2011 Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Sustainability Report

The World Resources Institute's (WRI) 2011 Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Sustainability Report details an 18 percent increase in GHG emissions for fiscal year 2011 (October 2010 to September 2011) compared to 2010, driven by organizational growth. To address this, WRI has established absolute reduction targets for 2020 and a three-part plan focusing on reducing existing emissions, avoiding future emissions during growth, and improving data collection through primary sources and sub-metering.

• WRI experienced an 18 percent increase in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in fiscal year 2011 (October 2010 – September 2011) compared to 2010, which the organization attributes to its growth.
• Specific drivers for the 2011 emissions increase include a 37 percent rise in emissions from partners due to a $1.4 million USD increase in sub-grants, a 43 percent rise in emissions from purchased goods and services resulting from office expansion (construction and furniture), and a 14 percent rise in purchased electricity due to increased office space in Washington, DC and Beijing.
• Using 2010 as a baseline, WRI has set three absolute GHG reduction targets to be achieved by 2020: a 50% reduction in scope 2 purchased electricity emissions, a 20% reduction in business travel emissions, and a 20% reduction in other scope 3 emissions (excluding business travel).
• WRI's strategy to reduce emissions consists of three components: reducing existing emissions via an "avoid and shift" approach (targeting electricity and travel), avoiding future emissions by formalizing strategies for organizational growth and new office space, and improving data collection by installing electricity sub-meters and gathering primary data from high-impact partners and suppliers.

APA

World Resources Institute (2011). 2011 Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Sustainability Report. https://www.wri.org/research/2011-greenhouse-gas-inventory-and-sustainability-report

Chicago

World Resources Institute. 2011 Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Sustainability Report. 2011. https://www.wri.org/research/2011-greenhouse-gas-inventory-and-sustainability-report.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitute20112011, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{2011 Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Sustainability Report}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, year = {2011}, url = {https://www.wri.org/research/2011-greenhouse-gas-inventory-and-sustainability-report}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }