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Downloadable data and online resources from WRI related to Business and economics.
WRI's annual carbon dioxide inventory report for 2002
WRI's "Annual Carbon Dioxide Inventory Report" describes WRI's fiscal year 2002 CO2 inventory in detail, including how data was gathered and calculations made. The report compares 2002 emissions with previous years, describes challenges that were encountered, details outreach activities, and outlines steps being pursued in 2003 to reduce emissions. WRI's inventory report may serve as a model for other office-based organizations who wish to develop a similar report.
WRI's publication "Working 9 to 5 on Climate Change: An Office Guide" provides step-by-step guidance for other office-based organizations on how to measure and manage CO2 emissions. Easy-to-use calculation tools can be downloaded from www.safeclimate.net.
For more information, contact Samantha Putt del Pino at sam@wri.org.
Source: 2003. Working 9 to 5 on climate change: An office guide. Samantha Putt del Pino and Pankaj Bhatia.
The WRI materials flow database
WRI has developed a material flows accounting (MFA) database and associated protocols for collecting, analyzing, and presenting material flows data. The database systematically categorizes materials flowing through the U.S. economy, emphasizing transparency in documenting data sources and any assumptions made in estimating the flows. The ultimate goal for this activity is to see that the periodic compilation and dissemination of U.S. material flows accounts shifts from civil society to become an established function of the federal government.
Coverage
This pilot MFA database is designed to cover the physical resources entering the economy and follow them as they undergo successive physical and chemical transformations as they move through the material life cycle. More than 190 commodities are included (see a full list at http://pdf.wri.org/commodity_list.pdf).
The database is structured around a list of the primary commodities that drive the U.S. economy, covering five principal resource sectors: agriculture, forestry, non-renewable organic materials (e.g., fossil fuels), metals, and minerals.
The entire chain of materials that flow through the U.S. industrial economy is included, from primary inputs, or feedstocks, such as petroleum, salt, and industrial roundwood, to processed materials such as benzene, gasoline, chlorine, and lumber.
The database can be downloaded from the six Microsoft Excel workbooks listed below:
Unless otherwise noted, data are in thousand metric tons. A description of the indicators and acronyms used in the National Summary Data can be found at http://pdf.wri.org/mfa_terms.pdf. The contents of the other five workbooks are described, along with a glossary of terms, at http://pdf.wri.org/workbook_contents_glossary.pdf.
Source: 2005. Material Flow Accounts: A Tool For Making Environmental Policy. Iddo Wernick and Frances Irwin.
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