- Set clear requirements for quantifying the carbon footprint;
- Monitoring performance in reducing the carbon footprint of products;
- Better understand the carbon footprint of products, identifying opportunities to increase GHG removals and reduce GHG emissions;
- Supporting the transition towards a sustainable low-carbon economy;
- Improved credibility, consistency and transparency in quantification and reporting;
- Evaluation of alternative options for product design, sourcing, production, manufacturing methods, raw material selection, transportation, recycling and end-of-life processes;
- Facilitating the development and implementation of GHG management strategies and plans throughout the product life cycle.
Independent verification of the carbon footprint is essential as organizations are increasingly being judged on their commitment to sustainability. Independent verification provides credibility, consistency and accuracy of the carbon footprint and enables meaningful communication of the carbon footprint.
Why SRAC?
- strengthening your organization’s position in a world increasingly concerned about climate change;
- long-standing experience (our greenhouse gas verification body has been providing verification and validation services since the inception of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme);
- ISO 14065 accreditation for the verification and validation of GHG emissions quantification, monitoring and reporting.
Our verification process complies with ISO 14064-3 and is subject to high competence requirements, guaranteeing a professional and reliable analysis of your product carbon footprint reports.
Benefit from:
- Increased integrity of the carbon footprint of products through compliance with recognized standards;
- Improved credibility, consistency and transparency in quantification, monitoring and reporting;
- Creating a solid basis for developing and improving monitoring systems to track GHG emissions;
- Develop and implement emission reduction and decarbonization strategies.
Quantifying your carbon footprint can be a complex and time-consuming process, with the risk of errors. Choosing SRAC to verify your product’s carbon footprint will ensure that your GHG emissions claim meets international standards, is credible, consistent and accurate. Reducing the risk of carbon calculation data errors and building stakeholder confidence is an important benefit of working with SRAC.
Steps in the verification process
1. Starting the activity
- Analysis of information provided by the organization
- Determination of objectives, scope, limits, criteria, level of assurance
- Appointment of the verification team leader
2. Planning
- Selecting the verification team
- Communication with the organization
- Strategic and risk analysis
- Developing the verification plan
3. Check
- Assessment of the carbon footprint study of the product according to the requirements
- Evaluation of the information and sampled data used to calculate the carbon footprint
4. Issuing the verification certificate
- Drafting the verification report and statement
- Independent analysis of the verification report and statement
- Issuance of the verification certificate based on the conclusion of the verification findings (after resolving any findings during the verification)