Focuses on auditing greenhouse gas disclosures in the public sector. Includes implementation recommendations.
Much has been written about the greenhouse effect, global warming, and the carbon footprint, and concern regarding them has led to worldwide interest in measuring and reducing greenhouse gases. This knowledge brief discusses audits of organizational and product carbon footprint disclosures that can be seen in entity reports and product claims, as well as what methodologies can be used by public sector audit activities to complete them.