1. PITCH YOUR PROJECT!!!

2. Innovation for a prosperous planet
“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower” – Steve Jobs

3. CELEBRATING ‘INNOVATION’
For over a decade, Gold Standard projects have been delivering innovative solutions that not only help protect the climate but also enable local communities to develop sustainably.
We want to celebrate this ‘innovation’ at our Grow to Zero Conference and showcase the impacts our projects are delivering on the ground. We are therefore inviting project developers to submit their projects. Project submissions will be scored by an independent panel of judges and the winning three projects will have the opportunity to present at the conference’s opening Breakfast and Networking session in Berlin on 18 April 2018.

4. WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS? Winning projects will:
Have the opportunity to present their projects at our upcoming Grow to Zero 2018 conference
Be featured on our website and in the follow-up communication to all conference participants
Benefit from a dedicated social media campaign
Be interviewed by our video production team
Be mentioned in the ‘welcome’ speech at the evening networking event.

5. JUDGING CRITERIA
An independent panel of judges will score the projects*
To be eligible, projects must have reached at least the “listed” stage of our project certification cycle
Each project will be evaluated on a scale of 1-10 for the criteria listed below. The results will be aggregated into a final score which will determine the three winning projects.
Impact (weighted x 2)
Innovation (weighted x 3)
Visualisation
* Please note, we will communicate more about the judging panel in due course

6. TIMELINES These are the proposed timelines:
09 March: Submission deadline for projects
Week commencing 19 March: Judging
02 April: Notify winners (and all other submissions)
18 April: Opportunity to present project at our conference
End of April: Communication of winning projects on our website, in our follow-up communications and through social media.

7. How to submit? Projects are asked to:
Fill in the following template slides and submit the final presentation to
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: 09 March 2018
Criteria to note:
The presentation should be no longer than 8 slides (including project visuals) and must not go over 7 minutes when presented.
Please note, that the visual impact of the presentation will be considered in the judging.

8. TITLE SLIDE Title slide Include project image Project name
Project type

9. Project activity overview
This project…
Describe who you serve and in what geography, how you have introduced the intervention or technology and how the project is monitored.

10. SDG IMPACTS DELIVERED This project delivers…
Indicate which SDGs, specifying which targets or indicators to the extent possible and the quantity or measure of impact for each.

11. HOW IS YOUR PROJECT INNOVATIVE
This project is innovative because…
Demonstrate how your project is doing something new or original to maximise the impact it delivers. For example, you may have an innovative business model, MRV/technology, funding/revenue model, social inclusion/stakeholder engagement etc…

12. VISUALISE YOUR IMPACT Show your project off with visuals
Submit minimum 3 photographs to support demonstration of either the impact or innovation.