Proud to share the newly released report from the Clean Energy Ministerial’s Industrial Deep Decarbonization Initiative (IDDI), hosted by UNIDO: "Using Type I Ecolabels and Type III EPDs – Harmonizing Reporting for Green Public Procurement and Green Building Programs" (2025). Three Pillars Consulting were one of the key contributors to this document, alongside others such as UN Environment Programme, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection, and others.
Key Takeaways:
âś…The guidance underscores how Type I Ecolabels and Type III Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) complement each other
âś…Type I Ecolabels are voluntary, third-party certified labels that identify products or services meeting internationally recognized criteria for environmental performance and quality across their life cycle.
âś…EPDs specifically deliver LCA-based environmental reporting (based on ISO 14040 and ISO 14044), for transparent and comparable quantitative benchmarking between 2 or more products (within the same product category).
✅Recommends combining both tools—embedding EPD data into Ecolabels for priority construction materials (e.g. steel, concrete)—to ensure interoperable, consistent reporting across green procurement and building programs.
✅This harmonized framework supports governments in designing robust procurement systems that encourage both low‑carbon procurement and deliver accurate lifecycle emissions data.
The full document can be found here https://lnkd.in/dY6JR4WX
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Title: 🌍 Scope 2 Accounting Is Evolving
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Author Name: Three Pillars Consulting
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In July (2025) the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol) Independent Standards Board (ISB) approved key revision pathways for Scope 2 Accounting, which will now move to a 60-day public consultation this fall.
Key Revision Pathways Proposed:
🔹 New emission factor hierarchies for more accurate data
🔹 Geographic Matching of production, consumption, and redemption
🔹 Hourly Matching of production, consumption, and redemption
🔹 (Many exemptions still being discussed)
🔹 A Marginal Impact Method (MIM) which will move from strictly Attributional Accounting to a method that incorporates Consequential Accounting methods
🚨 Timeline:
• Public Consultation: Fall / October 2025
• Draft Finalized: Mid-2026
• Full Revised Scope 2 Standard: (No Sooner Than The) End of 2027
• Roll-Out: Phased Implementation
đź”®Ultimately, the message seems to be that both Location and Market-Based Accounting will stay for Scope 2 Emissions Reporting. However, the requirements, particularly for Market-Based Accounting will have more stringent requirements, which will require the entire marketplace to adapt (i.e. Reporting Companies, Data Providers, Software Solutions, and the like).
More information can be found at the GHG Protocol's Website: https://lnkd.in/e9GB4gXy
