2009-07-25

How Accurate is Emissions Reporting? By Kate Galbraith, NYTimes, July 21, 2009. "Each day, more companies claim to have slashed their carbon footprints or achieved other sustainability goals. But how meaningful are these claims, and are they independently verified? The short answer: It's murky... 'There's a lack of standardization, and that's the biggest issue right now,' said Eric Israel, who heads the sustainability practice at KPMG, an auditing firm... 'If we have a cap-and-trade system in place, we have to be very clear about what's included and what's not included in greenhouse gas emissions,' he said. 'Right now there's no consistency.'"

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