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== Welcome to the Regulatory Monitoring Working Group Portal ==
== Welcome to the Regulatory Monitoring Working Group Portal ==
This portal serves as a central hub for working group outputs.   
This portal serves as a central hub for working group outputs.   
Here, you'll find a **summary table** of key regulatory frameworks, with links to detailed reviews.
Here, you'll find a summary table of key regulatory frameworks, with links to detailed reviews.
 
== Regulatory Frameworks Overview ==
 
== Regulatory Frameworks Summary ==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Regulation Name
! Policy
! Database Type
! Jurisdiction
! Regions
! Who must comply
! Free or Paid
! Description
! Description
|-
|-
| '''[[ecoinvent]]'''
|[[Streamlined Energy and  Carbon Reporting (SECR)]]
| Life Cycle Inventory (LCI)
|United Kingdom
| Global
|Large organisations and large limited liability partnerships
| Paid
|It is a mandatory policy for large organisations in the UK requiring them to annually report their energy and carbon emissions and any energy efficiency measures that they have taken.
| Comprehensive life cycle inventory data for carbon footprinting and sustainability assessments.
|-
|-
| '''[[DEFRA Emission Factors]]'''
|[[Regulations:Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)|Corporate Sustainability  Reporting Directive (CSRD)]]
| Government Database
|European Union
| UK
|Large organisation that are  already subject to NFRD and listed organisation
| Free
|It is a mandatory policy that obligates large organisations and listed companies to report and monitors the impact of their corporate activities on the environment and society, and requires the audit of the reported information.
| Official UK government emission factors for company reporting.
|-
|-
| '''[[GREET Model]]'''
|[[Regulations:Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)|Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)]]
| Research Model
|European Union
| USA
|Large organisations
| Free
|It ensures that companies  operating within the EU conduct due diligence to prevent adverse human rights  and environmental impacts through their operations and value chains.
| Argonne National Laboratory’s tool for transportation emissions and life cycle analysis.
|-
|-
| '''[[EXIOBASE]]'''
|[[Regulations:Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)|Carbon Border Adjustment  Mechanism (CBAM)]]
| Multi-regional Input-Output (MRIO)  
|European Union
| Global
|EU importers in emissions-intensive industries
| Free
|It prevents carbon leakage in EU carbon markets by placing a carbon price on imports on certain emissions-intensive goods, ensuring that imported products face the same  carbon costs as those produced within the EU.
| Detailed multi-regional input-output database for environmental assessments.
|-
|-
| '''[[GHG Protocol Database]]'''
|[[Regulations:Procurement Policy Notes 06/21 (PPN0621)|Procurement Policy Notes  06/21 (PPN0621)]]
| Industry Standard
|United Kingdom
| Global
|Organisations that procure  goods or services with an anticipated contact value of £5m or more
| Free
|It sets out how to take account of suppliers’ Net Zero Carbon Reduction Plans following the Climate  Change Act 2008, this is in terms of procurement of major government  contracts.
| A widely used emissions database for corporate and product carbon accounting.
|-
|-
|Agribalyse
|[[Regulations:Energy Saving Opportunity Scheme (ESOS)|Energy Saving Opportunity  Scheme (ESOS)]]
|
|United Kingdom
|France
|Large organisations and  large corporate groups
|Free
|It requires larges organisations to measure and disclose energy consumption and develop an action plan for achieving efficiencies.
|Managed by the French Environment Agency (ADEME), is a public database that provides detailed life cycle assessment data for agricultural and food products.  
|-
|-
|Base Empreinte
|[[Regulations:UK Net Zero Carbon Building Standard|UK Net Zero Carbon Building Standard]]
|
|United Kingdom
|France
|Real estate industry, it is  applicable to both existing and new buildings
|Free
|It sets out mandatory requirements for net zero carbon aligned buildings that could enable the UK real estate sector to stay true to the built environment’s share of the UK’s  national carbon and energy budget.
|Managed by the French Environment Agency (ADEME). It focuses on carbon emissions related to various sectors, providing emission factors for a wide range of activities, products and services.
|-
|-
|EEA
|[[Regulations:Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)|Extended Producer  Responsibility (EPR)]]
|
|United Kingdom
|Europe
|Organisations that import or  supply packaging
|Free
|It requires certain businesses to pay the full costs associated with their packaging throughout its lifecycle.
|Primarily focussed on emission factors for air pollutants and greenhouse gases in the European Union.  
|-
|-
|GLEC
|ISO 14064 -GHG Requirements
|
|Global
|Global
|Free
|Voluntary
|Globally recognized emission factors for freight transportation; covering road, rail, air, sea, and inland waterways.
|It is a series of standards that set principles and requirements for quantification and reporting of GHG emissions and removals for organisations.
|-
|-
|UBA
|Transition Plan Taskforce  Disclosure Framework (TPT)
|
|United Kingdom
|Germany
|Large listed organisations and financial services
|Free
|It establishes the gold standard for transition plans by offering guidance for companies to create transparent and actionable plans aligned with their net zero commitments.
|The Umweltbundesamt (UBA), Germany’s Environment Agency, provides emission factors for various sectors, including energy, industry, transport, and agriculture.
|-
|-
|OEKOBAUDAT
|Greenhouse Gas Protocol  Corporate Standard (GHG Protocol)
|
|Global
|Global
|Free
|Organisations in countries that has adopted the policy and it is voluntary
|OEKOBAUDAT is a German government-managed database for environmental impacts and emissions associated with construction materials and buildings.
|It provides a metric for measuring an organisation’s total carbon emissions and is used by organisation all over the world.
|-
|-
|EPA
|Science-Based Targets  initiative Corporate Standard V1.2 (SBTi Standard)
|
|USA
|Free
|Regularly updated and easy-to-use set of default emission factors for organizational greenhouse gas reporting.
|-
|CARB
|
|Global
|Free
|CARB maintains a list of the Global Warming Potential for the most common refrigerants regulated under their Refrigerant Management Program
|-
|Carbon Ditch
|
|
|Paid
|DitchCarbon is a platform designed to automate the collection and reporting of Scope 3 emissions data.
|-
|WRAP
|
|Global
|Free
|Provides a repository of secondary emission factors for food and drink that organisations can use for scope 3 reporting.
|-
|PCAF
|
|Europe
|Free
|It provides a standardized methodology for measuring and reporting financed emissions in the financial sector.
|-
|Netherlands Enterprise Agency
|
|Netherlands
|Free
|List of emission factors including Tank-to-Wheel, Well-to-Tank and biogenic emissions
|-
|EORA
|Multi-regional Input-Output (MRIO)
|Global
|Global
|Paid
|Voluntary
|MRIO model that provides a time series of high-resolution IO tables with matching environmental and social satellite accounts for 190 countries.
|It is the most widely used framework for corporate net zero  target setting in line with climate science to achieve the Paris  Agreement goals of limiting warming to 1.5C.
|-
|Government of Canada
|Government Database
|Canada
|Free
|The  EFs are more tailored to national reporting (following IPCC guidelines) than organisational reporting.
|-
|BEIS
|
|UK
|Free
|In addition to fuels and UK electricity EFs, it also provides data sets relevant to Scope 3 categories.  
|-
|-
|AIB
|ISO Net Zero Guidelines
|
|Europe & UK
|Free
|AIB publishes annual residual grid emission factors for European countries aligned to the reporting requirement under the market-based approach in the GHG Protocol scope 2 guidance.
|-
|Green-e
|
|USA
|Free
|Green-e plays a role in certifying renewable energy and carbon offsets.
|-
|IEA
|
|Global
|Global
|Paid
|Voluntary
|Provides international electricity emission factors.
|It is the first end-to-end outline of what good looks like throughout the net zero journey from measurement, to target setting, to transition plans, to governance.
|-
|-
|IPCC
|International Financial  Reporting Standard & International Sustainability Standards Board (IFRS & ISSB)
|
|Global
|Global
|Free
|Public listed organisations,  large private organisations and accountants and auditors
|To be used in calculation of anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of greenhouse gases.
|It establishes two global standards for sustainability disclosures that have replaced the Taskforce for Climate-related Financial Disclosures, ensuring consistency and comparability in how companies report on climate impacts and net zero strategies.
|-
|-
|EEI
|Climate Corporate Accountability (SB253, SB261 and SB219)
|
|California State
|USA
|Large organisations with a formal presence in California State
|Free
|It establishes mandatory GHG emissions disclosure requirements for large companies operating in California.
|Database of market-based EFs for electricity suppliers in the US
|-
|ICE
|
|UK
|Free
|The Inventory of Carbon and Energy (ICE Data base) is an embodied carbon database for building materials.
|-
|Plastics Europe Eco profiles
|
|Europe
|Free
|Lifecycle inventories and Environmental Production Declarations for a large number of different plastics.
|-
|eGRID
|
|USA
|Free
|eGRID separates electricity generation and emissions across several aggregation levels: Generator, Plant, State, and Subregion. 
|-
|FIGARO
|Multi-regional Input-Output (MRIO)
|Europe & G20
|Free
|Includes aligned Input Output Tables, Supply-Use Tables, Globalisation Indicators and Environmental footprints (GHG emissions).
|-
|[[Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) Default Values]]
|
|Global
|Free & Paid
|A policy tool implemented by the EU for carbon-intensive goods imported into the EU.
|-
|Electricity Info
|
|UK
|Free
|A selection of datasets on UK electricity fuel mix and carbon intensity.
|-
|Carbon Database Initiative
|
|Global
|Free
|Country electricity EFs outside UK, USA, Canada and Australia are calculated by Carbonfootprint.com
|-
|WIOD (or EEIO)
|
|Global
|Free
|Includes aligned Input Output Tables, Supply-Use Tables, Socio Economic Accounts and links to external Environment Accounts (energy + carbon dioxide).
|}
|}
== Related Resources ==
* [[index.php?title=Category:Emission Factors]]
* [[Portal:Offsetting]]
* [[Portal:Finance]]
* [[Portal:Regulations]]

Latest revision as of 16:36, 23 June 2025

   Regulatory Monitoring Portal

Welcome to the Regulatory Monitoring Working Group Portal

This portal serves as a central hub for working group outputs. Here, you'll find a summary table of key regulatory frameworks, with links to detailed reviews.

Regulatory Frameworks Overview

Policy Jurisdiction Who must comply Description
Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (SECR) United Kingdom Large organisations and large limited liability partnerships It is a mandatory policy for large organisations in the UK requiring them to annually report their energy and carbon emissions and any energy efficiency measures that they have taken.
Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) European Union Large organisation that are already subject to NFRD and listed organisation It is a mandatory policy that obligates large organisations and listed companies to report and monitors the impact of their corporate activities on the environment and society, and requires the audit of the reported information.
Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) European Union Large organisations It ensures that companies operating within the EU conduct due diligence to prevent adverse human rights and environmental impacts through their operations and value chains.
Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) European Union EU importers in emissions-intensive industries It prevents carbon leakage in EU carbon markets by placing a carbon price on imports on certain emissions-intensive goods, ensuring that imported products face the same carbon costs as those produced within the EU.
Procurement Policy Notes 06/21 (PPN0621) United Kingdom Organisations that procure goods or services with an anticipated contact value of £5m or more It sets out how to take account of suppliers’ Net Zero Carbon Reduction Plans following the Climate Change Act 2008, this is in terms of procurement of major government contracts.
Energy Saving Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) United Kingdom Large organisations and large corporate groups It requires larges organisations to measure and disclose energy consumption and develop an action plan for achieving efficiencies.
UK Net Zero Carbon Building Standard United Kingdom Real estate industry, it is applicable to both existing and new buildings It sets out mandatory requirements for net zero carbon aligned buildings that could enable the UK real estate sector to stay true to the built environment’s share of the UK’s national carbon and energy budget.
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) United Kingdom Organisations that import or supply packaging It requires certain businesses to pay the full costs associated with their packaging throughout its lifecycle.
ISO 14064 -GHG Requirements Global Voluntary It is a series of standards that set principles and requirements for quantification and reporting of GHG emissions and removals for organisations.
Transition Plan Taskforce Disclosure Framework (TPT) United Kingdom Large listed organisations and financial services It establishes the gold standard for transition plans by offering guidance for companies to create transparent and actionable plans aligned with their net zero commitments.
Greenhouse Gas Protocol Corporate Standard (GHG Protocol) Global Organisations in countries that has adopted the policy and it is voluntary It provides a metric for measuring an organisation’s total carbon emissions and is used by organisation all over the world.
Science-Based Targets initiative Corporate Standard V1.2 (SBTi Standard) Global Voluntary It is the most widely used framework for corporate net zero target setting in line with climate science to achieve the Paris Agreement goals of limiting warming to 1.5C.
ISO Net Zero Guidelines Global Voluntary It is the first end-to-end outline of what good looks like throughout the net zero journey from measurement, to target setting, to transition plans, to governance.
International Financial Reporting Standard & International Sustainability Standards Board (IFRS & ISSB) Global Public listed organisations, large private organisations and accountants and auditors It establishes two global standards for sustainability disclosures that have replaced the Taskforce for Climate-related Financial Disclosures, ensuring consistency and comparability in how companies report on climate impacts and net zero strategies.
Climate Corporate Accountability (SB253, SB261 and SB219) California State Large organisations with a formal presence in California State It establishes mandatory GHG emissions disclosure requirements for large companies operating in California.