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• ISO GHG Quantification and Verification
Standards
Dr. Chan Kook Weng, Malaysian Palm Oil Board,
Convenor, ISO TC207 WG5
ISO Facts
ISO is the International Organization for Standardization;
ISO was established in 1947;
ISO is an NGO based in Geneva;
ISO is a federation of 140 national standards bodies and
500 international/regional liaison members;
ISO is comprised of 2,850 technical committees,
subcommittees and working groups;
ISO has published over 13,000 international standards;
ISO meetings attract some 30,000 experts a year;
ISO standards are consensus based.
ISO WG5 on Climate Change
TC 207 - Environmental Management
Working Group 5 on Climate Change
 Established in 2002.
 Malaysia-Canada leadership.
 Developing new International Standard for
quantifying, reporting and verifying
organization- and project-level GHG
emissions / removals.
International
National
National “Mirror” Committees
- Government
- Business
- Service Providers
- NGOs
ISO WG5 Deliverables
ISO 14064 - Greenhouse gases
(1 Standard in 3 Parts)
Part 1:
Part 2:
Specification for
the quantification,
monitoring and
reporting of
organization
emissions and
removals
Specification for
the quantification,
monitoring and
reporting of
project emissions
and removals
Part 3:
Specification and
guidance for
validation,
verification and
certification
Part 1: Specification for the quantification,
monitoring and reporting of organization
emissions and removals (DRAFT)
1 Scope
5.5 Base year GHG inventory
2 Normative References
3 Definitions
4 Principles
5 GHG inventory design and development
5.1 Organizational boundaries
5.5.1 Base year selection/
establishment
5.5.2 Base year GHG inventory
adjustment
5.6 Assessing and reducing uncertainty
5.2 GHG emission and removal boundaries
6 GHG inventory quality management
5.3 Quantification of GHG emissions and
removals
7 GHG reporting
5.4 GHG inventory components
5.4.1 Gross GHG emissions and removals
5.4.2 Internal GHG projects
5.4.3 External GHG projects
5.4.4 Targeted internal actions
5.4.5 GHG inventory matrix
8 Verification
8.1 Preparing for third party verification
8.2 First party verification
Part 2: Specification for the quantification,
monitoring and reporting of project
emissions and removals (DRAFT)
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Definitions
4 Principles
5 Requirements for GHG projects
5.1 The GHG project cycle
5.2 General requirements
5.3 GHG project planning
5.3.1 Project elements
5.3.2 Baseline elements
5.3.3 GHG emissions reductions
and removal enhancements
5.3.4 Quality, monitoring and
reporting elements
5.3.5 Validate the GHG project
5.4 GHG project implementation – Monitor,
quantify and report
5.4.1 Implement project master plan
procedures
5.4.2 Report on GHG project
implementation
5.4.3 Verify the GHG project assertion
Part 3: Specification and guidance for
validation, verification and certification
(DRAFT)
5.8
Assessment of the internal control
environment
3 Definitions
5.9
Assessment of GHG information
4 Principles
5.10 Assessment of the GHG assertion
5 Validation and verification requirements
5.11 Completion of the validation or verification
1 Scope
2 Normative references
5.1 General
5.12 Validation report
5.2 Quality control
5.13 Validation and verification statement
5.3 Validation or verification objectives,
scope, and criteria
5.14 Certification of GHG performance
5.4 Strategic review
5.5 GHG information sample design
5.6 Preparation for the validation or
verification
5.7 Assessment against principles and
requirements of a GHG scheme or
standard or internal programmes
ISO WG5 Schedule
WG5 Actual Dates
1st
WG5 Committee Drafts
Next Meeting,
March 2004, UK
1st 2nd
WG5 Working Drafts
WG5 Meetings 
months
6/02
months
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12/02
6/03
12/03
6/04
12/04
6/05
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1st
Working
Draft
1st
Committee
Draft
ISO Target Dates
Draft
International
Standard
Final Draft International
International Standard
Standard
The ISO Value Add
Process
 Systematic participation by up to 140 countries and liaison
bodies.
 ISO standards represent international consensus.
 ISO standards are “living documents”.
Verifiability
 WG5 intends to develop GHG quantification standards that
can be verified by independent third parties.
 WG5 is developing a validation/verification standard.
Infrastructure
 ISO federation includes extensive network of national bodies
and associated accreditation/verification systems.
 Opportunity to reduce transaction costs.
Reputation
 The ISO mark has credibility.
 ISO standards are used as international benchmarks of
good practice.
Consistency Issues
 ISO WG5’s stated goal is that ISO 14064
should be compatible with the GHG Protocol.
Entity vs.
Project
 Consistency important in both areas (eg, markets, transaction costs).
 Perhaps more challenging for projects given technical complexities (eg,
baseline, additionality, leakage).
 “Technical” and “GHG scheme/regime” components.
Important
Areas
 Boundaries (eg, organizational, project, emissions).
 Baseline, additionality, leakage rules.
 Level of assurance (eg, 1st, 2nd, 3rd party validation / verification).
“Quality” of
GHG Units
 Diminish market liquidity (eg, ability to buy and sell at will) in some
segments?
 Increase transaction costs, slow down investment?
 Decrease market confidence, increase public skepticism.
Assuring
Consistency
 International standards.
Guiding Principles
• Technical rigour.
• Speed to market.
• Extensive participation.
• Policy/regime neutral.