July 9, 2003—The International Aluminum Institute (IAI), in association with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and the World Resources Institute (WRI), have announced the development of new tools for calculating greenhouse gas emissions from primary aluminum production. These calculation methods will serve as a simple unified industry approach to greenhouse gas emissions accounting.
“The new Aluminum Sector Greenhouse Gas Protocol will help to improve still further on the reliability and consistency of the calculation and reporting of Greenhouse Gases throughout the aluminum sector,” said Robert Chase, Secretary General of IAI. “It will be of value for internal company use as well as for reporting to the public and to specific audiences such as governments and special interest groups.”
IAI and its member companies, with the support of the US EPA, began developing the Aluminum Sector Greenhouse Gas Protocol in early 2002. It is based on protocols previously developed by WRI and the WBCSD, and was peer reviewed and endorsed as conforming to their model, the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol.
For more information, contact the International Aluminum Institutes Aluminum Sector Greenhouse Gas Protocol.
