Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol)

Wondering how your company should collect scope 3 emissions data? Collecting scope 3 emissions data is likely to require wider engagement within the reporting company, as well as with suppliers and partners outside of the company, than is needed to collect scope 1 and scope 2 emissions data. Companies may need to engage several internal departments, such as procurement, energy, manufacturing, marketing, research and development, product design, logistics, and accounting.   Chapter 7 of the Scope 3 Standard provides a four-step approach to collecting and evaluating data: https://bit.ly/4j8fZZo For more answers to frequently asked questions, check out our Scope 3 FAQ: https://bit.ly/3XbmrFO

📰 Catch up on the latest from GHG Protocol in our August newsletter! This month’s highlights include: 📢 Register today: GHG Protocol at NY Climate Week 🏭 New video on how GHG Protocol defines and categorizes emissions 🚚 New Scope 3 FAQs 🌎 And more! ➡️Read the full newsletter here: https://bit.ly/4mXUKuB 📨 Want these updates in your inbox? Subscribe here: https://bit.ly/3sDNKN9

🌍How does GHG Protocol define and categorize emissions? Hande Baybar, Corporate Standard Manager at Greenhouse Gas Protocol, explains how the Corporate Standard divides emissions into direct (scope 1) and indirect (scopes 2 and 3) and what falls under each category. ➡️ Find more answers to common questions about the Corporate Standard: https://bit.ly/3F7IPKf

🗨️In the newest installment of our Independent Standards Board Q&A series, Pieter Gagnon, Research Associate at the Colorado school of Mines and member of GHG Protocol’s ISB, shares how his background in engineering, economics and policy informs his work. He spoke about his leadership on the Cambium Project, the value of both attributional and consequential analysis in emissions accounting and his advice for those starting out in climate and sustainability careers. ➡️Read the Q&A: https://bit.ly/3JgwLZg

GHG Protocol is excited to participate in Net Zero Value Chains, presented by Value Change Initiative on Wednesday, September 24 during New York Climate Week. The event will explore how companies can navigate the evolving landscape for corporate climate action by embracing proven methods, aligning with updated guidance, and unlocking scalable, high-impact solutions for Scope 3 decarbonization. You'll hear from Pankaj Bhatia, Greenhouse Gas Protocol Global Director (WRI) and other global experts on the future of emissions accounting. 🔗Register now: https://bit.ly/4lsj1rs

Greenhouse Gas Protocol is #hiring a Director of Actions and Market Instruments to lead our important work on Actions and Market Instruments and contribute to the creation of high-integrity, high-quality and easy-to-implement standards. Learn more and apply here ➡️ https://bit.ly/4fwB6Ds #greencareers #hiringnow #sustainablecareers #sustainablejobs #ghgaccounting

📆 Don't forget to register for the 2025 Carbon Accounting Alliance Conference on October 7, 2025. Maia Kutner, Global Director (WBCSD) at GHG Protocol will be speaking at the “Ask Me Anything with the Standards Bodies” session, alongside representatives from SBTi and ISO Standards. This will be an interactive forum to discuss the latest releases from GHG Protocol and SBTi. 🔗 Register now to join the event virtually or in-person: https://bit.ly/3Th1Iyf

📢 The fourth and final installment of our scope 3 FAQs is now available! 📄 9 new FAQs have been added to our scope 3 resource with details on where to find more information in the standard and guidance. 🔗 Explore the updated resource: https://bit.ly/3XbmrFO

📢 📰Quarter 2 2025 Technical Working Groups Update: GHG Protocol currently has five Technical Working Groups in process. Below is a high-level update about what each workstream has been working on between April and June 2025. 🏢Corporate Standard Technical Working Group discussed topics including updates to GHG accounting and reporting principles (Subgroup 1), choosing a base year and base year recalculation policy (Subgroup 1), updates to the financial control and operational control consolidation approaches (Subgroup 2), refinements to a scope 3 reporting requirement (Subgroup 3) and justifiable exclusions in reporting scope 1 and scope 2 emissions (Subgroup 3). 💡Scope 2 Technical Working Group has continued refining proposed revisions to the location-based and market-based inventory methods, while a subgroup has developed proposals for reporting the consequential GHG emission impacts of electricity-related actions. In June, the full TWG held an indicative vote on both sets of proposals. These materials will be reviewed by the Independent Standards Board (ISB), which will determine whether and how each workstream proceeds to public consultation later this year. 🚛 Scope 3 Technical Working Group  has reviewed the first package of scope 3 revisions, including data disaggregation in reporting, boundary setting and exclusion threshold, and category 15 (investments). The revisions will be provided to the ISB for consideration on July 28th. The second phase of the TWG is set to commence at the end of August. ⚙️Actions and Market Instruments Technical Working Group is synthesizing and refining proposals for a more comprehensive and transparent corporate GHG accounting and reporting structure, with disaggregated reporting of physical GHG inventory emissions and new reporting element(s) for the impacts of actions and market instruments. Specific approaches and details are still being developed.  🌳Forest Carbon Accounting Technical Working Group finalized two forest carbon accounting proposals and were unable to reach a consensus on which proposal to recommend. The ISB is currently considering both proposals and has begun discussing the tradeoffs shared by FCA TWG members.  ➡️ You can view the materials from Technical Working Group meetings in GHG Protocol’s Standards Development and Governance Repository: https://bit.ly/3XFRkCP

📰 Catch up on the latest from GHG Protocol in our July newsletter! This month’s highlights include: 📢 Quarter 2 2025 Technical Working Groups Update 🔎Job opening: Scope 3 Standard Manager 🌱 GHG Protocol at London Climate Week 🌎 And more! ➡️Read the full newsletter here: https://bit.ly/4lMGHIh 📨 Want these updates in your inbox? Subscribe here: https://bit.ly/3sDNKN9