ISO 14065 standard - new tool for international efforts to address greenhouse gas emissions

19-Apr-2007

ISO has launched ISO 14065:2007, a new addition to its toolbox of standards for addressing climate change and supporting emissions trading schemes.

In March 2006, ISO launched its greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting and verification standards ISO 14064:2006. The complementary new standard, ISO 14065:2007, Greenhouse gases - Requirements for greenhouse gas validation and verification bodies for use in accreditation or other forms of recognition, published on 15 April 2007, details requirements for GHG validation or verification bodies for use in accreditation or other forms of recognition.

While ISO 14064 provides requirements for organizations or persons to quantify and verify GHG emissions, ISO 14065 specifies accreditation requirements for organizations that validate or verify resulting GHG emission assertions or claims.

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GHG validation or verification bodies are responsible for completing an objective assessment of GHG assertions and providing a formal written declaration which provides assurance on the statements contained in the assertion.

The aim of GHG validation or verification is to give confidence to parties that rely upon a GHG assertion or claim, for example regulators or investors, that the bodies providing the declarations are competent to do so, and have systems in place to manage impartiality and to provide the required level of assurance on a consistent basis.

ISO 14065 provides requirements for bodies that undertake GHG validation or verification using ISO 14064 or other relevant standards or specifications. The objectives of the ISO 14064 and ISO 14065 standards are to:

- develop flexible, regime-neutral tools for use in voluntary or regulatory GHG schemes;

- promote and harmonize best practice;

- support the environmental integrity of GHG assertions;

- assist organizations to manage GHG-related opportunities and risks, and

- support the development of GHG programmes and markets.

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