Karthik Ramanna

The E-liability Institute

The Climate Governance Playbook

The E-liability Institute is a global not-for-profit with a mission to rapidly drive emissions reduction and decarbonization innovation worldwide through the E-liability method. We are creating a global ecosystem for rigorous carbon accounting, enabling well-functioning green-finance and carbon-sequestration markets.

The Climate Governance Playbook

Professor Karthik Ramanna developed this playbook as a public good for climate standard-setting organizations and their stakeholders. The report introduces a playbook of best practices for better strategic clarity and procedural legitimacy in climate standard-setting.

Selected Articles on Carbon Accounting

Karthik Ramanna, Niels Angel, Michael Wang, and Maria Zuber, “Accelerating the Implementation of Accurate Product-level Carbon Accounting,” (working paper).

“We Can’t Fix Climate Change, But We Can Create a System that Will,” (working paper).

“What Companies Can Learn from a Carbon Accounting Pilot in Afghanistan,” Harvard Business Review Online, October 7, 2024.

Karthik Ramanna et al. “A Proto-Standard for Carbon Accounting and Auditing Using the E-liability Method, v. 1.5.4,” The E-liability Institute, September 2024: 1 - 33.

“How Europe’s import carbon tax can boost prosperity, not hurt it,” Impact Alpha Policy Corner June 25, 2024.

Robert Kaplan and Karthik Ramanna, “Disclosing Downstream Emissions,” Harvard Business Review 102, no. 4, July–August 2024: 124-133.

Karthik Ramanna and Harry Kirk, “Why Recycled Materials Don’t Always Generate Greener Products,” Harvard Business Review Online, November 30, 2023.

Karthik Ramanna, Robert Kaplan, and Piyush Jha, “Update on E-liability Accounting,” Accountability in a Sustainable World Quarterly (2023) 1, no. 4: 96 - 117.

Robert Kaplan, Karthik Ramanna, and Marc Roston, “Accounting for Carbon Offsets,” Harvard Business Review 101, no. 4, July–August 2023: 126 - 137.

Robert Kaplan, Karthik Ramanna, and Marc Roston, “A Game Plan for Funding Carbon Offsets,” Harvard Business Review Online June 13, 2023.

Robert Kaplan, Karthik Ramanna, and Stefan Reichelstein, “Getting a Clearer View of Your Company’s Carbon Footprint,” Harvard Business Review Online April 3, 2023.

Robert Kaplan and Karthik Ramanna, “We need better carbon accounting, here’s how to get there,” Harvard Business Review Online April 12, 2022.

Robert Kaplan and Karthik Ramanna, “Accounting for Climate Change: The First Rigorous Approach to ESG Reporting,” Harvard Business Review 99, no. 6, November–December 2021: 120 - 131.

“ESG accounting needs to cut through the greenwash,” Financial Times January 17, 2021.

Winning on Climate

The E-liability Institute

The Climate Governance Playbook

The Climate Governance Playbook

The Climate Governance Playbook

The Climate Governance Playbook

The Climate Governance Playbook

Selected Articles on Carbon Accounting

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