Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol)

?? Developed through partnership between World Resources Institute and World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Greenhouse Gas Protocol’s standards and guidance are the world’s most widely used GHG accounting and reporting standards. Want to know how we got here? ? ?? Check out this brief overview of our history:

What is #GHGaccounting? How did corporate GHG accounting and emissions disclosures begin? Kyla Aiuto, Scope 2 Manager at GHG Protocol answers these and more questions about this rapidly evolving field ?? https://bit.ly/44Th4xH

The Technical Working Groups dedicated to updating GHG Protocol’s suite of corporate standards held their inaugural meeting on September 30, 2024. This meeting served as orientation across the four Technical Working Groups. Each of the four Technical Working Groups then held workstream specific meetings throughout October. You can follow the update process by reading the minutes from Technical Working Group meetings, which can be found in GHG Protocol’s Standards Development and Governance Repository: https://bit.ly/3YHwIed

?? Our October newsletter is now live! ?? Read the full newsletter for an update on the suite of corporate standards Technical Working Groups, our Steering Committee's first meeting minutes, the recording of GHG Protocol's Amir Safaei at CO2?Value Europe’s session on reporting emissions in CCU applications and more: https://bit.ly/4fjcKfB ?? Want to see these updates in your inbox? Subscribe to our newsletter here: https://bit.ly/3sDNKN9

GHG Protocol serves as the world's most widely used voluntary greenhouse gas accounting and reporting standard and has now been implemented into law and regulation across multiple major economies. Check out our updated resource for an overview of four climate-related disclosure rules that integrate GHG Protocol standards and guidance:?https://bit.ly/4hCseNt ?? IFRS S2 Climate-related Disclosures issued by the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB)? ?? European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) mandated by the European Union Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)? ?? The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors Rule adopted by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (U.S. SEC)? ?? Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act (CA SB 253) adopted by the California State Legislature for regulatory development by the California Air Resources Board (CARB)

The minutes from GHG Protocol's inaugural Steering Committee meeting is now available. The Steering Committee’s responsibilities include providing strategic guidance on the goals and direction of GHG Protocol and ratifying decisions made by the Independent Standards Board. They'll be meeting quarterly moving forward. You can read the minutes here: https://bit.ly/48znuDV If you want to know the latest on the suite of corporate standards update process and GHG Protocol's governance, check out our new Standards Development and Governance Repository: https://bit.ly/3YHwIed

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? What are scope 1, 2 and 3 GHG emissions? ?????Scope 1 refers to direct GHG emissions from sources that a company owns or controls. These emissions typically occur on-site, such as the combustion of diesel used for driving a truck or the burning of coal to generate electricity. ????Scope 2 refers to indirect emissions from purchased electricity, steam, heat and cooling. For example, an electricity user’s scope 2 emissions would be the scope 1 emissions of the power generating company. ????Scope 3 refers to indirect emissions from a company’s upstream and downstream activities. They occur outside a company’s control and are associated with its value chain. ? ?? Learn more about greenhouse gas accounting: https://bit.ly/4dAaKxM

GHG Protocol's Matt Ramlow and Oliver James will be speaking at the Carbon Accounting in Agricultural Supply Chains Summit in Chicago, IL on November 12. Their workshop "Assessing Progress for Meeting Carbon Reduction Targets to Prepare for New GHG Protocol Guidance" will discuss the practical aspects of applying the final GHG Protocol Land Sector & Removal guidance within agricultural operations. ?? Details and registration here: https://bit.ly/3zThqtk

GHG Protocol Director Pankaj Bhatia participated in the Value Change Initiative's Net Zero Value Chains event during New York Climate Week. Pankaj served as a speaker on the panel “Shaping Scope 3: Value Chain Interventions and EACs in Regulatory and Standard Evolution.” If you weren’t able to tune into the live event, you can?watch Pankaj’s panel here: https://bit.ly/3U8SIMi