Emissions Reporting

On 11 June 2026, the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) published Version 2.0 of its Corporate Net-Zero Standard, the framework most large companies use to set credible climate targets. The revision marks a change of emphasis rather than of principle. The first version rewarded the ambition of a target. The second is designed to test […]

Scope 3 Category 1, the cradle-to-gate emissions of purchased goods and services such as concrete, steel, and aluminium, accounts for the large majority of a construction company’s carbon footprint and is the most difficult category to report. In the GCC, the gap is wider because the library of verified Environmental Product Declarations is limited and […]

Leak Detection and Repair (LDAR) is a structured program used to find, measure, repair and verify leaks from equipment such as valves, flanges, connectors, pumps and compressors. In oil and gas, LDAR is especially important for managing methane emissions from fugitive sources. A strong LDAR program does not only detect leaks; it also creates the […]

For FMCG operators in the GCC, cold chain emissions rarely sit in one neat box. They are usually split across Scope 1 fugitive emissions from refrigerant leaks, Scope 2 electricity used to keep products cold, and Scope 3 emissions from outsourced refrigerated transport and storage. The accounting treatment is straightforward in principle, but the harder […]

GCC hospitality groups do not need to chase all 15 Scope 3 categories at once and drown in complexity from day one. The smarter move is to start where the data is already within reach: guest travel the hotel can actually see, influence, or arrange, and procurement categories that already flow through daily operations, especially […]

Product carbon footprints break down when factor versions, boundaries, supplier inputs, and corrections change without control. For GCC companies, a defensible PCF means locked factor sets, versioned methodology, evidence-linked activity data, and a change log that shows what changed, why it changed, and whether history was restated. That matters more now because the EU’s Carbon […]

Emission factors in the GCC: DEFRA vs IEA vs local utility factors (and how to govern them) Emission factors can change your reported footprint even when operations stay the same, especially in electricity-heavy GCC businesses. The safest approach is to prioritize the most geographically representative factors available (utility/subnational for Scope 2 where possible), use IEA […]

Financed emissions are the portion of a counterparty’s greenhouse gas emissions attributed to a financial institution’s loans and investments (Scope 3 Category 15: Investments). In the GCC, financed emissions programs most often break on three points: inconsistent attribution in syndicated and structured financing, uneven portfolio coverage, and weak auditability when evidence is scattered across PDFs, […]

Dubai’s most practical path to aviation decarbonisation is staged: scale Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) first, industrialise power-to-liquid (PtL) e-fuels next, and prepare for hydrogen infrastructure where it delivers earlier value (airside and ground operations) while aircraft technology matures. The main risk is not only fuel supply, but credibility: aviation fuel claims need lifecycle accounting, chain-of-custody, […]