2011 Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Sustainability Report

The World Resources Institute (WRI) reported an 18 percent increase in greenhouse gas emissions for fiscal year 2011 compared to 2010, driven by organizational growth, increased sub-grants to partners, and office expansions in Beijing and Washington, DC. To address this, WRI has established absolute reduction targets for 2020, including a 50% reduction in purchased electricity emissions and 20% reductions in business travel and other scope 3 emissions. The organization's mitigation plan focuses on an "avoid and shift" approach to efficiency, managing future growth to limit new emissions, and improving data collection through the installation of electricity sub-meters and the gathering of primary data from high-impact suppliers and partners.

• WRI experienced an 18 percent increase in greenhouse gas emissions during fiscal year 2011 (October 2010 – September 2011) compared to 2010.
• The rise in emissions was driven by organizational growth, specifically a 37 percent increase in emissions from partners due to a $1.4 million USD rise in sub-grants, a 43 percent increase in emissions from purchased goods and services related to office expansion, and a 14 percent increase in purchased electricity due to expanded office space in Washington, DC and Beijing.
• WRI has set three absolute greenhouse gas reduction targets to be achieved by 2020 using 2010 as the baseline: 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.
• WRI's strategy to reduce emissions involves a three-part plan: reducing existing emissions via an "avoid and shift" approach to high-efficiency solutions, avoiding future emissions by formalizing strategies for organizational growth and new office space, and improving data collection through electricity sub-meters and primary data from 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} }