Companies must stay on top of the latest greenhouse gas emissions reporting regulations in order to reap the benefits — and fulfill obligations — of measuring and reporting GHGs.
An EHS Today article says recent updates to the UK Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs guidelines on using conversion factors to calculate greenhouse gas emissions could affect your company.
The calculation process involves recording the amount of energy utilized using live data and then applying the relevant conversion factors. Conversion factors allow companies to calculate the GHG emissions from a range of activities.
EHS Today offers tips on how to ensuring that the appropriate factors are in place and correctly applied before calculating GHG emissions.
To help improve the usability and transparency of reported data, the Global Reporting Initiative earlier this month launched the Content Index Service and updated the names of its Application Level Check and Materiality Matters Check services.