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Stakeholder Dialogue on Corporate GHG Accounting in India
RELEASE: First Ever Agriculture Guidance Empowers Companies to Measure and Manage Emissions
The World Resources Institute unveiled the first ever Agricultural Guidance to help companies measure, manage, and report greenhouse gas emissions from the agriculture sector, including farming, livestock, and land use change. The agriculture sector is responsible for 17 percent of global GHG emissions, including land use change.
GHG Protocol Supply Chain Initiative Holds Second Steering Committee Meeting in Geneva
The Steering Committee of the GHG Protocol’s Product and Supply Chain Initiative recently gathered at the offices of the WBCSD in Geneva, Switzerland to review early drafts of two new GHG Protocol standards and make recommendations on the direction of the initiative.
Foxconn Scandal Offers Supply Chain Lessons
What do Apple, HP and Dell have in common – apart from making computers? They all source electronics from Foxconn, the beleaguered Chinese company under fire for working conditions at its factories. There is a clear lesson to be drawn from the ongoing Foxconn furor.
RELEASE: International Partners Release Pilot Global Protocol for Community-Scale Greenhouse Gas Emissions
C40, ICLEI, WRI and partners achieve a significant milestone towards establishing a single standard for measuring emissions for cities
Global Climate Community Releases City-Scale Emissions Accounting Standard for Public Comment
Today C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group and ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability have released a draft edition of the Global Protocol for Community-scale Greenhouse Gas Emissions, commencing a one month period of public comment on the landmark effort, which harmonizes the emissions measurement and reporting process for cities of all sizes and geographies.
Release of first draft of Mitigation Accounting Standards
WRI has released the first drafts of two new GHG Protocol mitigation accounting standards for review.
The U.S. Public Sector Works with GHG Protcol to Develop a New Protocol
Scope 2 Guidance Public Comment Period
The GHG Protocol has for three years led international consultations on how companies should calculate emissions from purchased and consumed electricity, heat, steam and cooling (scope 2).
RELEASE: Project Launches to Measure and Manage GHG Emissions for Agriculture in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO (17 June 2012)—The World Resources Institute (WRI) and the British Embassy are launching a two year partnership to measure corporate and farm-level emissions in Brazil. Agricultural emissions account for nearly 20 percent of Brazil’s emissions, with agricultural production on the rise.
Greenhouse Gas Protocol Launches in India
The use of standards to account for corporate greenhouse gases is increasingly common in developed countries – but it is emerging in developing countries as well. In India, companies’ focus on value chain inventories and life cycle thinking is in nascent stages.
WRI and Sun Talk Energy and Sustainable Business at 2008 Net Impact Conference
WRI participated in the annual 2008 Net Impact Conference, held at the Wharton School of Business in Philadelphia on November 15th. GHG Protocol joined a panel for the three-hour OpenEco Energy Camp Saturday morning session, sponsored by Sun Microsystems. The session centered around Sun’s global online-community OpenEco.org, that provides free tools to help participants measure, track, and compare energy and greenhouse gas (GHG) performance.
WRI Joins The Sustainability Consortium
WRI Team Travels to Nairobi to Launch LULUCF Guide to Project Accounting
On Nov. 7, Florence Daviet and Suzie Greenhalgh of WRI will travel to Nairobi, Kenya to present the “Land use, Land-use change and Forestry Guidance for GHG Project Accounting” (LULUCF) at the Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP-12).
Brighter Planet Launches Cloud-Based Carbon Middleware Platform
WRI Hosts Workshop on Energy Savings and CO2 Reductions in the Chinese Cement Industry
As cement production is responsible for five percent of global carbon dioxide emissions, it is considered a key target for climate change mitigation. China alone accounts for 45 percent of global cement manufacture and consumption
Written Comments on Draft Product and Scope 3 Accounting and Reporting Standards
The first drafts of the GHG Protocol Product and Scope 3 Accounting and Reporting Standards were released for stakeholder review on November 11th 2009. The draft standards were developed over a nine month period between January and October 2009 through the work of 7 technical working groups comprised of more than 160 members, with strategic guidance provided by a 25 member steering committee.
WRI and WBCSD Convening Global Stakeholder Process to Develop New Product/Supply Chain Guidelines
User Survey Highlights Most Valued Tools and Resources
Earlier this summer, GHG Protocol conducted a survey to collect input from all of our users regarding our tools and resources. With increasing opportunities and challenges in providing a broader range of GHG-inventory services, it is important to know what our users value most and how to prioritize improvements of these resources. The survey included questions about our downloadable Excel-based calculation tools, the availability of emission factors and guidance documents, and training and verification resources.