Greenhouse Gas Protocol Initiative

The Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol) is the most widely used international accounting tool for government and business leaders to understand, quantify, and manage greenhouse gas emissions.

A decade-long partnership between the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), the GHG Protocol is working with businesses, governments, and environmental groups around the world to build a new generation of credible and effective programs for tackling climate change.

Following the success of the Corporate Standard and Project Protocol, the WRI/WBCSD GHG Protocol is developing two new standards for

• product GHG/Product Carbon Footprinting accounting and reporting and

• Scope 3/supply chain GHG accounting and reporting  

The new GHG Protocol standards will provide a standardized method to inventory the emissions associated with individual products across their full life cycles and of corporate value chains, taking into account impacts both upstream and downstream of the company’s operations.

Development of the Standard and PE INTERNATIONAL Involvement

To develop the new standards, the GHG Protocol is following a multi-stakeholder process with participation from businesses, policymakers, NGOs, academics and other experts and stakeholders from around the world.

PE INTERNATIONAL is involved in the process by participating in working groups for both standards, the Scope 3 Standard and the Product Standard.

www.ghgprotocol.org