(C-EU4.6) Describe your organization’s efforts to reduce methane emissions from your activities.
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This question only appears if you select “Electricity generation”, “Gas storage transmission and distribution”, “Coal mining" and/or "Gas extraction and production” in response to C-EU0.7.
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Rationale
Disclosing relevant information on your organization’s efforts to reduce methane emissions relating to your activities can reduce the financial and reputational risk facing companies and investors. Investors and other data users are interested in learning about methane reduction targets, projects and collaborative initiatives that companies have in place.
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General
- This question requests information on how your organization approaches methane leak detection and repair (LDAR), or other methane leak detection methods, in order to gauge how effectively methane emissions are being reduced.
- If methane emissions are relevant to your organization’s operations, then describe using examples your organization’s efforts to reduce methane emissions from your activities, including:
- Methane reduction targets;
- Methane reduction projects; and
- Collaborative initiatives to reduce methane emissions through mandatory and voluntary programs.
- If methane emissions are not relevant to your operations, please describe why not.
Methane reduction targets
- Outline if you have a methane-specific target that was active (ongoing or reached completion in the reporting year).
- If you have reported a separate methane-specific emissions reduction target in C4.1a/b, specify the target reference number(s) (from column 1 of C4.1a/b) here.
- If methane emissions were incorporated into targets reported in C4.1a/b, specify the relevant target reference number (from column 1 of C4.1a/b) and provide details of the methane reduction component of that target, including the percentage that methane emissions comprise in the total emissions covered by the target in the base year (column 11 of C4.1a and/or column 12 in C4.1b).
- If you have reported a methane-specific absolute and/or intensity target in C4.2b, specify the target reference number(s) (from column 1 of C4.2b) here.
Methane reduction projects
- Describe current and planned methane reduction projects, including efforts to implement methane leak detection and repair (LDAR).
- Describe the frequency, the methodology and, scope of your LDAR programs or other methane leak detection methods you employ.
- Frequency refers to how often a company observes its assets for leaks (e.g. monthly, quarterly, annually).
- Methodology is the process that the company uses to detect methane leaks, for example:
- Optimal gas imaging (OGI) cameras
- Handheld “sniffer” gas detectors
- Infrared thermal imaging (FLIR) camera
- Audio, Visual, Olfactory (AVO) inspections
- US EPA’s Method 21
- Colorado Regulation 7
- Canadian Council of Ministers of Environment (CCME) Environmental Code of Practice for Measurement and Control of Fugitive VOC Emissions from Equipment Leaks (Oct 1993)
- Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) Best Management Practice: Management of Fugitive Emissions at Upstream Oil and Gas Facilities
- EU Commission IPPC Directive (2008/1/EC) and Industrial Emissions Directive (IED, 2010/75/EU).
- Scope is the percentage of the company’s assets that are inspected under an LDAR or other methane leak detection program.
Methane emissions reduction program(s)
- Name the methane emissions reduction program(s) your organization participates in, and describe any focus areas or objectives, as well as any outcomes and achievements of your organization's participation.
- Describe how the program relates to your organization's overall strategy for managing methane in the value chain. Examples include: The Global Methane Initiative (GMI), ONE Future and the US EPA Natural Gas STAR Program.
- Finally, please indicate where more information on your participation is available for interested parties to access.
