Reimagining Greenhouse Gas Disclosures

This policy brief by RMI argues that current carbon accounting frameworks for corporate ESG reporting are inadequate for quantifying greenhouse gas emissions and demonstrating meaningful change, particularly regarding supply chain emissions and individual asset or product impacts.

• Current carbon accounting frameworks for corporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting make it very difficult to quantify greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and prove meaningful progress.
• Existing emissions disclosures are typically limited to the company level, with a lack of reporting on the measured emissions data of individual products or assets.
• Supply chain emissions are currently neither well understood nor reported in a way that accurately reflects the climate risk exposure of the reporting entity.
• The brief proposes principles to converge carbon accounting methods across various sectors within supply chains to enable more climate-friendly purchasing decisions for consumers and brands.

APA

RMI (2022). Reimagining Greenhouse Gas Disclosures. https://rmi.org/resources/reimagining-greenhouse-gas-disclosures/

Chicago

RMI. Reimagining Greenhouse Gas Disclosures. 2022. https://rmi.org/resources/reimagining-greenhouse-gas-disclosures/.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |author=RMI |title=Reimagining Greenhouse Gas Disclosures |date=30 January 2022 |url=https://rmi.org/resources/reimagining-greenhouse-gas-disclosures/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{rmi2022reimagining, author = {{RMI}}, title = {{Reimagining Greenhouse Gas Disclosures}}, institution = {RMI}, year = {2022}, month = jan, url = {https://rmi.org/resources/reimagining-greenhouse-gas-disclosures/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }