In 2009 the CBI and Price Waterhouse Coopers released this practical guide for companies on reporting greenhouse gas emissions based on a fictitious company, 'Typico plc'. The template illustrates how companies can report their strategy, targets, performance and benchmarking of a company's efforts to reduce its carbon footprint and adapt to climate change. It also demonstrates how to connect emissions reporting data with financial data.

European Union emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) declined for the third consecutive year in 2007, according to the EU's GHG inventory report compiled by the European Environment Agency. The EU-27's overall domestic emissions were 9.3 % below 1990 levels, which equalled a drop of 1.2 % or 59 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent compared to 2006. The EU-15 now stands 5 % below its Kyoto Protocol base year levels. Its target is to have reduced emissions by 8% below 1990 levels between 2008-2012.