World Resources Institute hosted a launch event on 21 November 2014 for two new Greenhouse Gas Protocol Standards to inform government climate change strategies.
Building on previous GHG Protocol standards, the Policy and Action Standard helps evaluate the effectiveness of specific policies or measures in achieving greenhouse gas emissions reductions, empowering policymakers and analysts to better assess and communicate their progress. The Mitigation Goal Standard takes a bigger picture view, enabling governments to determine their emissions trajectory and whether their policy portfolio aligns with reaching their climate goals. Both standards are applicable for all levels of government.
Find out more at http://www.wri.org/events/2014/11/launch-and-training-workshop-greenhouse-gas-protocol
The Catalan Office for Climate Change has updated the Guidance on calculating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This Guidance is a tool for any organisation, in example government agencies, companies, associations, and citizens in general. Moreover, together with the Calculator, the Guidance is the tool recommended to draw up GHG inventory for organizations joined to the Voluntary Agreements Programme for the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Presentation on draft target validation criteria for financial institutions to align their investment and lending activities with the goals of the Paris Agreement.
Learn more: https://www.wri.org/events/2020/02/workshop-science-based-target-setting-financial
World Resources Institute hosted a launch event on 21 November 2014 for two new Greenhouse Gas Protocol Standards to inform government climate change strategies.
Building on previous GHG Protocol standards, the Policy and Action Standard helps evaluate the effectiveness of specific policies or measures in achieving greenhouse gas emissions reductions, empowering policymakers and analysts to better assess and communicate their progress. The Mitigation Goal Standard takes a bigger picture view, enabling governments to determine their emissions trajectory and whether their policy portfolio aligns with reaching their climate goals. Both standards are applicable for all levels of government.
Find out more at http://www.wri.org/events/2014/11/launch-and-training-workshop-greenhouse-gas-protocol
The Catalan Office for Climate Change has updated the Guidance on calculating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This Guidance is a tool for any organisation, in example government agencies, companies, associations, and citizens in general. Moreover, together with the Calculator, the Guidance is the tool recommended to draw up GHG inventory for organizations joined to the Voluntary Agreements Programme for the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Presentation on draft target validation criteria for financial institutions to align their investment and lending activities with the goals of the Paris Agreement.
Learn more: https://www.wri.org/events/2020/02/workshop-science-based-target-setting-financial
More than eighty percent of the world’s 500 largest companies established emission reduction or energy-specific targets in the 2014-15 financial year, according to CDP. Clearly, the business community is invested in preventing the adverse consequences of climate change and seizing opportunities in the new low-carbon economy. The next step in protecting that investment is to ensure that greenhouse gas reduction targets are set at the rate consistent with the pace recommended by climate scientists to limit the worst impacts of climate change. Science Based Targets is a joint initiative by CDP, the UN Global Compact (UNGC), the World Resources Institute (WRI) and WWF that raises the ambition of corporate mitigation efforts and drives bolder business solutions by identifying and promoting innovative approaches to corporate greenhouse gas (GHG) target setting.
This slide deck is from a webinar that outlined the Call to Action campaign. To learn more about this initiative and its event calendar, visit www.sciencebasedtargets.org.
[Note: This is a partial preview. To download this presentation, visit:
https://www.oeconsulting.com.sg/training-presentations]
ISO 20400:2017 is the world's first International Standard for sustainable procurement. The standard provides guidelines for integrating sustainability into an organization's procurement processes.
Aimed at top managers and directors of the purchasing function, it helps to align procurement with an organization's goals and objectives and create a culture of sustainability.
By implementing ISO 20400, your organization will contribute positively to society and the economy through making sustainable purchasing decisions and encouraging suppliers and other stakeholders to do the same.
This presentation can be used to create awareness of your organization's sustainable procurement processes and practices in support of the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. Acquire knowledge on sustainability management
2. Gain an overview of the ISO 20400 standard and its contents
3. Gather practical tips on how to get started with ISO 20400
CONTENTS
1. Introduction to Sustainability
2. Overview of ISO 20400 Sustainable Procurement
3. Contents of ISO 20400
4. Getting Started with ISO 20400
Sustainability reporting is becoming increasingly prevalent due to the growing consensus that sustainability-related issues can materially affect a company’s performance. This is leading to increased demand from various stakeholder groups for higher levels of transparency and disclosure about the company’s business activities and performance.
Getting started with GRI reporting
To get started with sustainability reporting using standards like BRSR, companies are turning to sustainability management platforms like POSITIIVPLUS. These platforms can help businesses monitor KPIs like energy use, emissions and waste generation, operational costs, and regulatory compliance.
Stakeholders also want information from companies as to how they are responding to issues of sustainable development. This is why companies use sustainability reporting as a tool to disclose their sustainability practices. Sustainability reporting is not mandatory, but it increases the transparency and accountability of an organization. This in turn helps companies to be better equipped to make profitable decisions which will increase the chances of their long-term success.
Using sustainability management software can help companies gain an understanding of the BRSR format, choose material topics to report on, a report from the variety of available KPIs, aggregate and analyze sustainability performance data, draft a sustainability report, as well as support organizational transparency and communication.
Key steps to successful ISO 14001 ImplementationPECB
The webinar discussed the main steps organizations should take to successfully implement ISO 14001 and increase its competitive advantage. Also, it covered the importance of sustainability and how it can support the standard’s implementation.
Main points covered:
• What's new in ISO 14001
• Sustainability's key feature and relevance for EMS
• ISO and Sustainability: How they relate, and how sustainability is key to ISO implementation
• Conclusion and Tips
Presenter:
Jessica Mann is the CEO and founder of Green Futures Unlimited, a specialty Environmental Health & Safety and sustainability consulting firm. With over 30 years of experience in the field, she has served in leadership roles at several international corporations. Currently she provides consulting services to leading organizations, and teaches at the University of California San Diego in the sustainable business certificate program. A frequent guest-speaker at various professional events, she has written a number of articles and white papers on sustainability topics including green chemistry, and the integration of occupational health & safety with sustainability.
This is a presentation I gave on 23 March 2011 to a cluster of companies ranging from manufacturers, a race course company, councils, an electricity provider, to a lawyer and accountancy practice. It talks about how to achieve carbon neutrality and the different offsets one can buy. Key messages are that carbon neutrality is not for everyone, that you have to define your boundaries clearly and be transparent about them, and that you should only buy reputable offsets. Throughout the presentation I make it clear that the focus should be on carbon MANAGEMENT; it is always better to avoid and reduce carbon emissions first before offsets are bought.
January 2024. Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) is a framework that helps investors evaluate how a company manages risk and opportunities around sustainability issues. ESG takes a comprehensive view that extends beyond the environmental aspect to include the social and corporate governance aspects.
ESG metrics are non-financial indicators that evaluate companies' ESG performance. They are quantitative, such as GHG emissions; and qualitative, such as Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI).
ESG reporting is the public disclosure of ESG data. Its purpose is to shed light on a company’s ESG activities and improve transparency with investors.
ESG reporting offers many advantages to a business, including improved reputation, being more attractive to investors, competitive advantage, improved performance, resilient and sustainable business, capacity building, and climate change mitigation.
However, ESG reporting faces challenges such as the lack of a universal standard, being complex requiring specialized expertise, risk of greenwashing, and constantly changing regulations.
An ESG framework is a structured approach to ESG reporting. Using an ESG framework produces measurable, actionable, and credible results.
ESG standards translate ESG framework principles into action by specifying factors such as metrics, methodologies, and reporting formats. The absence of a universal ESG reporting standard has resulted in reliance on various standards.
The most commonly used ESG reporting standards include Task Force on Climate related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and United Nations Global Compact (UNGC).
ESG compliance refers to meeting or exceeding ESG guidelines established by the compliance frameworks and regulatory bodies.
An ESG rating, also called an ESG score, provides a benchmark for investors to evaluate a company’s ESG performance and compare it to other companies.
Policy wise, the Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) initiative was launched in 2009 to improve corporate transparency and performance on ESG issues. The SSE is coordinated by United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), and UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA).
In this slideshow, you will learn about the definition, advantages, challenges, implementation steps, UN policy, and global statistics of ESG reporting. For more slideshows on environmental sustainability, please visit s2adesign.com
"Greenhouse Gas Protocol Corporate Standard, by World Resources Institute and World Business Council for Sustainable Development, March 2014." 2012, MIT.
In its Third Assessment Report (TAR), the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concludes that human activities are the main contributors to global warming. Each nation is adopting measures to combat issues related to climate change. Global initiatives have been taken up by governments and companies to reduce the impact of their operations on the environment. To help these organizations better understand their carbon footprint, reporting systems for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions were created. GHG emissions are disclosed either through regulated schemes or through voluntary reporting.
More than eighty percent of the world’s 500 largest companies established emission reduction or energy-specific targets in the 2014-15 financial year, according to CDP. Clearly, the business community is invested in preventing the adverse consequences of climate change and seizing opportunities in the new low-carbon economy. The next step in protecting that investment is to ensure that greenhouse gas reduction targets are set at the rate consistent with the pace recommended by climate scientists to limit the worst impacts of climate change. Science Based Targets is a joint initiative by CDP, the UN Global Compact (UNGC), the World Resources Institute (WRI) and WWF that raises the ambition of corporate mitigation efforts and drives bolder business solutions by identifying and promoting innovative approaches to corporate greenhouse gas (GHG) target setting.
This slide deck is from a webinar that outlined the Call to Action campaign. To learn more about this initiative and its event calendar, visit www.sciencebasedtargets.org.
[Note: This is a partial preview. To download this presentation, visit:
https://www.oeconsulting.com.sg/training-presentations]
ISO 20400:2017 is the world's first International Standard for sustainable procurement. The standard provides guidelines for integrating sustainability into an organization's procurement processes.
Aimed at top managers and directors of the purchasing function, it helps to align procurement with an organization's goals and objectives and create a culture of sustainability.
By implementing ISO 20400, your organization will contribute positively to society and the economy through making sustainable purchasing decisions and encouraging suppliers and other stakeholders to do the same.
This presentation can be used to create awareness of your organization's sustainable procurement processes and practices in support of the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. Acquire knowledge on sustainability management
2. Gain an overview of the ISO 20400 standard and its contents
3. Gather practical tips on how to get started with ISO 20400
CONTENTS
1. Introduction to Sustainability
2. Overview of ISO 20400 Sustainable Procurement
3. Contents of ISO 20400
4. Getting Started with ISO 20400
Sustainability reporting is becoming increasingly prevalent due to the growing consensus that sustainability-related issues can materially affect a company’s performance. This is leading to increased demand from various stakeholder groups for higher levels of transparency and disclosure about the company’s business activities and performance.
Getting started with GRI reporting
To get started with sustainability reporting using standards like BRSR, companies are turning to sustainability management platforms like POSITIIVPLUS. These platforms can help businesses monitor KPIs like energy use, emissions and waste generation, operational costs, and regulatory compliance.
Stakeholders also want information from companies as to how they are responding to issues of sustainable development. This is why companies use sustainability reporting as a tool to disclose their sustainability practices. Sustainability reporting is not mandatory, but it increases the transparency and accountability of an organization. This in turn helps companies to be better equipped to make profitable decisions which will increase the chances of their long-term success.
Using sustainability management software can help companies gain an understanding of the BRSR format, choose material topics to report on, a report from the variety of available KPIs, aggregate and analyze sustainability performance data, draft a sustainability report, as well as support organizational transparency and communication.
Key steps to successful ISO 14001 ImplementationPECB
The webinar discussed the main steps organizations should take to successfully implement ISO 14001 and increase its competitive advantage. Also, it covered the importance of sustainability and how it can support the standard’s implementation.
Main points covered:
• What's new in ISO 14001
• Sustainability's key feature and relevance for EMS
• ISO and Sustainability: How they relate, and how sustainability is key to ISO implementation
• Conclusion and Tips
Presenter:
Jessica Mann is the CEO and founder of Green Futures Unlimited, a specialty Environmental Health & Safety and sustainability consulting firm. With over 30 years of experience in the field, she has served in leadership roles at several international corporations. Currently she provides consulting services to leading organizations, and teaches at the University of California San Diego in the sustainable business certificate program. A frequent guest-speaker at various professional events, she has written a number of articles and white papers on sustainability topics including green chemistry, and the integration of occupational health & safety with sustainability.
This is a presentation I gave on 23 March 2011 to a cluster of companies ranging from manufacturers, a race course company, councils, an electricity provider, to a lawyer and accountancy practice. It talks about how to achieve carbon neutrality and the different offsets one can buy. Key messages are that carbon neutrality is not for everyone, that you have to define your boundaries clearly and be transparent about them, and that you should only buy reputable offsets. Throughout the presentation I make it clear that the focus should be on carbon MANAGEMENT; it is always better to avoid and reduce carbon emissions first before offsets are bought.
January 2024. Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) is a framework that helps investors evaluate how a company manages risk and opportunities around sustainability issues. ESG takes a comprehensive view that extends beyond the environmental aspect to include the social and corporate governance aspects.
ESG metrics are non-financial indicators that evaluate companies' ESG performance. They are quantitative, such as GHG emissions; and qualitative, such as Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI).
ESG reporting is the public disclosure of ESG data. Its purpose is to shed light on a company’s ESG activities and improve transparency with investors.
ESG reporting offers many advantages to a business, including improved reputation, being more attractive to investors, competitive advantage, improved performance, resilient and sustainable business, capacity building, and climate change mitigation.
However, ESG reporting faces challenges such as the lack of a universal standard, being complex requiring specialized expertise, risk of greenwashing, and constantly changing regulations.
An ESG framework is a structured approach to ESG reporting. Using an ESG framework produces measurable, actionable, and credible results.
ESG standards translate ESG framework principles into action by specifying factors such as metrics, methodologies, and reporting formats. The absence of a universal ESG reporting standard has resulted in reliance on various standards.
The most commonly used ESG reporting standards include Task Force on Climate related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and United Nations Global Compact (UNGC).
ESG compliance refers to meeting or exceeding ESG guidelines established by the compliance frameworks and regulatory bodies.
An ESG rating, also called an ESG score, provides a benchmark for investors to evaluate a company’s ESG performance and compare it to other companies.
Policy wise, the Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) initiative was launched in 2009 to improve corporate transparency and performance on ESG issues. The SSE is coordinated by United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), and UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA).
In this slideshow, you will learn about the definition, advantages, challenges, implementation steps, UN policy, and global statistics of ESG reporting. For more slideshows on environmental sustainability, please visit s2adesign.com
"Greenhouse Gas Protocol Corporate Standard, by World Resources Institute and World Business Council for Sustainable Development, March 2014." 2012, MIT.
In its Third Assessment Report (TAR), the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concludes that human activities are the main contributors to global warming. Each nation is adopting measures to combat issues related to climate change. Global initiatives have been taken up by governments and companies to reduce the impact of their operations on the environment. To help these organizations better understand their carbon footprint, reporting systems for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions were created. GHG emissions are disclosed either through regulated schemes or through voluntary reporting.
Net Zero in Medicines Manufacturing: Measuring and Reporting Carbon FootprintKTN
On Friday 22nd October 2021, KTN hosted a webinar on Net Zero in Medicines Manufacturing, aimed at medicines manufacturers to learn about systems and tools for measuring and reporting on Scope 1, 2 and 3 carbon outputs. The webinar was hosted by the KTN Medicines Manufacturing Challenge Community in partnership with Innovate UK, Medicines Manufacturing Industry Partnership and Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry, featuring presentations and discussion from GSK, AstraZeneca and Pfizer on reporting and science-based targets.
A carbon footprint is the amount of greenhouse gases—primarily carbon dioxide—released into the atmosphere by a particular human activity. A carbon footprint can be a broad meaasure or be applied to the actions of an individual, a family, an event, an organization, or even an entire nation.
Conference with Ukrainian Healthcare Procurement ExpertsUN SPHS
Dr. Rosemary Kumwenda, UNDP Senior Advisor to Health and HIV Sustainable Responses and Mirjana Milic, UNDP Associate Coordinator delivered a presentation about the UNDP approach to sustainable health procurement
The presentation of Katriina Alhola and Jáchym Judl of Finnish Environmental Institute (SYKE) in the Carbon Game -event. It was organised by Sitra in collaboration with Climate Partners and SYKE. In the event the definition and rules of carbon neutrality were discussed as well as how carbon neutrality is seen in business both in Finland and globally.
See also the separate presentations of the event and workshop by Katriina Alhola and Professor Greg Norris.
SPLC 2018 Summit: Strategies for specifying sustainable products services SPLCouncil
Slides from Anastasia O'Rourke, Special Consultant, Industrial Economics, Inc., Stacey Foreman, Manager Sustainable Procurement Program, City of Portland & Holly Elwood, Senior Advisor, US EPA presented at the Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council's 2018 Summit in Minneapolis, MN.
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GHG Protocl Supply Chain and Product Standard High Level Overview
1. 1 Greenhouse Gas Protocol Product/Supply Chain Standards Overview on P&G Asia Product Safety and Regulatory Affairs Symposium RP Song 16 November 2009 1
10. 6 New GHG Protocol Standards Scope 3 (Corporate Value Chain) Standard Under develop-ment Product Life Cycle Standard 6
11. 7 Process Structure WRI/WBCSD Secretariat Steering Committee (25 members) Product Technical Working Groups ( 100+ members) Scope 3 Technical Working Groups ( 60+ members) Stakeholder Advisory Group (1,000+) Product Standard Scope 3 Standard 7
14. Scope 2 emissions = Indirect emissions from use of electricity, steam, heating and cooling
15. Scope 3 emissions = All other indirect emissions upstream & downstream of a company, e.g. production of purchased goods & services; third-party transportation; use and disposal of a company’s products; etc.9
23. Engaging partners in the value chain to expand GHG accountability, transparency and management throughout the value chain
24. Public reporting of GHG emissions to meet the decision-making needs of stakeholders (e.g., policy-makers, investors, purchasers, customers, suppliers, employees, NGOs, etc.), as well as participation in corporate-level GHG reporting programs and registries12
33. All scope 1 and scope 2 emissions, as required by the GHG Protocol Corporate Standard.15
34. 16 Collecting Data As a general rule, companies should apply the following hierarchy in collecting data: Primary data Secondary data Extrapolated data Proxy data
35. Collecting Data 1b. Can primary data be combined with one or more of the other data types of sufficient quality? 2b. Can the secondary data be combined with the use of extrapolated data or proxy data to obtain sufficient data quality? Decision Tree 3. Are extrapolated data or proxy data available of sufficient quality? 2. Is secondary data available of sufficient quality? 1a. Is the value chain partner able and willing to supply primary data of sufficient quality? N N N N Y Y Y Y Y N 5. Calculate, roll-up and report emissions 6. Report data gap
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37. Emissions data for all six Kyoto Protocol GHGs (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6)
38. Scope 3 emissions reported separately for each scope 3 category included in the inventory
39. A list of scope 3 activities included in the report
40. A list of excluded scope 3 emission sources with justification of their exclusion
41. Emissions reported separately for sources calculated using primary (company-specific) data and sources calculated using secondary (industry average) data
44. A summary of data types used to calculate the inventory (e.g., the percentages of scope 3 emissions calculated using primary data, secondary data, and extrapolated/proxy data) 18 Reporting
53. Goal and Scope The standard is sufficiently flexible to support GHG quantification and reporting for many product types Who should use this standard? Companies and organizations of all sizes and economic sectors 22 Goal & Scope
54. Goal and Scope This standard does not fully support product comparison Valid product comparison, comparative assertion, and labeling requires a greater degree of prescriptiveness than is provided in this standard. The standard will include guidance on how programs, product category rule (PCR) developers and organizations can specify additional constraints so that valid product comparisons and claims can be made 23 Goal & Scope
58. Key Requirements: Setting the Boundary Setting the Boundary Processes that are attributable to the function of the product shallbe included in the boundary of the product system. These processes are directly connected over the product’s life cycle by material or energy flows, from extraction and pre-processing of product components through to the product’s end-of-life These processes are referred to as foreground processes throughout this standard Capital goods shall be included in the product system if deemed significant for the studied product or product sector Significance can be proven for capital goods using a qualitative or quantitative test. Companies shall conduct a cradle-to-grave assessment for all final products. Companies may conduct a cradle-to-gate assessment for intermediate products when the eventual fate of a product is unknown. 26
60. Key Requirements: Collecting Data Primary data shall be collected for all processes under the control (as defined by the GHG Protocol Corporate Standard) of the company undertaking the product inventory For all other processes, primary or secondary data of the highest practical quality shall be collected Data gaps shall be filled using extrapolation or proxy data 28 Collecting Data
61. Key Requirements: Reporting A company shallpublicly disclose a GHG inventory report This report is divided into a summary and detailed report to address the needs of different audiences: The general audience (summary) The audience familiar with GHG inventory accounting (detailed) The summary and detailed reports shall be disclosed together 29 Reporting
66. 34 Thank You Summary and Full Draft of the Standards available at http://www.ghgprotocol.org/standards/product-and-supply-chain-standard Contact Information: China & Asia: Ranping Song, Associate Tel:86-10-59002566 ext 29 Email:rsong@wri.org Global & U.S.: Holly Lahd, Research Assistant Email: hlahd@wri.org. 34