All organizations—regardless of industry sector—must begin today to inventory their greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) to prepare for an incoming regulatory wave, according to an expert from BSI Americas.

Wilhelm Wang, BSI product manager for sustainability, has followed the development of mandatory regulatory schemes and voluntary GHG inventory and reporting programs since the 1980s, and he says companies can no longer afford the luxury of putting off developing a GHG inventory plan.

In the Obama Administration, Wang has seen a “swift and drastic change in political wills and regulatory determination,” with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Lisa P. Jackson’s signature on a proposed rule to institute the first comprehensive national system for mandatory reporting of GHG emissions at the facility level. 

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