Emissions Trading Scheme
A process which verifies that a company's reported greenhouse gas emissions are accurate and conform to the applicable scheme and national requirements.
What is ETS Verification?
A process which verifies that a company's reported greenhouse gas emissions are accurate and conform to the applicable scheme and national requirements.
LRQA currently offers the following applicable schemes:
Benefits
you will publicly demonstrate your company's compliance with scheme requirements
it will establish the integrity of your system(s) and processes that generate your emission data
it helps you to identify deficiencies against requirements defined in the scheme
it helps identify opportunities for improvement in the accuracy and completeness of data
it provides you with our verification opinion statement for submission to the relevant authorities
it allows you to register your verified emissions and trade surplus amounts.
Who can be verified?
EU ETS Scheme
It is mandatory for those sectors listed in Annex I of the EU ETS Directive.
All installations covered by the EU ETS scheme must hold a greenhouse gas permit, or you will be liable to financial penalties. Currently it only covers carbon dioxide but may be expanded in the future to cover other greenhouse gases.
LRQA Services
We offer pre-verification assessments where we'll review your monitoring and reporting systems and confirm compliance with your greenhouse gas permit. This can be done in advance of your formal annual verification visit.
We corroborate your annual actual emissions and determine whether you are in compliance with your annual allowance.
We also conduct emission baseline verifications on the data you have to submit to your authority on which your allowances are assigned. An independent verification gives your base year emissions credibility during the allocation process.
We will make phased visits - flexible arrangements - to make sure your verification is cost-effective and completed within critical timelines.
Next steps...
- Contact LRQA - online form