ISO 14064 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) OR GREENHOUSE GAS PROTOCOL (GHGP) Verification

WHAT IS ISO 14064?

To combat climate changes more effectively and better manage Green House Gas (GHG) emissions, organisations need to actively conduct reviews of their activities more frequently.

ISO 14064 is an addition to the ISO 14000 family of international environmental management standards. Governments and industries can utilise these standards to reduce GHG emissions, manage carbon footprints and facilitate emissions trading.

ISO 14064 standard consists of three parts. Each part plays an instrumental role in ISO 14064 standards and GHG verification. The parts specify various requirements of the standard and verification. They are meant to guide across the essential aspects related to the standard.

• Part 1: The first part specifies the requirements for the design and development of organisational or entity-level GHG inventories.
• Part 2: The second part provides requirements for quantifying, monitoring, and reporting emission reductions and removal enhancements from GHG projects.

WHAT IS GHG PROTOCOL?

The GHG Protocol (The Greenhouse Gas Protocol: A Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard (Revised Edition)) is a tool for governments and businesses to manage GHG emissions. Developed by WRI and WBCSD, it complements ISO 14064.

GHG Protocol aids in accurate carbon footprint assessment and emissions reduction tracking.

GHG VALIDATION AND VERIFICATION

The GHG validation and verification measures and reports the emissions data of your company.

Businesses do their greenhouse gas (GHG) verification and validation assessment for various reasons. It could be for the annual report, meeting regulatory requirements, or communicating the GHG reduction achievements to their customers.

Verifying your GHG emissions demonstrates your commitment to sustainability and that your reductions are tangible, credible, and quantifiable to external stakeholders.

The GHG verification and validation are conducted under the ISO 14063-3 standards. It ensures that your business’s current GHG emissions align with the reporting standards, frameworks, and requirements.

TÜV SÜD IS YOUR PARTNER FOR ISO 14064 GREENHOUSE GAS (GHG) EMISSION VALIDATION and verification

With extensive expertise, TÜV SÜD provides the following services for organisations around the world and across different industries:

• Validation & Verification of GHG assertion/inventory
• Assessment of the GHG information system and its control
• Assessment of GHG data and information
• Assessment against validation or verification criteria
• Issuance of Validation and Verification statement

BENEFITS OF GHG VERIFICATION

ISO 14064 & GHG protocol acts as an effective business tool for organisations to comply with current greenhouse gas inventory regulations or prepare for future ones. This is also one of the ways to manage risks in environmental management. ISO 14064 can be used to promote organisational efforts in GHG management and reductions.

STEPS TO GREENHOUSE GAS VERIFICATION

Contact TÜV SÜD to get started on your ISO 14064 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Verification:

1. Pre-assessment evaluation: To evaluate the TÜV SÜD PSB’s capability to undertake specific verification services including required resource, cost and time.
2. Verification Planning: To conduct strategic & risk assessment of organisation or project’s operation and plan for verification process.
3. Conducting Verification: To perform desktop review and onsite verification activities.
4. Issuance of Verification Report and Statement

Please view the Application & Process Flow of a GHG Validation or Verification programme.

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