During the week of 22 September 2025, States once again met in Vienna under Working Group III (WGIII)...
The global transition to renewable energy systems will be mineral intensive and, under the current linear economy conditions,...
Striving to create a harmonized greenhouse gas calculation framework applicable to all mineral and industrial supply chains
To further and fully understand how to plan for the decarbonization of mining value chains, we need better data on carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. However, neither consumers, corporates, or financial institutions know the embodied emissions in the products they produce or sell. While methods like life-cycle assessments and environmental product declarations exist, none uses a verifiable, comparable, or widely adopted emissions reporting framework capable of sending supply chain signals. To truly reform material supply chains, new solutions for markets, capital, and policy are required.
A lack of harmonized principles and reporting requirements between sectors and standards complicates the gathering of climate data and the formulation of strategies for emissions management. The COMET Framework would translate between different accounting methodologies so that GHG reporting can provide transparent, comparable, and actionable data.
COMET was launched at Davos in January 2020 by CCSI, RMI, MIT’s Sustainable Supply Chains initiative, and the Colorado School of Mines, and joined in 2021 by the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
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Improving transparency and consistency in measuring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions worldwide...
Scaling investment in renewable energy systems and phasing out fossil fuels in a just, orderly, and equitable manner...
Accelerating low-carbon industry by aligning technology, policy, finance, and development priorities across entire value chains...
Assessing what’s truly actionable for businesses within real mandates, markets, and sustainability commitments...
Designing financial frameworks and strategies that align financial-sector decision-making with real-economy climate and development outcomes....
