This foundational phase ensures the project is accurately scoped and resourced. It begins with the collection of data via the GHG Verification Client Information Form to identify Organizational Boundaries and reporting periods. A rigorous Contract Review follows, confirming the Level of Assurance and Materiality Threshold while ensuring our technical capabilities align with your needs.

Following acceptance, Resource Allocation takes place, where we assign a specialized team comprising a Lead Verifier and an Independent Reviewer based on sector expertise. Finally, a Determination of Duration is calculated based on operational complexity, ensuring a professional and high-quality outcome from the outset.

Before data testing, we perform a deep-dive Strategic Analysis to understand your operational environment. By reviewing facility processes and Monitoring Methodologies, we gain an "inside-out" view of data management, ensuring the Verification Scope matches on-ground activities.

Simultaneously, a comprehensive Risk Assessment identifies where Material Misstatements are most likely to occur. By evaluating Control Risks—the potential for internal checks to fail—we prioritize our efforts. This risk-based approach ensures efficiency, focusing on the data points with the highest impact on the GHG Statement’s accuracy and integrity.

With risks identified, we establish a roadmap for the engagement. A formal Verification Plan is drafted, outlining objectives, schedules, and personnel, serving as a master guide to ensure strict adherence to the SOP100 Manual. This plan is shared for full transparency regarding upcoming activities.

Integral to this is the Evidence-Gathering Plan, specifying techniques such as statistical sampling, Recalculation of Emissions, and staff interviews. The Lead Verifier also makes a Site Visit Determination based on complexity, deciding if physical inspections are necessary to verify infrastructure and the Calibration of Measuring Equipment, ensuring the process is systematic and thorough.

This execution phase is where core verification activities occur. Following an Opening Meeting, the team performs Desk Reviews and Site Inspections. We witness data processes, interview key personnel, and perform Cross-Checks between primary data (like utility bills) and the inventory. Independent Recalculations are performed to ensure emission factors and potentials are correct.

Any identified Non-Conformities or data gaps are logged and communicated promptly, allowing for Corrective Actions. The stage concludes with a Closing Meeting to present draft findings, ensuring full awareness of preliminary results and any issues impacting the final opinion before the project proceeds to completion.

The final stage focuses on Quality Control and formalization. The Lead Verifier evaluates all evidence to form a draft Verification Opinion (Unmodified, Modified, or Adverse). This draft and all associated records are then handed over to an Independent Reviewer.

As a critical final check, this qualified expert (not involved in the project) verifies that all Internal SOPs were followed and that evidence supports the conclusion. Upon successful Technical Review, the final Verification Opinion and Verification Report are issued. This dual-layered process provides a Verified Statement that stakeholders can trust for regulatory compliance and public disclosure.