Understanding your company’s carbon emissions data is vital to managing your carbon footprint. Annual third-party verification of your GHG inventory ensures your reporting is free of material errors giving you much greater confidence in reporting. Verified accounting is vital to management of climate-related risks, identifying cost-saving opportunities and keeping pace with regulatory compliance. Accurate GHG reporting is also increasingly important in supply chains and required by some major retailers. Showcasing your GHG verification in your CSR report also enhances brand reputation and competitiveness and gives stakeholders greater confidence in your reporting.
Greenhouse Gas Verification Progress
- Apply for Verification
Complete our Application Form, including a description of the project and its location. Our staff will return a proposal to you for signature. To initiate the verification process, return a signed proposal and contract agreement. - Submit Inventory Documentation
Our qualified verification team will review your inventory documentation for completeness, conduct a desk review of all documentation, and issue findings. Applicants can address findings before the site visit is conducted. - Site Visit
Conducts site visit(s) to assess project compliance with applicable program standards and issues findings from the visit. This includes an office visit and a field visit. - Technical review
Once the verification has been satisfactorily completed, an independent technical reviewer cross-checks the GHG inventory and audit report. - Verification Report
W will make a final verification decision and issue a report. You will need to acknowledge the report and resolve any corrective actions (ie errors in measurement or gaps in procedures) before the deadline for emission data submission. - Verification Opinion
A final verification opinion statement is submitted to the applicable GHG program for registration.
