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Global firms to trial new international carbon footprinting standards
A group of 60 firms, including some of the world’s largest companies, have this week begun measuring the greenhouse gas emissions from their products and supply chains using two new methodologies.
The frameworks, which could become the basis for new international standards, were developed by the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHGP) Initiative, a decade-long partnership between the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD).
The initiative had already developed a GHGP accounting tool to enable international organisations to understand, quantify and measure the emissions and electricity consumption of their own operations.
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