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RELEASE: New Mapping Tool Provides Unprecedented Ability to Assess Water Risk

January 30, 2013
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

Aqueduct provides companies with comprehensive, high-resolution picture of water risks worldwide.

RELEASE: New Greenhouse Gas Standards Unveiled for Corporate Value Chain and Products in India

March 15, 2012
Location: NEW DEHLI

The Greenhouse Gas Protocol launched two new standards today in New Delhi, India, to empower businesses to better measure, manage, and report their greenhouse gas emissions.

Greenhouse Gas Protocol

Hundreds of companies around the world are using GHG Protocol standards and tools to manage their GHG footprint and make a difference for the climate by developing new products, improving energy efficiency, and participating in GHG programs and markets.

PRESS RELEASE: New Greenhouse Gas Standards Unveiled for Corporate Value Chain and Products in China

November 18, 2011
Location: Beijing, China

The Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol) launched two new standards today in Beijing, China

PRESS RELEASE: New Greenhouse Gas Standards Unveiled for Corporate Value Chain and Products

October 4, 2011
Location: London // New York

The Greenhouse Gas Protocol launched two new standards today that will empower businesses to better measure, manage, and report their greenhouse gas emissions.

Greenhouse Gas Protocol Product Life Cycle Accounting and Reporting Standard

October, 2011

This standard provides requirements and guidance for companies and other organizations to quantify and publicly report an inventory of GHG emissions and removals associated with a specific product.

Greenhouse Gas Protocol Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Accounting and Reporting Standard

October, 2011

This standard (also referred to as the Scope 3 Standard) provides requirements and guidance for companies and other organizations to prepare and publicly report a GHG emissions inventory that includes indirect emissions resulting from value chain activities (i.e., scope 3 emissions).

PRESS RELEASE: Businesses See Climate Change Adaptation as an Opportunity

June 20, 2011
Location: New York, NY

New report surveys companies, offers practical solutions for climate resilience

MEDIA ADVISORY: Adapting for a Green Economy Report Launch

June 15, 2011
Location: New York, NY

How Will Companies Adapt to a Changing Climate?

NEWS RELEASE: New Greenhouse Gas Protocol Accounting Standards Available for Public Comment

November 3, 2010
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

WRI and WBCSD unveil new Product and Supply Chain Standards

Comprehensive global standards that will help business and government understand, measure and manage greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have entered the final stage and are available for public comment.

NEWS RELEASE: New Report: Chinese Companies are Improving Environmental Standards Through Supply Chains

October 25, 2010
Location: Beijing, China and Washington D.C.

Chinese suppliers can improve their business performance by adopting high environmental standards, according to a new working paper by the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (IPE). The paper, “Greening Supply Chains in China,” highlights the experiences of five companies in China that have worked to improve their environmental performance.

Greening Supply Chains in China: Practical Lessons from China-based Suppliers in Achieving Environmental Performance

Ma Jun (IPE), Ray Cheung (WRI), Wang Jingjing, (IPE) Ruan Qingyuan (IPE)

Working Paper: October, 2010

This working paper highlights examples of five companies operating in China and illustrates the approaches they have adopted to address environmental problems. The paper focuses on water pollution within China’s challenging business landscape.

Minding the Sustainability GAAP

By Janet Ranganathan and Linnea Laestadius on August 26, 2010

Limited transparency around corporate sustainability risks can lead to investments that are bad for the environment, and investors’ bottom lines.

NEWS RELEASE: Companies Complete Road Testing of New Global Greenhouse Gas Accounting Standards

August 17, 2010
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

More than 60 companies have completed the road testing of new global standards designed to help measure the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of their products and supply chains.

New Website and Survey Look Behind-the-Scenes at Ecolabels’ Environmental Claims

By Jeff Rodgers on July 1, 2010

Ecolabelindex.com allows consumers and companies to compare green certifications side-by-side.

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