The GHG Protocol Agricultural Guidance is a supplement to GHG Protocol Corporate Standard and covers all agricultural subsectors, including livestock, crop production, and land use change.

Agriculture and agriculture-driven land use change contribute around 17% of global emissions, while 75% of agricultural producers targeted by CDP do not report their emissions. The GHG Protocol Agricultural Guidance is intended to promote sector-wide adoption of emissions management practices by harmonizing how agricultural companies worldwide measure and report their emissions.

The world is already transitioning to a low-carbon economy. Financial institutions have the power to expedite and smooth the transition by limiting their contribution to the climate problem and growing their contribution to the climate solution. The Portfolio Carbon Initiative, a partnership with Sustainable Finance Observatory (formerly 2 Degrees Investing Initiative) and UNEP Finance Initiative (UNEP FI), develops a series of resources to guide financial institutions in assessing the climate impact of their activities and carbon asset risk.

This initiative was previously called the Financed Emissions Initiative.

Government organizations worldwide have identified the need to start tracking and managing their greenhouse gas emissions, both to demonstrate environmental leadership and to prepare for future reporting policies and regulations. The operations of public sector organizations represent a substantial source of GHG emissions worldwide; in the US, the federal government collectively is the largest single emitter.

Building off 10 years of success in working with the corporate sector, the GHG Protocol has developed accounting guidance that interprets the principles from the Corporate Standard for the unique structures and needs of U.S. government operations at the federal, state and local level. As a flexible framework designed to help measure and manage GHG emissions, the protocol serves as a background reference for implementing Executive Order 13514, which President Obama signed on October 5, 2009. The Executive Order requires federal agencies to report and reduce their GHG emissions over time. The Executive Order requires federal agencies to report and reduce their GHG emissions over time.