The guidance listed below were developed in close collaboration with GHG Protocol and were reviewed the time of publishing to be in conformance with the current GHG Protocol standards and guidance.
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Guidance Built on GHG Protocol
The following guidance documents have been recognized as being in confirmance with GHG Protocol standards with the "Built on GHG Protocol" mark.
Authoring Organization: United States Agency for International Development (USAID), ICF International
Description: Guidelines for quantifying GHG emission reductions from clean energy activities conducted under the USAID Global Climate Change Initiative. The CLEER Protocol provides an overview of GHG accounting principles and practices as well as standardized GHG estimation methodologies for common clean energy activities that have GHG reduction benefits.
Date Published: May 2016
Corresponding GHG Protocol Standard: Policy and Action Standard
Authoring Organization: European Network of Construction Companies for Research and Development (ENCORD)
Description: This measurement protocol was developed by ENCORD to provide guidance on how an organization within the construction sector can measure and report its greenhouse gas emissions.
Corresponding GHG Protocol Standard: Corporate Standard
Authoring Organization: International Aerospace Environmental Group (IAEG)
Description: The purpose of this document is to provide voluntary supplemental guidance for accounting and reporting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across the aerospace industry to encourage voluntary reporting of corporate GHG emissions by aerospace companies.
Date Published: July 2016
Corresponding GHG Protocol Standard: Corporate Standard
Authoring Organization: The Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF)
Description: This standard provides detailed methodological guidance for financial institutions. The purpose of the Global GHG Accounting and Reporting Standard for the Financial Industry is to provide financial institutions with transparent, harmonized methodologies to measure and report the emissions they finance through loans and investments in conformance with the requirements of the GHG Protocol Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Accounting and Reporting Standard. Widely tested by banks and investors, these methods assist in the measurement and disclosure of GHG emissions associated with six asset classes: listed equity and corporate bonds, business loans and unlisted equity, project finance, commercial real estate, mortgages and motor vehicle loans.
Corresponding GHG Protocol Standard: Scope 3 Standard
Date Published: November 18, 2020
Authoring Organization: Smart Freight Centre
Description: Shippers, carriers and logistics service providers can use the GLEC Framework to report emissions from logistics operations, giving companies with smaller footprints a competitive advantage.
Date Published: June 2016 (updated Sept 2023)
Corresponding GHG Protocol Standard: Corporate Standard
Authoring Organization: United Kingdom National Health Service Sustainable Development Unit
Description: This document enables consistent quantification of the greenhouse gas inventory of pharmaceutical products and medical devices.
Corresponding GHG Protocol Standard: Product Life Cycle Standard
Authoring Organization: Carbon Trust, Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI)
Description: Guidance for the calculation of life-cycle GHG emissions for ICT (Information and Communication Technology) products with a focus on ICT services. Separate chapters cover: Introduction and general principles, Telecommunications Network Services, Desktop Managed Services, Cloud and Data Center Services, Hardware, and Software.
Date Published: July 2017
Corresponding GHG Protocol Standard: Product Life Cycle Standard
Authoring Organization: University of Washington, College of Built Environments
Description: This document enables the quantification and reporting of the environmental impacts associated with the production of concrete from cradle-to-gate. This PCR was developed specifically for use in North America.
Corresponding GHG Protocol Standard: Product Life Cycle Standard
Title: Scope 1 & 2 GHG Inventory Guidance for U.S. Dairy Cooperatives and Processors
Authoring Organization: Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy
Description: This document is intended for use by dairy processors and dairy cooperatives that process dairy products in the United States. The guidance enables companies to compile a robust and comprehensive scope 1 & 2 GHG inventory to measure and report progress against internal (if applicable) and industry GHG reduction goals.
Date Published: November 2019
Corresponding GHG Protocol Standard: Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard
Title: Scope 3 GHG Inventory Guidance for U.S. Dairy Cooperatives and Processors
Authoring Organization: Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy
Description: This document is intended for use by dairy processors and dairy cooperatives that process dairy products in the United States. The guidance enables companies to compose a robust and comprehensive scope 3 GHG inventory to measure and report progress against internal (if applicable) and industry GHG reduction goals.
Date Published: November 2019
Corresponding GHG Protocol Standard: Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Accounting and Reporting Standard
Authoring Organization: Entreprises pour l’Environnement (EpE)
Description: This document is intended to provide a credible approach to quantify, report and verify greenhouse gases (GHG) direct & indirect emissions of waste management actors.The purpose of this Waste Sector Protocol is to establish best practice across the waste sector for the implementation of a coherent and homogeneous annual GHG emissions reporting.
Corresponding GHG Protocol Standard: Corporate Standard
Authoring Organization: Brightworks Sustainability & WAP Sustainability
Description: This Sector Supplement provides guidance and clarity for how to measure and report on embodied emissions as scope 3 emissions using the Scope 3 Standard.
Corresponding GHG Protocol Standard: Scope 3 Standard
Date Published: November 2021 (Version 1.1)
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