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GHG Protocol establishes comprehensive global standardized frameworks to measure and manage greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from private and public sector operations, value chains and mitigation actions. Building on a 20-year partnership between World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), GHG Protocol works with governments, industry associations, NGOs, businesses and other organizations. More than 9 out of 10 Fortune 500 companies reporting to CDP use GHG Protocol.
"...According to the United Nations, the extraction of mineral resources affects "virtually all dimensions of the 2030 Agenda". For example, the impacts of ASM on Peace, Justice and Institutions (SDG16) affect in other ways and among others, poverty, human health, gender equality and life on earth, thus modifying impacts on SDGs 1, 3, 5 and 15..."
