Sarah Leugers is Chief Strategy Officer at Gold Standard, a senior executive with 20+ years’ experience in strategy development with a focus on how carbon markets and broader climate finance can catalyze sustainable development. She has published various thought leadership pieces on the nexus of gender equality and climate, corporate climate leadership, the evolution of carbon offsetting and the need for a paradigm shift to truly sustainable finance. Sarah works to advocate for Gold Standard’s best practice approaches to maximizing impact toward the Sustainable Development Goals helping to achieve Gold Standard’s vision of “climate security and sustainable development for all.”