GHG Protocol
Greenhouse Gas Protocol
Definition
The GHG Protocol is the most widely used international standard for measuring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions. It was developed by the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD).
Its Corporate Standard, first published in 2001, splits a company's emissions into three scopes. The Scope 3 Standard, published in 2011, breaks value chain emissions into 15 categories, from purchased goods to the end-of-life of sold products.
The CSRD (through ESRS E1), CDP and the SBTi all rely on the GHG Protocol. In France, the regulatory greenhouse gas report (BEGES) and the Bilan Carbone® method use their own categories but map to the same scopes.
Go further
- Carbon footprint methods: Bilan Carbone®, GHG Protocol, ISO 14064
- Scopes 1, 2 and 3: what each scope covers