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ISO standards

for
Greenhouse Gases Management
ISO/IEC 14065 & ISO 14064-3 updates

Melanie Pinatton-SCC-2018-05-17- ema Conference


Structures
ISO/TC 207
Environmental management

SC1 SC04
Environmental management systems Environmental performance
evaluation
SC2
Environmental auditing and related SC05
environmental investigations Life cycle assessment

SC03 SC7
Environmental labelling Greenhouse gas management and
related activities

Joint WG6
Verification and validation of
environmental information

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Joint Working Group 6
• ISO/TC 207/SC7–ISO/TC 207/SC2–ISO/CASCO JWG6 (SC7 lead)

• Co-Convenors
• SC7, Tod Delaney American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
• SC2, Yo-han Choi Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS)
• CASCO, Graeme Drake Standards Australia (SA)

• Secretariat
• Melanie Pinatton (CSA) Standards Council of Canada (SCC)
• Haneul Park (EnStar) Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS)

• 114 WG experts from 33 ISO Members


and 6 liaisons (including UNFCCC, IETA, IAF)
Two work items
• ISO DIS 14064-3, Greenhouse gases - Part 3: Specification with
guidance for the verification and validation of greenhouse gas
statements
• ISAE 3000, Assurance Engagements Other than Audits or Reviews of
Historical Financial Information
• ISAE 3400, Financial forecasts and projections
• ISAE 3410, Assurance Engagements on Greenhouse Gas Statements
• ISRS 4400, Engagements to perform Agreed-Upon Procedures regarding
financial information
• IPCC, Assessment Report 5

• ISO/IEC CD1 14065 Environmental information — Requirements


for bodies verifying and validating environmental information
ISO/IEC 14065
Environmental information — Requirements
for bodies verifying and validating
environmental information
Expansion of 14065 scope
Old scope:
This International Standard specifies principles and requirements for bodies that undertake
validation or verification of greenhouse gas (GHG) assertions.
It is GHG programme neutral. If a GHG programme is applicable, the requirements of that
GHG programme are additional to the requirements of this International Standard.

New scope:
This International Standard specifies principles and requirements for bodies undertaking
verification and validation of environmental information.
This International Standard is programme neutral. If an environmental information
programme is applicable, the requirements of that environmental information programme
are additional to the requirements of this International Standard.
A ‘mother’ and ‘daughters’
ISO 14007/08
Environmental costs,
ISO/IEC CD1 benefits and valuation
17029
ISO 14020 series
ISO CD1 14065 ISO FDIS Environmental labelling
14064-3 and claims
GHG validation
and ISO 14030 series
verification Green bonds
ISO FDIS
ISO 14040 series
14064-1
Life cycle assessment
ISO FDIS
14064-2 ISO 14067
Carbon footprint

ISO 14097 Climate


finance
Clauses
4 Principles – alignment with ISO 14064-3
5 General requirements – general alignment with 17029
6 Structural requirements – general alignment with 17029,
impartiality mechanism in, operational control out
7 Resource requirements – awaiting 17029
8 Process requirements – alignment with ISO 14064-3
process steps, and then general alignment with 17029
9 Information requirements – awaiting 17029
10 Management system requirements – alignment with
17029
Definitions
ISO 17029 Verification
• confirmation, through the provision of objective evidence, that specified
requirements have been fulfilled
Environmental information verification
• process for evaluating an environmental information statement based on
historical data and information to determine whether the statement is
materially correct and conforms with criteria

17029 Validation
• confirmation, through the provision of objective evidence, that the
requirements for a specific intended use or application have been fulfilled
Environmental information validation
• process to evaluate the reasonableness of the assumptions, limitations, and
methods that support an environmental information statement about the
outcome of future activities
Definitions
Responsible party makes a ‘claim’ (17029) -> ‘environmental information
statement’ (14065)
• declaration of environmental information made by a responsible
party

Verification/validation body issues a ‘statement’ (17029) -> verification or


validation ‘opinion’ (14065)
• 14065 Verification opinion - formal written declaration to the
intended user (3.2.4) that provides assurance that the environmental
information statement (3.1.5) is materially correct and conforms with
criteria
• 14065 Validation opinion - formal written declaration to the intended
user (3.2.4) on the reasonableness of the assumptions, methods and
limitations (3.3.23) used to develop forecasts and projections
contained in the environmental information statement (3.1.5)
Next steps
• ISO/TC 207 agreed to slow down process and wait until after the
next ISO/CASCO WG46 meeting in July 2018 which will produce
either CD2 17029 or DIS 17029

• JWG6 Drafting Group will then prepare CD2 14065


• Yo-han, Graeme, Chikako, Vijay, Doowon, Chang Hoon,
Daniele, Amanda, Kerri, Natalie and John

• Release CD2 for 8 weeks and ballot in time for consideration of


comments at the next JWG 6 meeting planned for China in early
November
ISO 14064-3
Greenhouse gases
Part 3: Specification with guidance for
the verification and validation of
greenhouse gas statements
ISO 14064-3 Overview
• Key definitions (clause 3)
• Principles (clause 4)
• Verification/validation requirements (clauses 5,
6, 7)
• Independent review (clause 8)
• Issuance of the opinion (clause 9)
• Facts discovered after the verification/validation
(clause 10)
ISO 14064-3 New Edition (1/2)

• Structure and inspiration from financial accounting audit standards


• Organized in accordance with process flow
• Verification and validation approaches are dealt with separately
• How to write an opinion and how to qualify one is now addressed in
the requirements (previously in Annex A)
• Additional language about planning an engagement and about the
role of site visits. Differences in performing verifications and
validations now more clearly defined
ISO 14064-3 New Edition (2/2)

• clarifies what is expected when verifiers perform engagements at


the limited level of assurance.
• validation opinions do not express “reasonable assurance”, but
rather they only express the validator’s conclusions that the
“assumptions, limitations and methods” used by the responsible
party provide a “reasonable basis” for forecast emissions, emission
reductions, removals, or removal enhancements.
• addition of the new “agreed-upon procedures” tool. Does not
express an opinion.
Key Definitions
• GHG statement: “factual and objective declaration made by
the responsible party including assertions that provide the
subject matter for the verifier/validator’s opinion”
• Responsible party1: “person or persons responsible for the
provision of the GHG statement and the supporting GHG
information”
1The responsible party can be either individuals or representatives of an organization or project
and can be the party who engages the verifier or validator

• Intended user: “individual or organization identified by those


reporting GHG-related information as being the one who
relies on that information to make decisions”
1The responsible party can be either individuals or representatives of an organization or project
and can be the party who engages the verifier or validator
More Key Definitions
• Misstatement: “errors, omissions, misreporting, or
misrepresentations in the GHG statement”
• Materiality: “concept that individual misstatements or the
aggregation of misstatements could influence the intended
users' decisions”
• Material misstatement: “individual misstatement or the
aggregate of actual misstatements in the GHG statement that
could affect the decisions of the intended users”
Last Key Definitions
• Level of assurance: “the degree of confidence the intended user
may place on the GHG statement”
• Verification opinion: “formal written declaration to the intended
user that provides assurance on the GHG statement in the
responsible party's GHG report and confirms conformity with the
criteria”
14064-3 Principles
• Impartiality
• Evidence-based approach
• Fair presentation
• Documentation
• Conservativeness
Thank you!

Contact: melanie.Pinatton@csagroup.org

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