Greener working
The new standard for greenhouse gas accounting and verification, ISO 14064, was published recently by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). The standard aims to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and support emissions trading by providing government and industry with an integrated set of tools for management programmes. Implementing ISO 14064 is intended to achieve the following benefits:
- promote consistency, transparency and credibility in GHG quantification, monitoring, reporting and verification
- enable organizations to identify and manage GHG-related liabilities, assets and risks
- facilitate the trade of GHG allowances or credits
- support the design, development and implementation of comparable and consistent GHG schemes or programmes
ISO launched the standard as a solution to the variety of approaches utilised by governments and organizations to account for GHG emissions and removals and the lack of clarity and consistency between them all. Dr Chan Kook Weng, convenor of the ISO working group that developed the standard, explained: ‘ISO’s goal is to provide a set of unambiguous and verifiable requirements or specifications to support organizations and proponents of GHG emission reduction projects. ISO 14064 will provide clarity and consistency between those reporting GHG emissions and stakeholders.’
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