'No longer fit for purpose': Investor group urges GHG Protocol to revamp Scope 2 guidance

Stuart Stone
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Investors with more than $1.2tr in assets urge influential standard setter to ensure emissions reporting guidance better reflects changing nature of clean energy supplies

A group of 13 investors with more than $1.2tr in assets under management have today issued a joint statement urging the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol) to update its Scope 2 emissions guidance to...

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