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Standards & Frameworks

Guides to standards and reporting frameworks

What each standard says, what changed, and what it means in practice. Written from official documents with the last review date visible.

5 guides
ISO 14083
Updated 17 August 2026 · 10 min read

ISO 14083 and the GLEC Framework: how freight transport emissions are calculated

Freight splits between scope 3 categories 4 and 9 depending on who pays for it, and is calculated with the method ISO 14083 set out in 2023. What the standard requires, what the GLEC Framework adds and which decisions break the numbers.

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SBTi
Updated 14 August 2026 · 9 min read

SBTi Corporate Net-Zero Standard V2: what changes and when

The new version of the SBTi standard takes effect on 1 February 2027. Categories A and B, five-year cycles, separate targets per scope and emissions-intensive activities: what each change means in practice.

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FLAG
Updated 14 August 2026 · 10 min read

SBTi FLAG targets: when they are required and how to set them

Which companies must set a forest, land and agriculture target, which emissions count and which do not, the two pathways available, and the no-deforestation commitment that blocks validation.

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GHG Protocol
Updated 14 August 2026 · 10 min read

Land Sector and Removals Standard: how land is accounted for from 2027

The GHG Protocol published the standard defining how to account for land emissions and removals. Effective 1 January 2027: who it applies to, the four mandatory subcategories, and why removals can no longer be netted.

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ISO 14046
Updated 14 August 2026 · 9 min read

Water footprint and ISO 14046: what each one measures

Two different things share a similar name: the Water Footprint Network's volumetric inventory and ISO 14046's impact assessment. They do not compete, they stack — and delivering one when the other was asked for is a common mistake.

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These guides cover what each standard requires. For the method we apply — factors, boundaries, assumptions — see Methodology.

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