OP-ED: The World Has Changed; It Is Time Carbon Accounting Did Too 

In a recent piece for Financial Time’s Sustainable Views, Alexander Bassen, Chair of GHG Protocol’s Independent Standards Board, highlights the importance of the current public consultation on the Scope 2 Guidance. He also encourages companies, investors, regulators and other stakeholders to participate in the public consultation to shape the future of carbon accounting. You can read the op-ed here. 

ISO and GHG Protocol to Jointly Develop New Product-Level GHG Accounting Standard 

GHG Protocol and ISO launched their first joint working group to develop a new product-level GHG accounting standard that builds on ISO 14067 and the GHG Protocol Product Life Cycle Accounting and Reporting Standard. The Joint Working Group will seek to leverage existing approaches and new ideas from across the ecosystem, with the objective of developing a harmonized standard which is truly fit-for-purpose and meets the changing needs of corporates, investors and regulators. The application to join the working group is open through November 30. Learn more here. 

Public Consultations Now Open: Scope 2 and Electricity Sector Consequential Accounting 

GHG Protocol has launched two 60-day public consultations as part of our efforts to update the suite of corporate standards and guidance. One focuses on updates to the Scope 2 Guidance, while the other seeks feedback on consequential accounting methods for estimating avoided emissions from electricity-sector actions. These consultations mark an important milestone in ensuring that corporate greenhouse gas inventories remain accurate, comparable and useful for decision-making as energy systems and disclosure requirements evolve worldwide.  The consultation periods will run through December 19. You can access the consultation materials and learn how you can participate here.

Watch the Recording: GHG Protocol Public Consultations Webinar 

Greenhouse Gas Protocol recently hosted a webinar introducing two public consultations related to the updates process for the suite of corporate standards and guidance. During this webinar, the GHG Protocol Scope 2 team described the inclusive process that led up to the public consultations, provided an overview of the key elements of the proposals and explained how stakeholders can participate in the 60-day consultation period. Watch the recording here. A PDF of the slides is available here.  

Watch the Recording: AgroSolutions Webinar Featuring Matt Ramlow 

On Oct 31st Matt Ramlow, GHG Protocol’s Land Sector and Removal’s lead, participated in a panel hosted by the EU-funded MARVIC project on “Matching carbon credits and scope 3 MRV through CRCF”. This panel explored key considerations for how a registry under EU’s Carbon Removals and Carbon Farming initiative could help standardize data collection on emissions and removals from European farms, harmonize GHG accounting and reporting across frameworks and avoid double claiming between companies’ scope 3 GHG inventories and GHG credits. If you would like to learn more you can check out the recording here. 

Secondment Opportunity  

This is a unique secondment opportunity to support the GHG Protocol Secretariat on the ongoing corporate standards development and revisions process. As a secondee, you will have the opportunity to expand your knowledge of GHG accounting and reporting and to work together with a highly skilled and motivated team. Learn more about the opportunity here. Interested organizations and individuals should send application materials to Claudia Fonseca at [email protected]. GHG Protocol will review the applications on an ongoing basis.

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