The Banff Protocol for Emissions Reporting
The Banff Protocol for Emissions Reporting, spearheaded by the PPDM Association, is an industry -led initiative that supports global emissions reduction efforts by ensuring that emissions data is transparent, trusted, and harmonized across industries and borders.
Challenge with Emissions Reporting Data
The content, context, meaning and derivation of data must be transparent and trusted at
all levels, from corporate head office to advanced technical systems. In a world of
diverse regulatory, industry and social expectations this is almost impossible to achieve,
but the need is clear:
To become more emissions efficient, we must become more data
efficient!
Opportunities for Emissions Reporting Data
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Optimize emissions reporting and clarity for greater efficiency
- Business optimization resource library to support those who work with emissions data
- Human resource development to build and supplement data literacy and competency
- Data preparedness to support data governance, stewardship and management
- Technology support to ensure that emissions reports from various sources and methods of calculations can be reliably integrated or harmonized