GHGm was established in 2003 to meet a growing need for greenhouse gas quantification, clean technology assessment, and to support the development of GHG offsets (carbon credits). Registered as GreenhouseGasMeasurement.com, GHGm is an operating division of Steven B. Young Consulting Limited, Federally incorporated in Canada in 1997, which has been consulting and advising on environmental sustainability initiatives since 1992.
GHGm’s experience crosses many sectors – transport, agriculture, mining, buildings, energy and manufacturing – having worked for numerous government agencies, international associations, small and medium-sized enterprises, and multinational corporations.
GHGm’s credentials are exemplary, covering a number of key areas:
- GHGm has completed over thirty (30) greenhouse gas analyses
- GHGm has developed more than four (4) comprehensive GHG protocol documents for different industry sectors
- GHGm utilizes extensive detailed databases that cover GHG emissions factors for chemicals, materials, energy, waste, transport, industrial and agricultural practices
- GHGm has developed more than twenty (20) emissions quantification tools, including Excel based spreadsheets, for purposes of client emissions management and reporting
- GHGm experts have more than fifteen (15) years of experience in Life Cycle Assessment, including use of the SimaPro LCA software.
GHGm is pre-qualified by the Government of Canada, TEAM Operations Office to develop and evaluate the technical and GHG measurement and reporting activities and documentation of TEAM projects. Technology Early Action Measures (TEAM), part of the Climate Change Action Plan, supports projects that are designed to develop technologies that mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. TEAM uses the SMART (System of Measurement and Reporting for Technologies) protocol for environmental technology project evaluation.