{"id":6766,"date":"2025-09-10T15:19:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T15:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eshcon.co.uk\/?p=6766"},"modified":"2025-09-10T15:20:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T15:20:27","slug":"iso-and-ghg-protocol-unify","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eshcon.co.uk\/?p=6766","title":{"rendered":"ISO and GHG Protocol unify"},"content":{"rendered":"

ISO and GHG Protocol work together for unified carbon accounting<\/h1>\n

Confused about all the different methodologies for carbon accounting?\u00a0<\/strong>You\u2019re not alone.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

There’s some good news – ISO (the International Organisation for Standardisation) and the Greenhouse Gas Protocol have just announced a major collaboration to unify global carbon accounting standards.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Until now, organisations have navigated different frameworks when reporting their carbon emissions. ISO 14064-1 and the GHG Protocol are very similar but differences such as categorisation of emissions can cause confusion. Scope 1 emissions in the ISO standards, for example, are called Indirect emissions.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

But now, the two organisations will begin to work together to combine their leading GHG standards into harmonized co-branded international standards. This includes standards from the ISO 1406X family of standards, alongside the GHG Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting, Scope 2 and Scope 3 standards.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Don\u2019t expect anything too soon\u2026 I know from experience how long it takes to write, consult upon and approve new international standards.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

But it\u2019s great that the objective is there to improve carbon accounting \u2026 and importantly make it easier for organisations to report emissions and reduction, plus for their stakeholders to really understand it all.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n

 <\/p>\n

_____________________<\/p>\n

Liked this post?\u00a0Sign up for the Eshcon Newsletter.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\"Get<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n