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Normative Biodiversity Metric map available

Methodologies which attempt to measure the biodiversity value of land are understandably controversial; biodiversity doesn’t represent a precise ...

Mandatory Carbon Reporting could have a positive cultural impact at board level

Mandatory Carbon Reporting (MCR) will highlight the accuracy of how companies’ report, but also present an opportunity to align the environmental

Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting: Ecometrica Response

Ecometrica has responded to the Defra consultation on Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting for 1,101 London Stock Exchange-listed companies in the ...

Greenhouse Gases, CO2, CO2e, and Carbon: What Do All These Terms Mean?

There are lots of terms that get used in our industry, such as "greenhouse gases", "CO2", "CO2e", and "carbon", and what they all mean can get ...

Permanence Revisited

The concept of permanence or reversibility of emission reductions was a recurrent topic in the negotiations of the Kyoto Protocol and subsequent ...

Greenhouse Gas Protocol update would provide guidance on GWPs

The WBCSD/WRI recently proposed an update to their Corporate Greenhouse Gas Protocol to provide specific regulations regarding the global warming potential (GWP) values used by companies seeking compliance with the standard. Unlike the more recent Product and Scope 3 standards, the Corporate standard does not currently include specifications or guidance related to the selection and use of GWPs in organizational GHG assessments. The proposed amendment would align the Corporate standard with the Product and Scope 3 standards in requiring the use of 100-year GWP values published by the IPCC.

Nitrogen trifluoride: the new mandatory Kyoto Protocol greenhouse gas

Big news in the realm of greenhouse gas accounting and reporting, folks: the UNFCCC, within the context of the Kyoto Protocol, has wisely decided to include nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) in the second Kyoto compliance period, which begins this year and ends in either 2017 or 2020. Following suit, the WBCSD/WRI’s GHG Protocol is amending all of its standards (corporate, product and Scope 3) to also cover NF3. Luckily for clients using Ecometrica Sustainability, Ecometrica’s powerful and CDP-accredited greenhouse gas accounting solution, the capacity to measure and report emissions from this new seventh Kyoto gas has already been fully integrated.