Measure Your Impact and Certify Your Project
Bring credibility, funding, and measurable social impact to your work. By certifying with the W+ Standard, your project generates trusted credits that prove gender-responsive outcomes and open the door to new climate finance opportunities.
What do you get from the W+ Standard?
The W+ Standard gives you more than a framework — it delivers the tools, credibility, and resources to strengthen your projects, demonstrate real impact on women’s empowerment, and open doors to new funding opportunities.
Transparency and rigor to measure your project’s results and report on your contributions to SGD5
A new source of funding that you can reinvest to expand your women’s empowerment activities
Better outcomes through design and implementation guidance for gender-responsive activities
W+ Certified VCU Generation
Select Domains & Design Your Project: Identify where women’s empowerment outcomes can be measured alongside your climate or development activities.
Develop & Register: Complete the Project Description and pay registration fees.
Monitor & Report: Track results using the W+ methodology and submit the W+ Monitoring Report.
Independent Verification: Third-party experts validate results to ensure credibility.
Credit Issuance: Receive W+ Credits (and VCUs with W+ labeling, when applicable).
Sell Your Credits: Access buyers seeking verified, gender-responsive climate finance.
Revenue Return to Women: At least 20% of credit revenues go directly to women’s groups, reinforcing long-term empowerment.
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From project milestones to new methodologies, discover how the W+ Standard is making change happen. Access tools, case studies, and insights to bring gender-responsive practices into your work.
