Adopts ISO 14064-3:2006 to specify principles and requirements and provides guidance for those conducting or managing the validation and/or verification of greenhouse gas (GHG) assertions.
Table of contents
Header
About this publication
Preface
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Terms and definitions
3 Principles
3.1 General
3.2 Independence
3.3 Ethical conduct
3.4 Fair presentation
3.5 Due professional care
4 Validation and verification requirements
4.1 Validators or verifiers
4.2 Validation and verification process
4.3 Level of assurance, objectives, criteria and scope of the validation or verification
4.3.1 Level of assurance
4.3.2 Objectives
4.3.3 Criteria
4.3.4 Scope
4.3.5 Materiality
4.4 Validation or verification approach
4.4.1 General
4.4.2 Validation or verification plan
4.4.3 Sampling plan
4.5 Assessment of the GHG information system and its controls
4.6 Assessment of GHG data and information
4.7 Assessment against validation or verification criteria
4.8 Evaluation of the GHG assertion
4.9 Validation and verification statement
4.10 Validation or verification records
4.11 Facts discovered after the validation or verification
Annex A
A.1 General
A.2 Guidance on validation and verification requirements
A.2.1 General
A.2.2 Validator or verifier
A.2.2.1 General
A.2.2.2 Personal attributes of validators and verifiers
A.2.2.3 Requirements for the composite knowledge and skills of the validation or verification team
A.2.2.4 Use of experts
A.2.2.5 Internal peer review
A.2.3 Level of assurance, objectives, criteria and scope of the validation or verification
