Iso 14064 Greenhouse gas accounting and verification

Introduction

Climate change and greenhouse gas emissions are high on the environmental agenda. Many companies now face pressure to account for their contribution towards global greenhouse gas emissions and through the Kyoto treaty greenhouse gases have now become a tradable commodity. Good greenhouse gas management is therefore increasingly important for organisations. ISO 14064 is the international standard that provides a framework for organisations to quantify and report on greenhouse gas emissions and removals.

ISO's goal in developing the standards is to provide a set of unambiguous and verifiable requirements or specifications to support organisaions and proponents of GHG emission reduction projects.The ISO 14064 objectives are to:

Enhance environmental integrity by promoting consistency, transparency and credibility in GHC quantification, monitoring, reporting and vefrification.
Enable organisations to identify and manage GHG-related liabilities, assets and risks.
Facilitiate the trade of GHG allowances or credits.
Support the design, development and implementation of comparable and consistent GHG schemes or programmes.

This website provides general information on greenhouse gas management and related climate change issues.

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