> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.salvidia.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Standards and frameworks

> The standards Salvidia's methodology aligns with, and how they relate to Australian climate reporting.

Salvidia's methodology isn't invented in-house. It follows the same internationally recognised standards that auditors, regulators, and reporting frameworks expect — so a footprint produced in Salvidia speaks the same language as the rest of the reporting world.

## The GHG Protocol

The **Greenhouse Gas Protocol Corporate Standard** is the foundation of corporate carbon accounting globally, and it's the backbone of how Salvidia structures organisation assessments:

* Emissions classified into **Scope 1, 2, and 3** ([explained here](/guides/scopes-1-2-and-3-explained))
* Scope 3 organised into the Protocol's value-chain categories (purchased goods and services, business travel, waste, and so on)
* Organisational boundaries defined using the Protocol's control approaches ([more here](/guides/organisational-boundaries))

When a client, tender, or framework asks whether your footprint is "GHG Protocol aligned," this structure is what they're asking about.

## Australian climate reporting: ASRS

Australia's mandatory climate reporting regime — the **Australian Sustainability Reporting Standards (ASRS)**, administered under AASB S2 — is phasing in climate-related disclosure for Australian entities in groups by size. Reporting entities disclose Scope 1 and 2 emissions, with Scope 3 following in later reporting years.

Two practical implications:

* **If you're a reporting entity**, a GHG Protocol-structured footprint is the input your disclosure needs. Salvidia's scope-organised results map directly onto the emissions disclosures AASB S2 requires.
* **If you're a supplier to reporting entities**, their Scope 3 is partly *your* footprint. Expect large customers to start asking for your emissions data — having a credible number ready is increasingly a condition of winning and keeping that business.

## Emission factor sources

Calculations are only as credible as their factors. Salvidia draws on published, referenced factor sets — including Australian government-published factors for energy and fuels — rather than proprietary black-box numbers. See [Emission factors](/methodology/emission-factors-overview) for how factors are selected and applied.

## Related standards

* **ISO 14064-1** covers organisation-level GHG quantification and reporting; its requirements are consistent with the GHG Protocol structure Salvidia follows.
* **Life cycle assessment standards (ISO 14040/14044)** underpin the life-cycle structure used in product assessments — see [What is an LCA?](/guides/what-is-an-lca).

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## The principle behind all of it

Every standard above shares the same core requirements: **relevance, completeness, consistency, transparency, and accuracy.** In practice that means defining your boundary clearly, covering what's material, measuring the same way each year, documenting your assumptions, and improving data quality over time. Salvidia is built to make that the default path rather than extra work.