Greenhouse Gas Protocol Scope 2 Guidance Modernization

The document argues that current GHG Protocol Scope 2 rules are insufficient for impactful decision-making due to a lack of temporal and geographic granularity. The signatories propose a three-part framework for modernization: updating the Location-Based Method with more granular data, improving the Market-Based Method through stricter time- and location-matching requirements to align with physical electricity deliverability, and introducing new, separate consequential impact disclosures to reflect the actual atmospheric emissions resulting from a buyer's actions.

• The signatories argue that current Scope 2 Location-Based reporting is inadequate because it lacks temporal and geographic granularity, which ignores emissions fluctuations throughout the year and leads to inaccurate inventories.
• The current Market-Based reporting framework is described as 'loose' and fails to reflect actual emissions impacts or the changes in greenhouse gas emissions caused by buyer interventions.
• The proposed modernization of the Location-Based Method involves retaining the method but updating it to utilize more granular load and emissions factor data, including potentially location-specific data.
• The signatories recommend improving the Market-Based Method by implementing more granular time- and location-matching requirements to better align accounting with the physical deliverability of electricity and support grid decarbonization.
• The document calls for the creation of new and separate consequential impact disclosures to report the actual emissions impacts of a buyer's electricity interventions and consumption on the atmosphere.

APA

Clean Air Task Force (2023). Greenhouse Gas Protocol Scope 2 Guidance Modernization. https://cdn.catf.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20090838/joint-corporate-ngo-letter-wri-wbcsd.pdf

Chicago

Clean Air Task Force. Greenhouse Gas Protocol Scope 2 Guidance Modernization. 2023. https://cdn.catf.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20090838/joint-corporate-ngo-letter-wri-wbcsd.pdf.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |author=Clean Air Task Force |title=Greenhouse Gas Protocol Scope 2 Guidance Modernization |date=10 November 2023 |url=https://cdn.catf.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20090838/joint-corporate-ngo-letter-wri-wbcsd.pdf |access-date=23 October 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{cleanairtaskforce2023greenhouse, author = {{Clean Air Task Force}}, title = {{Greenhouse Gas Protocol Scope 2 Guidance Modernization}}, publisher = {Clean Air Task Force}, year = {2023}, month = nov, url = {https://cdn.catf.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20090838/joint-corporate-ngo-letter-wri-wbcsd.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }