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CDP Climate Change 2022 Reporting Guidance

(C5.3) Select the name of the standard, protocol, or methodology you have used to collect activity data and calculate emissions.

Change from last year

Minor change (2021 C5.2)

Rationale

CDP data users need to understand what methods have been used to calculate emissions.

Response options

Select all that apply from the following options:

  • ABI Energia Linee Guida
  • Act on the Rational Use of Energy
  • American Petroleum Institute Compendium of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Methodologies for the Oil and Natural Gas Industry, 2009
  • Australia - National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act
  • Bilan Carbone
  • Brazil GHG Protocol Programme
  • Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, Calculating Greenhouse Gas Emissions, 2003
  • China Corporate Energy Conservation and GHG Management Programme
  • Defra Environmental Reporting Guidelines: Including streamlined energy and carbon reporting guidance, 2019
  • ENCORD: Construction CO2e Measurement Protocol
  • Energy Information Administration 1605(b)
  • Environment Canada, Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) Emission Estimation and Reporting Protocol for Electric Utilities
  • Environment Canada, Aluminum Production, Guidance Manual for Estimating Greenhouse Gas Emissions
  • Environment Canada, Base Metals Smelting/Refining, Guidance Manual for Estimating Greenhouse Gas Emissions
  • Environment Canada, Cement Production, Guidance Manual for Estimating Greenhouse Gas Emissions
  • Environment Canada, Primary Iron and Steel Production, Guidance Manual for Estimating Greenhouse Gas Emissions
  • Environment Canada, Lime Production, Guidance Manual for Estimating Greenhouse Gas Emissions
  • Environment Canada, Primary Magnesium Production and Casting, Guidance Manual for Estimating Greenhouse Gas Emissions
  • Environment Canada, Metal Mining, Guidance Manual for Estimating Greenhouse Gas Emissions
  • EPRA (European Public Real Estate Association) guidelines, 2011
  • EPRA (European Public Real Estate Association) Sustainability Best Practice recommendations Guidelines, 2017
  • European Union Emission Trading System (EU ETS): The Monitoring and Reporting Regulation (MMR) – General guidance for installations
  • European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS): The Monitoring and Reporting Regulation (MMR) – General guidance for aircraft operators
  • French methodology for greenhouse gas emissions assessments by companies V4 (ADEME 2016)
  • Hong Kong Environmental Protection Department, Guidelines to Account for and Report on Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Removals for Buildings, 2010
  • ICLEI Local Government GHG Protocol
  • IEA CO2 Emissions from Fuel Combustion
  • India GHG Inventory Programme
  • International Wine Industry Greenhouse Gas Protocol and Accounting Tool
  • IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, 2006
  • IPIECA's Petroleum Industry Guidelines for reporting GHG emissions, 2003
  • IPIECA’s Petroleum Industry Guidelines for reporting GHG emissions, 2nd edition, 2011
  • ISO 14064-1
  • Japan Ministry of the Environment, Law Concerning the Promotion of the Measures to Cope with Global Warming, Superseded by Revision of the Act on Promotion of Global Warming Countermeasures (2005 Amendment)
  • Korea GHG and Energy Target Management System Operating Guidelines
  • National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Guidance for Accounting and Reporting of GHG Emissions for Corporates (Trial)
  • New Zealand - Guidance for Voluntary, Corporate Greenhouse Gas Reporting
  • Philippine Greenhouse Gas Accounting and Reporting Programme (PhilGARP)
  • Programa GEI Mexico
  • Recommendations for reporting significant indirect emissions under Article 173-IV (ADEME 2018)
  • Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) Model Rule
  • Smart Freight Centre: GLEC Framework for Logistics Emissions Methodologies
  • Taiwan - GHG Reduction Act
  • Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization: The National Guideline Carbon Footprint for organization
  • The Climate Registry: Electric Power Sector (EPS) Protocol
  • The Climate Registry: General Reporting Protocol
  • The Climate Registry: Local Government Operations (LGO) Protocol
  • The Climate Registry: Oil & Gas Protocol
  • The Cool Farm Tool
  • The GHG Indicator: UNEP Guidelines for Calculating Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Businesses and Non-Commercial Organizations
  • The Greenhouse Gas Protocol: A Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard (Revised Edition)
  • The Greenhouse Gas Protocol Agricultural Guidance: Interpreting the Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard for the Agricultural Sector
  • The Greenhouse Gas Protocol: Public Sector Standard
  • The Greenhouse Gas Protocol: Scope 2 Guidance
  • The Tokyo Cap-and Trade Program
  • Toitū carbonreduce programme
  • Toitū carbonzero programme
  • US EPA Center for Corporate Climate Leadership: Direct Fugitive Emissions from Refrigeration, Air Conditioning, Fire Suppression, and Industrial Gases
  • US EPA Center for Corporate Climate Leadership: Indirect Emissions From Events and Conferences
  • US EPA Center for Corporate Climate Leadership: Indirect Emissions From Purchased Electricity
  • US EPA Center for Corporate Climate Leadership: Direct Emissions from Stationary Combustion Sources
  • US EPA Center for Corporate Climate Leadership: Direct Emissions from Mobile Combustion Sources
  • US EPA Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule
  • US EPA Emissions & Generation Resource Integrated Database (eGRID)
  • VfU (Verein fur Umweltmanagement) Indicators Standard
  • WBCSD: The Cement CO2 and Energy Protocol
  • World Steel Association CO2 emissions data collection guidelines
  • Other, please specify

Requested content

General

  • There are a variety of standards, methodologies, and protocols available for collecting and reporting GHG data, but the large majority of companies refer to the GHG Protocol.
  • The appropriateness of an emissions calculation methodology should be determined on a case-by-case basis, and it is good practice for the methods used to estimate emissions and the underlying data to be externally verified.
  • CDP makes no judgments on standards or methodologies applied by companies to produce their inventories. However, we expect that any tool used will follow the best practice and observe important aspects such as the accuracy and completeness principles of standards similar to the GHG Protocol. CDP encourages companies to use the GHG Protocol Corporate Standard when national standards are not specified.
  • If the metholology(ies) you have used is not listed, select “Other, please specify;” and indicate the methodology(ies) used.