Scope 3 Survey Draft Summary Report and Proposal Summary

Between November 2022 and March 2023, GHG Protocol invited interested stakeholders to provide feedback via four surveys on the Corporate Standard, the Scope 2 Guidance, the Scope 3 Standard, and market-based accounting approaches.     

GHG Protocol received 354 responses to the Scope 3 Survey. This Draft Summary Report provides a detailed overview of stakeholder feedback from the Scope 3 Survey. The report builds on the “Topline Findings from Corporate Standard & Scope 3 Surveys Feedback” webinar, hosted by GHG Protocol in August 2023, by providing a more comprehensive and detailed summary of responses. Materials for the other three survey workstreams can be found here. 

In addition to the survey responses, GHG Protocol received approximately 100 proposal submissions related to the Scope 3 Standard. All shared proposals can be viewed here.  

Review Period

The review Period for the Scope 3 Survey Draft Summary Report and Proposal Summary is open until Monday, April 15, 2024.   

GHG Protocol encourages all interested stakeholders to read the Scope 3 Survey Draft Summary Report and Proposal Summary. To ensure that GHG Protocol is accurately representing survey feedback, GHG Protocol is holding a review period to invite comments only from individuals/organizations who completed the scope 3 survey or submitted a scope 3 proposal who believe their feedback was either not adequately included or misrepresented.    

If you or your organization completed the scope 3 survey, we invite you to review the Draft Summary Report to ensure your feedback is represented accurately. To do so, please complete this form by Monday, April 15, 2024.    

If you or your organization submitted a scope 3 proposal, we invite you to review the Proposal Summary to ensure your feedback is represented accurately. To do so, please complete this form by Monday, April 15, 2024.    

The GHG Protocol Secretariat will then review all responses submitted via these forms during the review period to release final versions of these summaries. 

Next Steps in Standards Update Process   

The Scope 3 Survey Summary Report and Proposal Summary will support the development of specific work plans and inform discussions around key revisions to the Scope 3 Standard and related GHG Protocol standards. In addition, the GHG Protocol Secretariat will continue to solicit new information and review relevant new research studies related to the Scope 3 Standard as they become available throughout the update process.   

In November 2023, Greenhouse Gas Protocol launched a new governance structure, which includes a Steering Committee, an Independent Standards Board and multiple Technical Working Groups. Applications closed at the end of January, and we received over 1,650 applications across the Steering Committee, Independent Standards Board and Technical Working Groups. You can learn more about the role of each body here.  

GHG Protocol is now working to conduct an expeditious review of the applications and anticipates convening Technical Working Groups in mid-2024, following public announcement of Steering Committee and Independent Standards Board members. 

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