Last week, CGA P-101, Guideline for Corporate Greenhouse Gas Emission Reporting by Industrial Gases Companies, a new harmonized document, was published. It provides guidance on accounting for and reporting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by industrial gas companies (IGC) covering their industrial gas operations. In addition, it provides an interpretation of The Greenhouse Gas Protocol, A Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard (GHG Protocol). The project, initiated by the European Industrial Gases Association (EIGA), was to develop a methodology for calculating and reporting carbon dioxide emissions by industrial gas companies by defining an unambiguous scope and proposing clear interpretations to be used globally. Although this publication does not provide views on how to account for the carbon footprint of products (CFP), any harmonized approach developed by IGCs or trade associations to calculate CFP should be consistent with the approach for corporate accounting and reporting of GHG emissions.

To learn more about or to access the publication, click here: https://portal.cganet.com/publication/P-101/details.