An organisational greenhouse gas inventory needs traceable data within selected boundaries and a reporting period. A verification opinion is not unlimited approval of all organisational activities.
Ownership alone is insufficient; assess the organisational approach and control relationships. Review leases, operational duties and energy data together. Prevent double counting the same asset through multiple records. Keep the method and reasons consistent between periods.
Missing information does not establish absent activity. Examine purchases, stock movements, kilometres or operating hours as supporting evidence. Explain any estimate, assumptions and uncertainty. Assign responsibility and controls to improve data quality in subsequent periods.
Determine effects of acquisitions, disposals and boundary changes on historical data. Provide an understandable connection between recalculated and previously published figures. Do not present structural differences as reduction achievements. Make methodological effects on comparability visible too.
The standard concerns organisational greenhouse gas quantification and reporting. Preparation or verification alone does not establish neutrality. Assess the claim's period, boundary, reduction and any offsetting approach separately. Do not represent the report as supporting a broader conclusion than it actually does.
Provide sites, source diversity, data systems, period, assurance needs and programme conditions. New facilities or highly uncertain data may require additional review. Plan preparation and verification separately. A general estimate based on an incomplete source list is not a reliable commitment for the whole inventory.
Check the covered period and greenhouse gas statement. New-year sources and data are not automatically verified by an old opinion. Prepare the new inventory and repeat verification where required. Promotional wording must not present earlier assurance as current organisational performance.
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