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Tim Mohin became the CEO of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol in 2026, a position where he oversees guidelines used by nearly all S&P 500 companies for measuring corporate emissions. His role involves coordinating various stakeholders to standardize greenhouse-gas reporting despite resistance from some businesses and governments. The article highlights that accurate emissions data is crucial for guiding climate action and fostering collaboration among different sectors working on the climate agenda.

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Tim Mohin became the first CEO of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol in 2026, overseeing a framework used by approximately 97% of disclosing S&P 500 companies to measure and report corporate emissions. Based in Pittsburgh, Mohin's role involves harmonizing greenhouse-gas accounting rules amid pushback from some companies and government officials. This initiative aims to make emissions reporting more consistent across markets, crucial for setting climate targets and assessing progress effectively.

Mohin emphasized the spirit of collaboration within the climate movement as a source of hope, highlighting the importance of robust greenhouse gas inventories in guiding corporate decisions towards decarbonization. He stressed that high-quality emissions data is essential for prioritizing actions and directing resources efficiently.

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Mohin’s appointment puts him at the center of an effort to make emissions reporting more consistent across markets, an important effort given that these types of rules shape how companies set climate targets and how regulators and investors assess progress.

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The most important action a corporation can take is to establish a robust greenhouse gas inventory and use it to guide decision making. This is the essential foundation for decarbonization because you cannot manage what you do not measure.

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High-quality emissions data gives companies, governments, and investors the information they need to prioritize action, direct resources effectively, and track real progress toward ambitious emissions reductions targets.

left supports the importance of detailed emissions tracking for climate action

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Pittsburgh, where I’m based, is a particularly hilly city so this will be good exercise as well as being good for the planet. What gives you hope about the future of the planet? What gives me hope is the spirit of collaboration I’m seeing across the climate movement.

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What’s one sustainability effort you personally will try to adopt in the next year?

2026-11-11 · TIME

Tim Mohin · assertive framing

Tim Mohin became the first CEO of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol in 2026, overseeing a framework used by approximately 97% of disclosing S&P 500 companies to measure and report corporate emissions. asserted

Mohin → become → emissions

In taking on that job, Mohin is responsible for bringing together diverse voices to harmonize greenhouse-gas accounting rules in the face of pushback from some companies and government officials. asserted

Mohin → take → companies

Mohin’s appointment puts him at the center of an effort to make emissions reporting more consistent across markets, an important effort given that these types of rules shape how companies set climate targets and how regulators and investors assess progress. asserted

regulators → put → progress

What is the single most important action you think the public, or a specific company or government, needs to take in the next year to advance the climate agenda? asserted

public → think → agenda

The most important action a corporation can take is to establish a robust greenhouse gas inventory and use it to guide decision making. asserted

corporation → take → making

This is the essential foundation for decarbonization because you cannot manage what you do not measure. asserted

you → manage → what

High-quality emissions data gives companies, governments, and investors the information they need to prioritize action, direct resources effectively, and track real progress toward ambitious emissions reductions targets. asserted

they → give → targets

What’s one sustainability effort you personally will try to adopt in the next year? asserted

you → try → year

In the next year, I am committed to bicycling when possible, instead of transit by car. asserted

I → commit → car

I’ve been an avid cyclist for years, and frequently cycle recreationally, but want to expand this practice into commuting and day-to-day travel around the city. asserted

I → cycle → city

I → base → movement

Climate change is a global challenge, and increasingly we are seeing standards bodies, governments, businesses, and civil society looking for ways to align their efforts. asserted

bodies → see → efforts

ISO and GHG Protocol are working together to align their emissions accounting and reporting standards, with the goal of one harmonized, global carbon accounting system. asserted

ISO → work → system

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