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The 4-Step Plan for Cutting Value-Chain Emissions
Emissions can occur across multiple stages of a company's value-chain. Photo credit: FLickr / Marty.FMThis piece originally appeared in GreenBiz.I was recently at the New York Stock Exchange for the...
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Managing GHG Emissions from Agriculture: A Unique but Solvable Challenge
Globally, agricultural emissions are expected to increase by more than 50 percent by 2030. Photo credit: Flickr/swisscanThis post also appears on GreenBiz.com.Thousands of companies have developed...
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A New Global Framework to Measure Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Cities
Right to Left: Fong Wee Kean, WRI; Seth Schultz, Clinton Foundation, C40 Cities; Jürgen Nimptsch, Mayor of Bonn, Germany; Gino Van Begin, ICLEI; David Cadman, ICLEI; Yunus Arikan, ICLEI Photo credit:...
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National Greenhouse Gas Inventories Can Help Countries Curb Climate Change
WRI's MAPT initiative completed an assessment of GHG inventories in several focus countries, including Brazil. Photo credit: Flickr/Rodrigo SoldonAt WRI, we like to say that “you can’t manage what you...
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WRI’s 30th Anniversary: A Look Back at Three Decades of Big Ideas
WRI's first staff members (left to right): Wallace D. Bowman, Secretary-Treasurer; Gus Speth, President; Jessica T. Mathews, Vice President and Director of Research; and Andrew Maguire, Vice President...
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Where do Renewable Energy Purchases Fit into a GHG Inventory?
Many companies seek to purchase renewable energy and use the zero-emissions rate in calculating their indirect emissions from electricity consumption. Photo credit: Flickr/Wayne National ForestI...
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Asian Organizations Commit to Advance Corporate Action on Climate Change
WRI's Greenhouse Gas Protocol recently held a week-long training session in India to further build Asian companies' capacities to measure and curb emissions. Photo credit: WRICompanies around the world...
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For the First Time, GHG Protocol to help Brazil Measure Greenhouse Gas...
Farming is currently responsible for 19 percent of Brazil's total greenhouse gas emissions. Photo credit: Flickr/World Bank Photo CollectionThis past Sunday, WRI’s Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol team...
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Rio+20 in the Rear View: A Look at Rio de Janeiro’s New Greenhouse Gas...
Under the Rio Low-Carbon City Program, the city will introduce environmentally sustainable elements like bus rapid transit corridors. Photo credit: Mariana Gil, EMBARQ BrazilWRI’s experts will continue...
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VIDEO: Leading Companies Use New Standards to Uncover Greatest Sources of...
Director of the GHG Protocol, Pankaj Bhatia, explains the Corporate Value Chain and Product Lifecycle Standards for measuring greenhouse gas emissions. Photo credit: WRILast week’s Rio+20 conference...
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Sustainability at WRI: Recommitting to Walking the Talk
The green roof on WRI's headquarters in Washington, D.C. Photo credit: WRIAt WRI, we pride ourselves in being a mission-driven organization that defines success as bringing about positive outcomes in...
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A Look Inside Facebook’s Carbon Footprint
Facebook has 950 million users (and counting), but the company did not include user emissions in its new greenhouse gas inventory. Photo credit: Flickr/ Anna BriggsFacebook, a business that relies so...
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3 Lessons for Better Supply Chain Management
The Carbon Disclosure Project’s annual survey of the Global 500 reveals that seven in 10 respondents measured some value chain emissions in 2011. Photo credit: Flickr/Robert ScobleThis post originally...
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We Need Your Help: Take Our Survey on Greenhouse Gas Accounting for the...
GHG Protocol and UNEP Finance Initiative will develop a guidance to help the financial sector measure its "financed emissions." Photo credit: Flickr/s_falkowThe Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol recently...
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Released for Review: New Standards for Tracking GHG Emissions from Policies...
Decision-makers in countries, states, and cities need to understand the emissions impacts associated with their mitigation policies and goals. Photo credit: Flickr/Dennison UyWith the latest round of...
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For the First Time, a Common Framework for Cities’ Greenhouse Gas Inventories
Rio de Janeiro is one city that is trying to measure its greenhouse gas emissions. Photo credit: Rodrigo_Soldon/Flickr“You cannot manage what you cannot measure” is a well-known adage for business, and...
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A New Tool to Measure and Reduce Emissions from Agriculture
Agricultural emissions are responsible for at least 10-12 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions and are projected to grow. Photo credit: Nick McPhee, FlickrAgriculture is a major actor in spurring...
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New Guidance Makes Corporate Value Chain Accounting Easier
GHG Protocol's Scope 3 Standard helps companies account for greenhouse gas emissions across the entire value chain. Photo credit: William Cho, FlickrAn effective corporate climate change strategy...
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Lessons Learned from Low-Carbon City Planning in Malaysia
Kuching is a medium-sized city in the East Malaysian state of Sarawak. Photo credit: MyBukit, FlickrStacy Kotorac, a project coordinator/research assistant with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, also...
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Nitrogen Trifluoride Now Required in GHG Protocol Greenhouse Gas Emissions...
The GHG Protocol now requires NF3 to be included in GHG inventories. Photo credit: Jon Pinder, FlickrScientific understanding of the chemicals that contribute to climate change is constantly improving....
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