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Guidance published to help tackle GHG emissions in environment and engineering sectors

Envirotec Magazine

However, these emissions are not effectively included in current Science Based Targets because they fall outside the boundaries of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol for Scope 3 emissions. In fact, the UN Environment Programme reported that the buildings and construction sector account for 37% of emissions globally.

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Biogas trade bodies and companies call for an urgent rethink on GHG Protocol guidance for corporate biomethane use reporting

Envirotec Magazine

Over 50 biogas and biomethane trade associations and companies from around the world have written to the World Resources Institute (WRI), administrator of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol , 1 calling for a rethink of its position on the use of biomethane certificates for greenhouse gas reporting by corporate gas users.

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LyondellBasell Increases Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Targets, Includes Scope 3

3BL Media

In 2022, LyondellBasell was named as one of FORTUNE Magazine's "World's Most Admired Companies" for the fifth consecutive year. LyondellBasell has stepped up its circularity and climate ambitions and actions to address the global challenges of plastic waste and decarbonization. Forward-Looking Statements.

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Over two thirds of local authorities failing to gather Scope 3 carbon emissions figures, says study

Envirotec Magazine

It found that local authorities are well behind the private sector in terms of gathering and analysing key Scope 3 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions data which, according to the Local Government Association, represents between 70 and 80 per cent of a typical local authority’s total emissions 1.