The Next Frontier of Carbon Accounting

Industrial supply chains account for over 40 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions, making their abatement essential for limiting global warming to 1.5°C. To achieve this, the document calls for the standardization of carbon accounting across various protocols and platforms to meet the transparency demands of investors, policymakers, and consumers.

• Industrial supply chains are a major source of global emissions, contributing more than 40 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions.
• Limiting global warming to 1.5°C is impossible without reducing emissions within industrial supply chains, which requires the standardization of carbon accounting across existing protocols, platforms, and standards.
• The demand for increased transparency and accuracy in carbon disclosure is being driven by consumers, policymakers, and investors who want to see alignment with Paris Agreement trajectories.

APA

RMI (2020). The Next Frontier of Carbon Accounting. https://rmi.org/resources/the-next-frontier-of-carbon-accounting/

Chicago

RMI. The Next Frontier of Carbon Accounting. 2020. https://rmi.org/resources/the-next-frontier-of-carbon-accounting/.

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BibTeX

@techreport{rmi2020next, author = {{RMI}}, title = {{The Next Frontier of Carbon Accounting}}, institution = {RMI}, year = {2020}, month = jun, url = {https://rmi.org/resources/the-next-frontier-of-carbon-accounting/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }