Publications
Greenhouse Gas Protocol
Standards and tools for companies and organizations to manage their GHG emissions and become more efficient, resilient, and prosperous.
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Apparel and Footwear Sector Science-Based Targets Guidance
by Michael Sadowski, Chendan Yan and Nate Aden - June 2019This guidance provides recommendations for companies in the apparel and footwear sector to set science-based greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets. It provides case studies on best practices in target setting and strategies for achieving emissions reductions.
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Estimating and Reporting the Comparative Emissions Impacts of Products
by Stephen Russell - March 2019This paper provides recommendations for companies to improve the credibility and consistency of claims they make about the comparative greenhouse gas impacts of their products, frequently called “avoided emissions”.
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Exploring Metrics to Measure the Climate Progress of Banks
by Cynthia Cummis, Shilpa Patel, Chris Weber, Jakob Thomae, Stan Dupre and Remco Fischer - May 2018This paper from Portfolio Carbon Initiative — a partnership between WRI, 2DII and UNEP-FI — assesses the metrics that can be used to assess a bank’s contribution to the climate solution or climate problem, compares them, and makes recommendations for choosing metrics based on asset class.
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A Recommended Methodology for Estimating and Reporting the Potential Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Fossil Fuel Reserves
by Stephen Russell - December 2016This working paper outlines a recommended methodology for estimating and reporting the potential emissions from fossil fuel reserves held by coal, oil, and gas companies.
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Carbon Asset Risk: Discussion Framework
WRI and UNEP-FI Portfolio Carbon Initiative
by Christopher Weber and Mark Fulton, WRI consultant - August 2015 -
Guide for Designing Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting Programs
by Neelam Singh, Kathryn Bacher, Ranping Song, Mary Elizabeth Sotos and Lei Yin - May 2015The report, Guide for Designing Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting Programs, a collaboration between the Partnership for Market Readiness (PMR) and the World Resources Institute, offers guidance for policymakers and practitioners in developing mandatory GHG reporting programs.
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GHG Protocol Scope 2 Guidance
An amendment to the GHG Protocol Corporate Standard
by Mary Elizabeth Sotos - January 2015 -
Global Protocol for Community-Scale Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventories
An Accounting and Reporting Standard for Cities
by Wee Kean Fong, Michael Doust (C40) and Chang Deng-Beck (ICLEI) - December 2014Introduction
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Mitigation Goal Standard
An Accounting and Reporting Standard for National and Subnational Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goals
by Kelly Levin, Jared Finnegan, David Rich and Pankaj Bhatia - November 2014 -
Policy and Action Standard
An Accounting and Reporting Standard for Estimating the Greenhouse Gas Effects of Policies and Actions
by David Rich, Pankaj Bhatia, Jared Finnegan, Kelly Levin and Apurba Mitra - November 2014Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are driving climate change and its impacts around the world.
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2012 Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Sustainability Report
by Amanda Stevens and Jeanette Frascello - August 2014Extreme weather events, including record-breaking temperatures, prolonged droughts, and powerful storms, are occurring around the world with startling frequency and mounting costs.
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Getting Every Ton of Emissions Right
An Analysis of Emission Factors for Purchased Electricity in China
by Ranping Song, Jingjing Zhu, Ping Hou and Hongtao Wang - June 2013In China, there are widespread errors on emission factors used to account for indirect emission from purchased electricity at the organizational level.
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Greenhouse Gas Protocol Product Life Cycle Accounting and Reporting Standard
by Pankaj Bhatia, Cynthia Cummis, Laura Draucker, David Rich, Holly Lahd and Andrea Brown (WBCSD) - October 2011The GHG Protocol Product Life Cycle Accounting and Reporting Standard (referred to as the Product Standard) provides requirements and guidance for companies and other organizations to quantify and publicly report an inventory of GHG emissions and removals associated
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Greenhouse Gas Protocol Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Accounting and Reporting Standard
by Pankaj Bhatia, Cynthia Cummis, David Rich, Laura Draucker, Holly Lahd and Andrea Brown (WBCSD) - October 2011The primary goal of this standard is to provide a standardized step-by-step approach to help companies understand their full value chain emissions impact in order to focus company efforts on the greatest GHG reduction opportunities, leading to
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Corporate Greenhouse Gas Inventories for the Agricultural Sector
Proposed Accounting and Reporting Steps
by Stephen Russell - January 2011 -
First International GHG Protocol-based Programs Workshop Report
Key Challenges and Recommendations
by Taryn Fransen, Neelam Singh and Kaleigh Robinson - November 2010Corporate GHG inventory programs have played a significant role in encouraging and enabling businesses and other organizations to respond to climate change.
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The Greenhouse Gas Protocol for the U.S. Public Sector
Interpreting the Corporate Standard for U.S. Public Sector Organizations
by Stephen Russell, Mary Elizabeth Sotos, Virginia Bostock, Michael Canes, Emil Dzuray, Robert Hardison, Rachael Jonassen, Julia Kalloz and Snapper Poche - October 2010The Greenhouse Gas Protocol Initiative
The Greenhouse Gas Protocol Initiative was launched in 1998 with the mission of developing internationally accepted greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting and reporting standards and to promote their broad adoption. Designed as a multistakeholder
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Designing a U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Registry
by David Rich - February 2008With the federal government now debating the best way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on a national scale, policymakers must also address the need to collect the emissions data necessary to ensure the success of U.S. climate change policies. The fi rst step in reducing emissions is to
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Measuring to Manage
A Guide to Designing GHG Accounting and Reporting Programs
by Taryn Fransen, Pankaj Bhatia and Angel Hsu - November 2007As concern about climate change climbs to unprecedented levels, one of the most important steps that a country, region, or state can take to address it is to establish a sound and credible platform to account for and report greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from corporations.
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Guidelines for Quantifying GHG Reductions from Grid-Connected Electricity Projects
by Derik Broekhoff - July 2007These guidelines supplement the Greenhouse Gas Protocol for Project Accounting, published in December 2005 by the World Resources Institute and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development.
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Designing a Customized Greenhouse Gas Calculation Tool
by Florence Daviet - June 2007This guidebook is designed to help the technical staff at GHG programs or initiatives such as GHG registries, and the technical staff at other institutions, such as local business or industry associations and/or consultants, adapt existing GHG Protocol calculation tools to use for a
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The Land Use, Land-Use Change, and Forestry Guidance for Greenhouse Gas Project Accounting
by Florence Daviet, Suzie Greenhalgh and Emily Weninger - October 2006The Land Use, Land-Use Change, and Forestry (LULUCF) Guidance for GHG Project Accounting (LULUCF Guidance) was developed by the World Resources Institute to supplement the Greenhouse Gas Protocol: The GHG Prot
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Greenhouse Gas Protocol
The GHG Protocol for Project Accounting
by Florence Daviet, Janet Ranganathan and World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) - December 2005This report, released in December 2005, is a tool for determining the greenhouse gas emission reduction benefits of climate mitigation projects.
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The Greenhouse Gas Protocol
A Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard (Revised Edition)
by Pankaj Bhatia, Janet Ranganathan and World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) - March 2004The GHG Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard helps companies and other organizations to identify, calculate, and report GHG emissions.