Stories: Greenhouse Gas Protocol

New Protocol Released to Support U.S. Government’s Greenhouse Gas Accounting

Document Coincides with One-Year Anniversary of Executive Order on GHG Reductions

More than 60 companies have completed the road testing of new global standards designed to help measure the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of their products and supply chains.

Update from the star-studded launch of a new chain of sustainable restaurants.

Brazil has turned its international climate commitments into national law, but that’s only the beginning.

Sixty corporations today begin measuring the greenhouse gas emissions of their products and supply chains by road testing a new global framework that is part of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Initiative.

 

Petrobras, Ford Brasil, Wal-Mart Brasil, and Whirlpool are some of the first companies to voluntarily measure and publicly report their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions using the Brazil GHG Protocol Program, a project of the World Resources Institute (WRI).

WRI Advances Green Supply Chain Initiative

The World Resources Institute (WRI) is stepping up its work on greening the supply chains of companies both big and small, thanks to a grant from Walmart.

The low-carbon diet is a growing trend in the sports and entertainment industries, where Fox TV’s 24 and pro basketball’s Los Angeles Clippers are using the Greenhouse Gas Protocol to cut their climate calories.

Sao Paulo recently became one of the first cities in the developing world to implement a citywide plan to fight climate change.

The EPA is creating a nationwide database of greenhouse gas emissions, an important first step on the path to reducing U.S. emissions.