World Resources Institute: An effective corporate climate change strategy requires a detailed understanding of a companys greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Until recently, most companies have focused on measuring emissions from their own operations and electricity consumption, using the GHG Protocols Scope 1 and Scope 2 framework. But what about all of the emissions a company is responsible for outside of its own walls--from the goods it purchases to the disposal of the products it sells?
The GHG Protocol Scope 3 Standard,...