Efforts are under way to pilot test the rough drafts of two new “protocols” designed to help all manner of companies calculate and reduce the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across a product’s life cycle – with transportation playing a key role in this process.
Some 60 corporations are involved in testing two GHG protocols developed by the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD): the Product Life Cycle Accounting and Report Standard, and the “Scope 3” or Corporate Value Chain Accounting and Reporting Standard.