Carbon Footprints for companies or products are an important and accepted approach to making the current status of environmental commitment and climate targets within the company transparent for customers and employees.
External verification of your GHG balance sheet ensures accurate reporting, improves your reputation and serves as proof of the credibility of your climate management.
In addition, a detailed review of the completeness and methodology used to determine your data provides you with a reliable basis for identifying your actual greenhouse gas sources (GHG sources).
Several internationally recognised regulations provide a basis for calculating and accounting for greenhouse gases. These uniform standards make emission calculations comparable and, above all, verifiable.
There are different ways to achieve different goals: you decide in which framework you want to be assessed and subsequently audited! In addition to verifying your carbon footprint in accordance with ISO 14064-1 or the GHG Protocol (Corporate Standard) or your product carbon footprint in accordance with ISO 14067 or the GHG Protocol (Product Standard), we also offer verification of calculation and accounting tools for both systems. We are happy to subject the calculation methodology and emission factors used to a stress test for conformity with the various requirements of the norms and standards.
GUTcert was one of the first testing bodies to be accredited by the German Accreditation Body (DAkkS) for the verification of corporate carbon footprints in accordance with ISO 14064-3 in 2013. Since 2024, we have also been accredited by DAkkS for the verification of product carbon footprints.
Individual offer
First, GUTcert and your company will exchange information on the number of locations, the activities carried out there, the GHG sources to be considered and a rough overview of the emissions from the scopes in order to prepare an individual offer for your company.
Audit preparation
In preparation for the actual audit, the audit procedure, any further appointments and the required documents are agreed upon. GUTcert conducts a preliminary review of the documents for strategy and risk analysis. An audit plan will be sent to you at the end of this phase.
On-site audit
During the on-site audit, your investigation methodology, greenhouse gas report, uncertainties and emission factors will be checked for plausibility, and a technical site inspection will be carried out.
Report and certificate
In the final step, you will receive an audit report with a summary of the findings and recommendations from the on-site audit. A certificate will be issued and, if necessary, additional test marks for public communication for your company will be issued.
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