Corporate GPM Guide 5

The Corporate GPM Guide 5 defines renewable energy certificates (RECs) as products representing environmental attributes, such as avoided CO2 emissions, which can be purchased independently of retail electricity supply to reduce a company's environmental impact. The document outlines the advantages of RECs over other green power options and provides purchasing strategies and policy recommendations based on the experiences of the Green Power Market Development Group and other corporations.

• Renewable energy certificates (RECs) allow companies to decouple the environmental benefits of renewable power generation from the actual electricity supply, enabling them to reduce the environmental impact of their business activities.
• A REC specifically represents the environmental attributes, such as the avoidance of CO2 emissions, that occur when electricity is produced from renewable resources rather than fossil fuels like natural gas, oil, or coal.

APA

World Resources Institute (n.d.). Corporate GPM Guide 5. https://www.wri.org/research/corporate-gpm-guide-5

Chicago

World Resources Institute. Corporate GPM Guide 5. n.d. https://www.wri.org/research/corporate-gpm-guide-5.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitutendcorporate, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{Corporate GPM Guide 5}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, url = {https://www.wri.org/research/corporate-gpm-guide-5}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }