GHG Protocol Names Tim Mohin First Chief Executive to Lead Standards Expansion

The Greenhouse Gas Protocol has appointed sustainability veteran Tim Mohin to the newly created role of Chief Executive Officer, marking a significant institutional milestone for the world's most widely used GHG accounting framework. The appointment comes as GHG Protocol advances updates to key emissions reporting standards and pursues a strategic mandate from the COP30 Presidency to lead global harmonisation of GHG accounting alongside the International Organization for Standardization.

Mohin brings extensive experience across government, standards-setting and corporate sustainability, including a tenure as Chief Executive of the Global Reporting Initiative from 2017 to 2020, senior sustainability roles at Intel, Apple and AMD, and most recently a position as Director of Climate and Sustainability at Boston Consulting Group. He has also served as Chief Sustainability Officer at carbon accounting software company Persefoni and worked in the US Environmental Protection Agency and the US Senate. GHG Protocol was established in 1997 by the World Resources Institute and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, with its standards integrated into major global frameworks including the ISSB standards and the European Sustainability Reporting Standards.

The creation of a dedicated CEO role reflects GHG Protocol's growing institutional weight at a time when carbon accounting standards are under significant scrutiny and revision. The organisation is currently updating core emissions reporting standards, including its Scope 2 Guidance, and faces pressure from companies, investors and policymakers to ensure its frameworks are practical, credible and consistently applied. The CEO's mandate includes working with governments, regulators, standard setters and businesses to strengthen carbon accounting practices and drive alignment across frameworks.

The COP30 mandate for GHG Protocol and ISO to lead global GHG accounting harmonisation positions the organisation at the centre of international climate governance ahead of the 2025 Belem conference. For India, where carbon markets are developing under the framework of the Carbon Credit Trading Scheme and where BRSR reporting is expanding, GHG Protocol standards form a foundational reference. Mohin described the role as 'the most important climate infrastructure job in the world' and acknowledged that this is 'the moment it matters most.'

Key figure — 77 industry sectors covered by GHG Protocol-referenced SASB standards