Greenhouse Gas Protocol Standards Workstream

Greenhouse Gas Protocol is the world’s leading authority and international standard setter on corporate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions accounting. Building on a 20-year partnership between the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), GHG Protocol works with governments, industry associations, NGOs, businesses, and other organizations.  Around 90% of companies reporting to CDP use GHG Protocol standards for corporate carbon footprint accounting. GHG Protocol also provides standards, tools, and online training to help countries and cities track progress toward their climate goals.

GHG Protocol is currently undertaking a coordinated process to update its corporate suite of standards across four workstreams (Corporate Standard, Scope 2 Guidance, Scope 3 Standard and Guidance, and Actions and Market Instruments (AMI). This is a unique secondment opportunity to support the GHG Protocol secretariat on the standards update process. The secondees will have the opportunity to immerse into GHG Accounting, expand their knowledge and work together with a highly skilled and motivated team that is driven by the mission to develop the most credible, accessible, and widely used greenhouse gas accounting and reporting standards and to proactively facilitate their global adoption and implementation.

Arrangement

Secondees will operate as members of the GHG Protocol team, housed within the World Resources Institute or the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCD), and will work closely with the GHG Protocol Secretariat. All secondments will be for a minimum of six months, during which time the secondee will work exclusively for the GHG Protocol, without duties or responsibilities to their home organization. Secondees are to be fully funded by their home organization, except for any project-specific costs incurred (i.e. project travel, etc), and will be subject to WRI’s or WBCSD’s Secondment Agreement terms and conditions.  

Areas of Work & Responsibilities

The main areas of work and responsibilities are listed below. Specific tasks and scope of work are subject to findings from the global stakeholder survey and scoping process by GHG Protocol Secretariat on each standard workstream and can be matched to secondees’ interest and expertise.

• Support to facilitate the Technical Working Group (TWG) process, engaging members from business, government, civil society, and academia to develop consensus-based solutions.  
• Develop presentations, issue briefs, proposals, and draft standard and guidance as needed as part of the TWG and standard development processes.  
• Manage research and analysis of select topics. Identifying potential solutions based on academic literature, current best practices, TWG member proposals, and public consultation.  
• Engage and collaborate with external stakeholders to help inform harmonization, alignment, and interoperability as appropriate between the GHG Protocol and accounting rules and programs under development.  
• Serve as point of contact for GHG Protocol on workstream related topics

Qualification

• Master’s Degree in environmental science, environmental policy, or related field, or Bachelor’s Degree with 2 years of additional work experience
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant, full-time work experience
• Familiarity and knowledge of Greenhouse Gas Protocol standards, corporate GHG accounting and reporting, and other relevant topics depending on specific role (e.g. scope 2 accounting, scope 3 accounting, financial accounting and reporting, life cycle assessment (LCA), proving technical support, communications, etc.)
• Experience working in multi-stakeholder processes is preferred

Application Process

Applications consist of a cover letter from the parent organization and resumes from each potential secondee. If you are an individual interested in serving as a secondee, please work with your organization to submit an application. The applicants should also state in their application form their potential starting date, any preference regarding the location (please see below the list of permitted locations) and/or organization (WRI or WBCSD) to seat the secondee. Interested organizations and individuals should send application materials to Claudia Fonseca at Claudia.Fonseca@wri.org. GHG Protocol will review the applications on a recurring basis.  

By submitting an application, organizations agree that:

• Secondees will be funded by their parent organization.
• Secondees will commit to working full-time with the GHG Protocol during the
• secondment period.
• Secondees will be committed to GHG Protocol's mission, approach, and objectives.
• Secondees will commit to working with the GHG Protocol on one or more of the above areas of work for a minimum of six months.
• Secondees are subject to WRI’s or WBCSD secondment agreement

In addition, the secondees should posses legal work permit/authorization in one of the following geographical locations where WRI and WBCSD have offices:  

• EU: Switzerland, Netherlands, United Kingdom  
• Asia: China, Singapore
• United States

About World Resources Institute

Founded in 1982, World Resources Institute (WRI) is an independent, nonprofit global research organization that turns big ideas into action at the nexus of environment, economic opportunity, and human well-being. We are working to address seven critical challenges that the world must overcome this decade to secure a sustainable future for people and the planet: climate change, energy, food, forests, water, sustainable cities, and the ocean. WRI has a global staff of over 1,800 people with work spanning 60 countries. We have offices in Africa, Brazil, China, Europe, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Colombia and the United States, as well as a growing presence in other countries and regions.

About World Business Council for Sustainable Development

The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) is a global community of over 225 of the world’s leading businesses driving systems transformation for a better world in which 9+ billion people can live well, within planetary boundaries, by mid-century. Together, we transform the systems we work in to limit the impact of the climate crisis, restore nature, and tackle inequality.