GHG CleanStart Registry: References, Resources, Tools

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Please note that this is not intended to be an exhaustive list. If you believe there is another resource that should be included, please let us know by contacting the GHG Registries office at:

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CSA Climate Change, GHG Registries
 155 Queen Street, Suite 1300, Ottawa, Ontario  K1P 6L1
Tel.: (613) 565-5151  Fax: (613) 565-5743  www.ghgregistries.ca
E-mail: ghgregistries@csa.ca

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CSA’s GHG CleanStart™ Registry requires that you follow the requirements as laid out in the internationally recognized ISO 14064 series of standards for greenhouse gas inventories and reporting. It is not necessary for you to make a carbon neutral committment and you are able to provide a self declaration. However, if you are making a carbon neutral assertion for specific aspects of your inventory emissions, it is necessary that your assertions be third-party verified as well as disclosure, and proof, that the emission offsets have been:

• Registered on a public registry,
• Verified by a third-party, and
• Serialized and retired. (Retired means that the emission reductions/removals have been taken out of circulation.)

CSA Guidance and Resources

• How to Reduce your Carbon Footprint

CSA offers GHG Accounting, Environmental Management and Climate Change Related Courses through its Learning Centre:

• Greenhouse Gas Validation Using ISO 14064
• Greenhouse Gas Verification Using ISO 14064
• ISO 14064-1 Essentials - GHG Inventories
• ISO 14064-2 Essentials - GHG Projects
• ISO 14064-2 Expert Greenhouse Gas Projects

Through CSA's Online Store, you can purchase the different standards including the ISO 14064 series of standards for Greenhouse Gases:

• CAN/CSA-ISO 14064-1-06 Standard, Greenhouse Gases - Part 1: Specification with Guidance at the Organization Level for Quantification and Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Removals


• CAN/CSA-ISO 14064-3-06 Standard, Greenhouse gases - Part 3: Specification with guidance for the validation and verification of greenhouse gas assertions.


• CAN/CSA-ISO 14064-2-06 Standard, Specification with guidance at the project level for quantification, monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emission reductions or removal enhancements

CSA 2007: Canadian GHG Challenge Registry Guide to Entity & Facility-Based Reporting, Version 5.0, April 2007


CSA’s GHG Registries:
GHG CleanProjects™ Registry
GHG CleanStart™ Registry
Canadian GHG Challenge Registry
Canadian GHG Reductions Registry




External Guidance and Resources

The following external resources are included for your reference.  CSA does not necessarily endorse the use of any of these resources or tools. Your use of or compliance with them does not guarantee your eligibility to post information on CSA’s GHG CleanStart™ Registry. Additionally there is the Emission Estimation Resources Page.

CSA’s GHG CleanStart™ Registry is not responsible for content on external web sites.


Greenhouse Gas Protocol Initiative Guidance A Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard (Corporate Standard) Base Year Adjustments Categorizing GHG Emissions Associated with Leased Assets Hot Climate, Cool Commerce: A Service Sector Guide to Greenhouse Gas Management Working 9 to 5 on Climate Change (for use by small office-based organizations only) Emission Estimation Resources and Global Warming Potentials Five Winds International: Sustainable Purchasing Guide David Suzuki Foundation, Doing Business in a New Climate: A Guide to Measuring, Reducing and Offsetting Greenhouse Gas Emissions WBCSD/WRI GHG Protocol 2004: The Greenhouse Gas Protocol - A Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard (Revised Edition). Responsible Purchasing Network (RPN)'s Responsible Purchasing Guide: Carbon Offsets Canadian Geothermal Coalition Environmental Choice Label

GHG Protocol Calculation Tools: Allocation of Emissions from a Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Plant - Worksheet Allocation of Emissions from a Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Plan - Guidance CO2 emissions from business travel CO2 emissions from fuel use in facilities CO2 emissions from transport or mobile sources -Worksheet CO2  emissions from transport or mobile sources - Guidance Emissions from employee commuting GHG emissions from stationary combustion - Worksheet GHG emissions from stationary combustion - Guidance Indirect CO2 emissions from Purchased Electricity, Heat, or Steam - Worksheet Indirect CO2 emissions from Purchased Electricity, Heat, or Steam -Guidance Measurement and Estimation Uncertainty of GHG Emissions - Worksheet Measurement and Estimation Uncertainty of GHG Emissions - Guidance Waste Management (wastewater and sludge treatment) There are other GHG Protocol Initiative sector specific and customized tools available http://www.ghgprotocol.org/all-tools US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)Technical Guidance and Tools EPA Climate Leaders - several linked tools to help establish a carbon footprint or carbon inventory that could be posted on CSA's GHG CleanStartTM Registry EPA's Office Carbon Footprint Tool for US office-based organizations Another section from the EPA site with a variety of sector specific technical resources and tools.

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