Your LSRG Playbook: What It Is, How It Works, and How to Get Ready

Summary LSRG is the GHG Protocol’s forthcoming standard for measuring and reporting land-sector emissions and carbon removals across all value chains, from agriculture and forestry to any company sourcing land-based commodities. It was developed to fill a major gap: land-sector emissions make up ~25% of global GHGs but have lacked consistent, science-based accounting guidance until now. LSRG defines the measurement and reporting rules, while SBTi FLAG provides the target-setting framework; LSRG is the foundation companies must adopt before setting FLAG targets. Companies with existing FLAG targets are already mostly aligned, as FLAG principles were designed with the LSRG framework in mind—putting them roughly “90% of the way there.” Terrascope supports land- and nature-sector clients now via FLAG/LSRG data disaggregation, supplier engagement, and farm-level emissions calculations templates