September 5, 2025. The American Biogas Council (ABC), with the Let Green Gas Count Coalition, announced recommendations that allow corporate greenhouse gas reporting in the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG-P) to recognize the full greenhouse gas benefits of biogas and renewable natural gas (RNG). The GHG-P sets the rules for how emissions are tracked, reported, and reduced, guiding corporate climate strategies and ensuring accountability in decarbonization. Without these recommendations, corporate purchases of low- and negative-carbon gases to replace conventional natural gas will be significantly constrained, hurting the opportunity for climate change mitigation and local investment.
The “Let Green Gas Count” coalition comprises eight organizations including the American Biogas Council and the World Biogas Association (WBA). Launched in February 2025, the group calls for clarity around market instruments for “green gases” — biogas and renewable natural gas — in the GHG-P for more accurate emissions reporting.
The coalition urges the GHG-P governing bodies to recognize market instruments, such as certified green gas certificates, in Scope 1 emissions reporting. This change would enable companies to transparently and consistently account for their decisions to use biogas and RNG instead of conventional natural gas supporting faster movement towards, and more effective corporate decarbonization.
The coalition’s recommendations aim to act as interim guidance for the treatment of renewable gases in corporate greenhouse gas reporting until GHG Protocol’s full guidance is released in 2028.