GREENHOUSE GAS

ACCOUNTING

SHRUTHI S
Team
AVENGERS
GHG ACCOUNTING

  Inventory and audit greenhouse gas (GHG)

emissions.
 Business tool for understanding and managing

climate change impacts.

GHG PROTOCOL INITIATIVE

 A multi- stakeholder partnership.

 Launched in 1998.

 Develop internationally accepted

GHG accounting and reporting standards.

 ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
GHG Protocol Corporate Accounting and
Reporting Standard
 Quantifying and reporting GHG emissions.

 Industry specific emission calculation tools.

 Robust and Practical

 Preparation of GHG emission inventory.

GHG Protocol Project Quantification Standard

 Quantifying reductions from GHG mitigation

projects.
PRINCIPLES

 RELEVANCE
 COMPLETENESS

 CONSISTENCY

 TRANSPARENCY

 ACCURACY
REPORTING APPROACHES

 Equity Share Approach

- Accounts emissions according to share of
equity in operation.

 Control Approach
- Accounts for 100% of emissions from
operations under control.