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UK funding (76 193 £) : The application of consequential methods to corporate greenhouse gas accounting. Ukri01/08/2013 UK Research and Innovation, Royaume Uni
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The application of consequential methods to corporate greenhouse gas accounting.
| Abstract | The title of the research is "The application of consequential methods to corporate greenhouse gas accounting". Carbon accounting involves measuring the amount of greenhouse gases emitted to the atmosphere, or estimating the effectiveness of decisions aimed at reducing emissions. There is a growing interest in carbon accounting as governments, companies, and consumers seek to understand their contribution to climate change, and look for ways of reducing that impact. Carbon accounting is important for understanding how much we are emitting, and how effective we are at reducing emissions. Companies undertaking carbon accounting currently use what can be described as an "attributional" approach. This approach aims to quantify the emissions from a company's own operations, and from its supply chain. However, such methods do not always capture the total greenhouse gas impacts caused by a company's decisions or actions, and because of this it is possible that businesses will make poor decisions (i.e. they may undertake an action with the intention of reducing emissions, but may actually increase emissions). An alternative form of carbon accounting is called "consequential" accounting, which aims to estimate the total change in greenhouse gas emissions caused by a decision or action. At present consequential methods have not been widely recognised or applied for informing corporate decision-making as corporate carbon accounting is dominated by attributional methods. This research project aims to explore the applicability consequential methods for corporate decision-making by applying a number of different consequential methods to business decision case studies. The research will also explore the difference between attributional and consequential results in order to see if attributional methods give a reasonable estimate of total changes in emissions, or whether there are large changes in emissions which are not captured by conventional attributional carbon accounting practices (and therefore whether current practice is not sufficient for supporting effective decision-making). |
| Category | Research Grant |
| Reference | ES/L002698/1 |
| Status | Closed |
| Funded period start | 01/08/2013 |
| Funded period end | 31/07/2016 |
| Funded value | £76 193,00 |
| Source | https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FL002698%2F1 |
Participating Organisations
| University of Edinburgh | |
| University of St Andrews | |
| Macquarie University |
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