The GHG Protocol’s final LSR Standard forces a decision your company can’t avoid

On January 30, the GHG Protocol published its final Land Sector and Removals (LSR) Standard.

For companies with agricultural commodities, forestry products, or natural fibres in their value chain, this directly affects reported emissions, supplier requirements, and audit outcomes across Scope 1, 2, and 3.

LSR introduces three business realities:

1. It is mandatory under disclosure regimes built on the GHG Protocol.
   
   
2. It raises the data bar beyond what most land-based supply chains can deliver today.

   
   
3. It changes outcomes: companies can rely on defaults, but default data increases reported emissions; targeted investment lowers them.

In this executive briefing with Terrascope expert Ben Putman, who served on the GHG Protocol’s LSR Technical Working Group, we’ll cover:


• What the final LSR Standard requires, and where companies still have discretion
• The trade-offs between minimum compliance, selective traceability, and full ambition, with a clear point-of-view recommendation
• How early action is already shaping supplier relationships and disclosures

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