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This guidance document, developed by a coalition including the UN Global Compact, UNEP, and SEI, provides a framework for companies to use air pollutant emissions inventories to enhance their reporting within the UN Global Compact (UNGC) Communication on Progress (CoP) framework.

This research paper by the World Resources Institute (WRI) proposes a neutral framework for companies to estimate and disclose the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions impacts of products relative to a baseline where the product does not exist. It aims to harmonize reporting practices for both positive impacts, often termed "avoided emissions," and potential negative impacts to improve the credibility of corporate claims.

This working paper summarizes the outcomes of a March 2010 workshop convened by the World Resources Institute, which brought together experts from over ten GHG inventory programs to identify common challenges and recommendations for evolving greenhouse gas accounting and reporting.

This guidebook, produced by the World Resources Institute and partners, provides a standardized, geospatially based methodology for companies to estimate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from deforestation and land occupation driven by agricultural expansion. It aims to reduce the inconsistencies in corporate reporting that arise from the flexibility of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol's Land Sector and Removals Guidance (LSRG).

The World Resources Institute (WRI) provides a guide for governments, industry associations, and environmental organizations to design and implement greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting and reporting programs for corporations based on international standards.

This research paper by the World Resources Institute proposes greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting and reporting procedures for the agricultural sector, building upon the GHG Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard.

The World Resources Institute and collaborators developed a geospatial dataset providing benchmark land use change (LUC) and land occupation (LO) emission factors for 42 major crops for the period 2020–24. The dataset aims to harmonize corporate GHG reporting by providing standardized, jurisdiction-level metrics. 2024 national averages reveal high variability in emissions per tonne of crop, such as soy in Brazil (1.67 tCO₂e) versus the US (0.40 tCO₂e), and highlight that subnational data is necessary to identify emission hotspots.