presents a unique opportunity to put climate resilience at the center [...]
Jun
# 1: Compensation for women’s social and environmental contributions
The current global crisis presents a unique opportunity to put climate resilience at the center [...]
Jun
Announcement W+ Standard Verifier Programme
ANNOUNCEMENT Interested in becoming a SAN approved W+ Standard Verifier? Find out more by joining our webinar [...]
Mar
2019 Accomplishments and 2020 Innovations
ANNOUNCEMENT Interested in becoming a SAN approved W+ Standard Verifier? Find out more by joining our webinar [...]
Jan
Women and Climate Impact Fund
Raising ambition for climate action that delivers for all Women are at the frontlines of [...]
Dec
WOCAN Gender Services for Climate Solutions
WOCAN offers tailored solutions for public and private entities to meet the gender requirements of climate [...]
Dec
Verra and WOCAN Announce Streamlined Process
Verra and WOCAN Announce Streamlined Process to Assess Carbon Benefits and Women’s Empowerment Aspects of [...]
Dec
Learn how to register your project on IHS Markit Registry
IHS Environmental Markit is the largest global voluntary registry for carbon, water and biodiversity. The [...]
Sep
W+ Standard : A solution for implementing gender-responsive climate action
Jeannette Gurung will present the W+ Standard at the High-level event ‘Solutions for implementing gender-responsive [...]
Sep
Presentation – Gender responsive climate actions through the W+ Standard
This presentation introduces the W+Standard and how it addresses both climate and gender equality goals. [...]
Aug
The W+ Standard: Meeting both climate and gender equality goals
Parties to the UNFCCC adopted a Gender Action Plan and included gender equality in the [...]
Jul
Measuring your project’s impact on women’s lives SURVEY RESULTS
The Measuring and Reporting on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment for Climate and Sustainable Development [...]
May
Become a W+ Standard verifier
The W+ Standard is a unique certification label that measures, quantifies and monetizes the benefits [...]
May
Measuring and Reporting on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment for Climate and SDGs
The Measuring and Reporting on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment for Climate and Sustainable Development [...]
Dec
The W+ Standard White Paper: Accelerating Investments in Women through Certification
This white paper makes the case for a new and innovative option for a certification [...]
Feb
Factsheet introducing the W+ Standard
This factsheet presents the W+ Standard with examples of outcomes and indicators for each of [...]
Mar