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Develop A Project - Resource Guide
September 19, 2025
The W+ Program rules define the standard and certification processes that every project must follow to achieve W+ certification. Explore the resources below to ensure your project meets the requirements. Documents are updated periodically—please review this page regularly to confirm you’re working with the most current versions. For questions or guidance on applying W+ to your project, don’t hesitate to contact us.
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September 22, 2025
The W+ Standard™ Global Certification, Which Quantifies and Compensates Women’s Contributions to Gender Equity and Climate Action, Relaunches Platform For Climate Week NYC 2025
The W+ Standard™ relaunches its platform to scale high-integrity social impact credits that quantify and monetize women’s empowerment—projected $200M+ market impact by 2030.
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September 16, 2025
Beyond Carbon: Empowering Women, Financing Adaptation
For Climate Week NYC, join WOCAN and partners at “Beyond Carbon” to explore how outcome-based finance is reshaping carbon markets and empowering women.
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July 1, 2020
Episode 4: Recognizing and Supporting Women’s Organizations
Dibya Devi Gurung highlights the critical role of women’s organizations in strengthening community resilience and calls for more resources to support their contributions.
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June 18, 2020
Episode 2: Measuring Impacts for Increased Transparency and Results
In this episode, Cathy Lee shares why measuring impacts is essential for climate-smart, inclusive initiatives, and how the W+ Standard supports accountability and women’s empowerment.
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Beyond Carbon: Empowering Women, Financing Adaptation-New York Climate Week 2025
This event, hosted by WOCAN’s Executive Director Jeannette Gurung, explored how carbon finance can extend beyond emissions reduction to actively empower women and finance climate adaptation.
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The Gender Dividend: Investing in Women for Climate Impact - New York Climate Week 2025
At New York Climate Week 2025, Jeannette Gurung (WOCAN/W+) led a fireside chat on how outcomes-based finance is creating new investable opportunities for women, communities, and the planet.
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Episode 10: Women’s Increased Access to Climate Investments
Evelyne Batamuliza calls for stronger mechanisms to ensure women’s access to climate finance, moving commitments into concrete actions that put resources in women’s hands.
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Episode 9: Sustainable and Inclusive Food Systems
Eve Crowley of FAO discusses how women can shape sustainable and inclusive food systems, highlighting the innovative example of Lima’s Food System Council.
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Episode 8: Feminist Leadership
Amanda Ellis explores feminist leadership in the context of COVID-19 and sustainable development, highlighting the link between gender balance in leadership and sustainability.
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Episode 7: Nature-Based Solutions
Lorena Aguilar discusses nature-based solutions and the essential role women play in ensuring their effective implementation worldwide.
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Episode 6: Investments with Social and Environmental Impacts
Neera Van der Geest, CEO of FairClimateFund, discusses why investments must deliver social and environmental benefits, with transparency on impact and benefit sharing.
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Episode 5: Capacity Development to Cope With and Adapt to Change
Colletah Chitsike highlights the importance of participatory approaches, education, and mentoring for building resilience and coping with change
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Episode 3: Institutional Transformation and Culture Change
Barun Gurung shares why institutional transformation and culture change are essential for organizations to become more inclusive, adaptive, and resilient in times of crisis
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Episode 1: Compensation for Women’s Social and Environmental Contributions
In this podcast, Dr. Jeannette Gurung introduces the W+ Standard and how compensating women’s contributions can support a resilient post-COVID recovery.
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Gender Due Diligence for Buyers’ Guide | W+ Standard
This factsheet provides guidance and due diligence questions for carbon credit buyers to ensure projects advance SDG 5 and women’s empowerment while driving climate impact.
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The Gender Dividend: Investing in Women for Climate Impact
For Climate Week NYC, W+ Standard and partners host “The Gender Dividend” to explore how investing in women delivers measurable outcomes for climate, investors, and communities.
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Supporting Climate Adaptation with Women’s Organizations | W+ Standard & Gates Foundation
WOCAN receives a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to design a gender-responsive climate adaptation model using the W+ Standard to empower women’s organizations and enterprises.
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Empowering Women in Nepal’s Forest Sector | W+ Standard & REDD+ Readiness
Learn how workshops in Nepal introduced the W+ Standard to strengthen women’s empowerment in REDD+ programs, with support from WOCAN, the World Bank, and the Ministry of Forests.
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GLF Live: How Does the W+ Standard Make Climate Finance Work for Women?
Discover how the W+ Standard is transforming climate finance by creating measurable revenue streams for women’s empowerment. Featuring insights from Jeannette Gurung and Hannah Simmons.
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W+ Labeled VCS Pilot Projects
Learn how WOCAN and Verra are collaborating to apply the W+ Standard label to VCUs, creating high-integrity carbon credits with verified women’s empowerment outcomes.
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Gender Due Diligence for Buyers’ Guide | W+ Standard
Discover key due diligence questions for carbon credit buyers to ensure projects advance SDG 5 and women’s empowerment while driving high-quality climate impact.
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Updated Guidance Document for W+ Standard labels for VCUs
Verra and the W+ Standard have released updated guidance on applying W+ labels to Verified Carbon Units (VCUs), including a new piloting process and upcoming webinar.
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