Offsets or verified emission reductions produced from the project
Measurement answer
What this metric measures
Separately reports offsets or verified emission reductions generated by a project, without conflating them with avoided emissions claims.
Specification
Metric specification
- Result format
- Structured table
- Unit
- Structured table — see field-level units
- Reporting basis
- Reporting period for which offsets or verified emission reductions generated by the project are reported.
- Aggregation
- Report separately by project and by reported offset or verified-emission-reduction type; do not combine with avoided emissions claims.
- Pillar
- Environmental
- Topic
- Climate change
- Controlled domain
- Climate and greenhouse gases
- Entity type
- Metric
Reporting boundary
Offsets or verified emission reductions generated by the project, reported separately from avoided emissions claims.
Verified source occurrences
Framework coverage
This is one canonical metric. The bindings below show every verified framework occurrence without creating duplicate metric pages. Edition, disclosure, role, and relationship remain source-specific.
- Measurement AuthoritySource evidence
GHG Protocol
- Publisher
- GHG Protocol
- Edition
- 2015 publication
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Defines Measurement
- Mapping outcome
- Direct Evidence
- Source locator
- Page 54, section 6.9
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GHG Protocol
- Publisher
- GHG Protocol
- Edition
- 2015 publication
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Maps Source Identity
- Mapping outcome
- Published
- Source locator
- Page 54, section 6.9
Value structure
Dimensions and units
- Unit
- Structured table — see field-level units
- Reporting basis
- Reporting period for which offsets or verified emission reductions generated by the project are reported.
Unit meaning: Each field uses the unit stated by the Scope 2 source and must retain its method and boundary.
Table fields and units
- project name or identifier
- reported instrument type
- quantity
- unit
- verification status
- reporting period
- project boundary or scope
- separate avoided-emissions-claim indicator
Published dimensions
- project
- reported instrument type (offset or verified emission reduction)
- verification status
- reporting period
Disclosure method
Formula information
- Status
- Not applicable
- Formula type
- Structured Disclosure
Disclosure form
No single formulaReport the source-defined result with its stated fields and method disclosures. The source explicitly requires a separately reported project output when verified emission reductions or offsets are generated. It does not establish a universal unit or calculation method, so a structured table preserves the distinct reporting requirement while retaining project-specific units and verification context. The shortlist does not represent the same project-generated offset construct and boundary.
Verified sources
Evidence and status sources
Sustopedia checked each record-specific claim directly against primary publisher material. Labels distinguish current measurement authority from future compatibility and corroborative, legal, edition, or method status context. Corroborative evidence can support a stated limitation but cannot establish the core measurement by itself.
Measurement evidence
- Measurement evidenceChecked 26 August 2026
GHG Protocol Scope 2 Guidance
- Publisher
- GHG Protocol
- Edition
- 2015 publication
- Locator
- Page 54, section 6.9
Supports: The official GHG Protocol source supports the identity, boundary and method basis of “Offsets or verified emission reductions produced from the project”.
Open official source
Use with context
Interpretation boundaries
Method disclosures required
Source-edition basis: GHG Protocol Scope 2 Guidance, 2015 publication.
- Identify the project generating the reported offsets or verified emission reductions.
- State whether each reported amount is an offset or a verified emission reduction and disclose its verification status.
- State the quantity and unit used by the applicable project, verification, or offset program.
- Describe the reporting-period basis and project boundary.
- Present the amounts separately from any avoided emissions claim.
Record-specific limitations
- The guidance does not prescribe a common quantity unit, verification program, crediting methodology, vintage, ownership treatment, or retirement status.
- Reported offsets or verified emission reductions must not be presented as avoided emissions claims.
Interpret this metric with the stated reporting boundary, period convention, value shape, and unit. Results prepared with different boundaries or conventions may not be directly comparable.
Measurement evidence supports the core record-specific claims described above. Corroborative evidence can support limitations, while compatibility and status sources provide their separately labelled context. None of these cards by itself determines an organisation's legal applicability, filing readiness, assurance status, or compliance conclusion.