GHG Protocol vs ISO 14064: Key Differences for Decarbonisation

🌍 Part 3 – Verification, Reporting & Conclusion GHG Protocol vs ISO 14064: Key Differences Explained (Part 3) 🧾 Verification & Reporting Scope 3 (indirect) emissions are often challenging due to data and supply chain complexities. ISO 14064-1 requires inclusion of: Indirect emissions from purchased energy Indirect emissions from transportation Indirect emissions from products used/produced Other relevant indirect emissions GHG Protocol mandates Scope 1 & 2; Scope 3 is optional depending on CDP, SBTi, or GRI reporting programs. 🧭 Choosing the Right Framework Verification needs → ISO 14064-1 for certification/public disclosure Level of detail → GHG Protocol for sector-specific calculations Disclosure requirements → Align with sustainability frameworks Resources → Both require annual reporting and data management 🤝 Complementary Use Use GHG Protocol for detailed emissions quantification Use ISO 14064-1 & ISO 14064-3 for verification & assurance ✅ Conclusion Integrating both frameworks ensures robust, transparent, and credible GHG accounting, helping organisations achieve a sustainable, low-carbon future. 📚 References ISO 14064-1:2018 GHG Protocol Corporate Standard (2020) GHG Protocol Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Standard (2011) #GHGProtocol #ISO14064 #CarbonAccounting #Sustainability #Decarbonisation #ClimateAction #GHGEmissions #ESGReporting #NetZero

ISO & GHG Protocol - Who, What, When, Why and Where?! As we recently announced, the ISO - International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol) have joined forces to make life a lot simpler for businesses reporting their greenhouse gas emissions. Why?  Both ISO and GHG Protocol are widely used, but having one framework makes things a lot simpler - and effective. It unifies companies, auditors, software developers and more, working towards one common goal - cutting emissions. What will it cover?  The new standards will cover corporate GHG accounting (Scopes 1, 2, 3), product carbon footprints (PCF) and project-level accounting/verification. What happens to the previous standards? Existing ISO and GHG Protocol standards remain valid until new versions are published, with transition periods to minimise disruption. Who will run the new standards? ISO experts will join existing GHG Protocol technical working groups, and new joint working groups will be established (especially for PCF) to co-develop future standards. What does this mean for other regulatory bodies?  The new standards are intended to support alignment with regulatory and disclosure frameworks such as CSRD, ISSB, GRI, etc. When could this happen?  There are no definite timelines yet, but we hope this will come online sometime next year! #ISO #GHG #Emissions

🌍 GHG Accounting Standards Integration: ISO 14064-1 & GHG Protocol As of 2025, the two leading international greenhouse gas (GHG) standards—ISO 14064-1:2018 and the GHG Protocol—are moving toward harmonization, reducing duplication for companies and enhancing reporting consistency and transparency. 🔄 Key Developments • In September 2025, ISO and GHG Protocol announced a strategic collaboration to integrate their core standards and launch a unified framework. • The collaboration establishes a global common language, simplifies compliance, and supports net-zero transition. • Expanded scope now includes product-level standards, supply chain management, and consumer carbon labeling, helping companies make informed decarbonization decisions. • Alignment enables streamlined processes, unified emission definitions, and consolidated reporting for multinational corporations, while connecting with ISSB global disclosure standards. By combining ISO’s regulatory foundation with the GHG Protocol’s practical approach, this unified framework is technically rigorous, policy-compliant, and practitioner-friendly, accelerating global adoption and driving real emission reductions. #Sustainability #GHGAccounting #ISO14064 #GHGProtocol #NetZero #ESG #CorporateSustainability #CarbonManagement #ClimateAction

Confused between GHG Protocol and ISO 14064❓🤷♂️ Let’s make it super simple for you :- 1. Purpose:- • GHG Protocol: Helps companies measure and manage their greenhouse gas emissions. • ISO 14064: Provides standards for quantifying, monitoring, and verifying GHG emissions and removals. 2. Component:- • GHG Protocol: Divided into 3 parts - Corporate, Project, and Product standards. • ISO 14064: Has 3 parts - Organization-level (Part 1), Project-level (Part 2), and Verification (Part 3). 3. Scope:- • GHG Protocol: Covers Scope 1 (Direct), Scope 2 (Indirect from energy), and Scope 3 (Other indirect). • ISO 14064: Focuses on overall GHG inventories and reduction projects, including both direct and indirect emissions. 4. Approach:- • GHG Protocol: More guidance-based and flexible - focuses on accounting and reporting. • ISO 14064: More technical and standardized - focuses on compliance and verification. 5. Detail Level:- • GHG Protocol: User-friendly with examples and corporate-level explanations. • ISO 14064: More formal, detailed, and structured for certification purposes. 6. Adoption:- • GHG Protocol: Widely used by companies worldwide for voluntary reporting. • ISO 14064: Commonly used for verified or certified emission reduction programs. 7. Verification:- • GHG Protocol: Verification is optional, depends on reporting goals. • ISO 14064: Verification is mandatory - usually done by third-party auditors. 8. Best For:- • GHG Protocol: Best for organizations starting with carbon accounting and ESG reporting. • ISO 14064: Best for companies aiming for ISO certification or verified emission reduction claims. ✓ In short:- • Use #GHGProtocol if you want to understand and report your carbon footprint. • Use #ISO14064 if you want formal verification and certification of your emissions data. Want more content like this do: • Like • Comment • Repost • Follow #CarbonAccounting #Sustainability #ESG #ClimateAction #NetZero #GHGEmissions #ESGwithVishal #CarbonFootprint

There are many ISO standards that are related to GHG emissions, how should we navigate them?! Let’s start with ISO14064! ISO14064 is an internationally recognised standard that focuses on the identification of GHG emitting sources from an organization’s activities and processes. This is an important point to distinguish between ISO14064 and ISO14067 - which focuses on product-level emissions. Every activity within an organization can potentially be associated with generating GHG emission. To be able to obtain one figure of “a company’s carbon footprint”, the process is seldom straightforward. One common situation SMEs find themselves in is that they put aside time to establish a project to measure their carbon footprint. Everyone crunches their numbers and puts together the needed input to calculate their footprint then the process stops there. Next year, different people scramble together the numbers in a different way and the outcomes are not comparable to the first year. This makes it difficult for the teams to know whether what they’ve done has been effective in reducing carbon emissions, and it is not possible to present these results to external stakeholders. ISO14064 can help organizations to get onto the right foot on the get go. The standard provides guidance on: 📐Setting the scope of an organization’s carbon footprint, and areas that involve carbon emission to establish a baseline for measuring future reduction efforts. 📐Creating reduction activities and targets that can be traced back to the data sources so that internal teams can set individual objectives in achieving carbon reduction in a relatable manner. 📐Establishing internal processes to maintain the necessary data sources for a consistent measurement of carbon emissions and reporting mechanism. The objective is to accurately portray a snapshot of the organization’s progress when compared against the baseline. If you are interested in measuring, and establishing carbon emission metrics in a sustainable and comparable manner, feel free to reach out! #babayagaconsultancy #sustainabilityconsultant #bcorp #bleader #gri #esgreporting #abcesg

🌍 Momentum builds for global carbon accounting harmonization. The Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol) and ISO - International Organization for Standardization have opened a call for experts to join the new Joint Working Group developing a unified product-level carbon accounting standard. This joint effort builds on ISO 14067, the GHG Protocol Product Standard, and best practices from the wider ecosystem, including the #PACT Methodology. The goal: a consistent, credible, and practical standard for product-level emissions, enabling transparent, comparable data across global value chains. We welcome this progress and encourage our community to stay engaged and apply to join the working groups shaping this next generation of carbon accounting standards. 🗓️Applications close 30 November 2025. 👉Read the full announcement and apply here: https://lnkd.in/dEAsaMEG

For anyone wondering if we’ve plateaued in GHG reporting, or asking “Are we done yet?” — the answer is no. Not even close. Tracking and managing emissions across the value chain remains one of the hardest challenges in ESG reporting. Most value chain GHG data today is built on layers of assumptions — and while product-level reporting is often seen as the gold standard, it's still difficult to generate, and even harder to scale or share systematically. There are already some product-level standards — like the GHG Protocol Product Standard and ISO 14067 but they’re inconsistently adopted and often hard to scale in complex supply chains. That’s why I’m encouraged by initiatives like this: The GHG Protocol and ISO are jointly developing a new product-level GHG accounting standard — a critical step toward making granular, product-specific emissions data more achievable and interoperable across supply chains. Without a globally accepted standard for how this data is captured, verified, and exchanged, product-level reporting will remain out of reach for many — even for those eager to get started. Platforms like #Envizi and #Carbonhalo are early adopters of changes in the constantly evolving ESG landscape. Standards like this will help shape how innovation is implemented and scaled in practice. It’s still early — but this is how we move from ambition to execution. #GHGProtocol #ESG #Scope3 #ProductCarbonFootprints #SustainabilityStandards #Carbonhalo #Envizi #ClimateDisclosure #ValueChain #SupplyChain

ISO - International Organization for Standardization & Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol) just launched a New PRODUCT-level GHG accounting standard refresh that builds on and joins-up the widely used ISO14067 and the GHG Protocol Product Life Cycle Accounting and Reporting Standards. This is different from the on-going corporate standard refresh. A call for experts to help this best-in-class standard below. #ISOStandards #GHGProtocol #ProductLifeCycle #ISO14067 #CarbonMeasures

A new era begins in carbon accounting as ISO and GHG Protocol agree to harmonize their existing portfolios of GHG standards and to co-develop new standards for GHG emissions measurement and reporting. #iso #standards #ghg #emissions https://rpb.li/6FDyn2

A new era begins in carbon accounting as ISO and GHG Protocol agree to harmonize their existing portfolios of GHG standards and to co-develop new standards for GHG emissions measurement and reporting. #iso #standards #ghg #emissions https://rpb.li/6FDyn2