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Janet Ranganathan (WRI), David Moorcroft (WBCSD), Jasper Koch (WBCSD), Pankaj Bhatia (WRI). Joint publication of the World Business Council on Sustainable Development and the World Resources Institute

Synopsis

The GHG Protocol was developed over a three-year period by a partnership of over 350 individuals from corporations, non-profit organizations, and governments. It is supplemented by a number of user-friendly calculation tools.

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The Revised Edition (2004) version of this report is now available!

The mission of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Initiative (GHG Protocol) is to develop and promote internationally accepted greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting and reporting standards through an open and inclusive process.

Jointly convened in 1998 by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and the World Resources Institute (WRI), the GHG Protocol is a unique multi-stakeholder partnership of businesses, NGOs, and governments that serves as the premier source of knowledge about corporate GHG accounting and reporting.

This corporate accounting and reporting standard draws on the expertise and contributions of numerous individuals and organizations from around the world. The resulting standard and guidance are supplemented by a number of user-friendly GHG calculation tools on the GHG Protocol website (www.ghgprotocol.org).

The standard, guidance, and tools will help companies and other organizations:

• develop a credible GHG inventory underpinned by GHG accounting and reporting principles

• account and report information from global operations in a way that presents a clear picture of GHG impacts, and facilitates understanding as well as comparison with similar reports

• provide internal management with valuable information on which to build an effective strategy to manage and reduce GHG emissions

• provide GHG information that complements other climate initiatives and reporting standards, including financial standards

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• Full text: Greenhouse Gas Protocol: A corporate accounting and reporting standard (1st edition) (2.0 Mb)

Report Versions

The following is provided for reference use; not all versions listed are currently available online.

• First edition (2001)
• Revised edition (2004)

Press Releases

• October 23, 2001: WRI, WBCSD release new business reporting standard for greenhouse gas emissions.

  The World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) released an international standard that will enable businesses to uniformly report their emissions of greenhouse gases.