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GHG Protocol Announces Key Standard Development Updates
On July 29, GHG Protocol announced a series of updates related to its corporate standards as it continues to strengthen its governance, leadership, and institutional capacity to meet growing global demand for trusted, interoperable greenhouse gas accounting.
The highlights include:
➡️ GHG Protocol and ISO will combine their corporate carbon accounting standards into a single, harmonized global accounting standard - a significant step toward integrating and harmonizing greenhouse gas accounting across the world.
➡️ Publication of the results of the Scope 2 standard public consultation, which received nearly 1100 responses from 56 countries, and surfaced a range of opinions on how companies should account for renewable energy purchases.
➡️ Release of preliminary feedback from the Request for Information on the Actions and Market Instruments standard development process, indicating strong support for a “multi-statement” reporting approach.
➡️ Read the full announcement.
Now Available: Land Sector and Removals Guidance
The Land Sector and Removals (LSR) Guidance, a companion resource to the LSR Standard, provides companies practical detail on how to account for and report GHG emissions and CO₂ removals from agricultural land use and emerging CO₂ removal technologies.
To learn more:
Workstream Update: Actions and Market Instruments In-Person Workshop
The Action and Market Instruments Technical Working Group (AMI TWG) met June 30 - July 2 for its second in-person TWG meeting in Amsterdam. Hosted by Smart Freight Centre, the AMI TWG discussed preliminary results of the recent AMI Request for Information, intensely worked on topics such as Market-based inventory (Statement 2) and GHG Impact of actions (Statement 3) design, additionality requirements and traceability. In the next phase, the AMI TWG will consolidate meeting results, further evaluate the request for information feedback and move to standard drafting as outlined in the work plan.
GHG Protocol Experts Present Land Sector and Removals Guidance Launch Webinar
Watch the recording of the launch event to learn more about what’s included in the Land Sector and Removals Guidance and how companies can use it alongside the LSR Standard to track progress towards land sector emissions and removal targets and to disclose climate impact with confidence.
➡️ Access the presentation slides.
GHG Protocol at London Climate Action Week
At London Climate Action Week, GHG Protocol took part in several sessions about the critical importance of GHG accounting and reporting as a basis for climate action. This includes participation in:
️➡️ Science Based Target initiative’s Flagship Event on Ambition to Action
➡️ International Organization for Standardization’s Event on International Standards for Transition Planning
➡️ Climate High-Level Champions’ Roundtable on Carbon Accounting & Markets
➡️ VCM+ Coalition’s Global Convening on Uniting for a Better Carbon Market
➡️ BCG & Quantis’ Event on The Next Generation of Corporate Climate Action
Provide Feedback: Forest Carbon Accounting Request for Information
GHG Protocol is launching a Request for Information (RFI) to gather stakeholder input on how best to achieve a robust and practicable approach to Forest Carbon Accounting (FCA). With a view to drawing on the range of perspectives within and across the academic and practitioner communities, the RFI invites workable proposals that are both scientifically robust and practically implementable.
The RFI is now open until February 1, 2027. To participate:
➡️ FCA Request for Information: Preview the questions.
➡️ FCA RFI Survey: Complete and submit your feedback.
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