Institutionalizing the GHG Protocol

1. Institutionalizing the GHG Protocol Kevin Boehmer, Canadian Standards Association Mark Barthel, British Standards Institution WBCSD/WRI Side Event - The GHG Protocol in the real world June 12, 2003

2. What is ISO? • An NGO established in 1947 • a federation of 140 national standards bodies and 500 international/regional liaison members • comprised of 2,850 technical committees, subcommittees and working groups • over 13,000 international standards published to date - not including technical reports and guides • 30,000 experts a year participate in ISO meetings • 15 ISO meetings take place somewhere in the world each day! • ISO standards are consensus based

3. ISO WG5 on Climate Change - Structure 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 entity- and project level GHG emissions / removals. International Domestic National “Mirror” Committees - Government - Business - Service Providers - NGOs

4. ISO WG5 Deliverables ISO 14064 - Greenhouse gases(1 Standard in 3 Parts) Part 1: Specification for the quantification, monitoring and reporting of entity emissions and removals Part 2: Specification for the quantification, monitoring and reporting of project emissions and removals Part 3: Specification and guidance for validation, verification and certification

5. Part 1: Specification for the quantification, monitoring and reporting of entity emissions and removals (WD2) Scope Normative References Definitions Principles Application Relationship with national and international regulatory regimes Relationship between source, facility and entity Relationship between entities and projects The entity GHG inventory Entity boundaries Avoiding double counting Facility emissions and removals Greenhouse gases Facility-level data Operational boundaries Base years Quantification [Adjustment] [Recalculation] of base years and GHG inventories Managing data quality and uncertainty Data management system Evaluating uncertainties Entity GHG reporting Reporting plan Report content and format Record keeping Dissemination and availability of entity GHG reports Verification Preparing for external verification First Party verification

6. Part 2: Specification for the quantification, monitoring and reporting of project emissions and removals (Int. Draft) Scope Normative references Definitions Principles Application Relationship with national and international regulatory regimes Relationship between entities and projects The project cycle Requirements for GHG projects Greenhouse gases Project master plan Project eligibility Project design GHG aspects and boundary Leakage Permanence Baseline Additionality Exclusions Quantification of GHG emissions and removals Quantification of GHG emission reductions and removal enhancements Quality assurance and quality control plan Monitoring plan Reporting plan Validation of the project master plan GHG reports Verification of GHG reports

7. Part 3:Specification and guidance for validation, verification and certification (WD2) Scope Normative references Definitions Principles and fundamentals of validation and verification Principles of validation and verification Validation and verification requirements General Quality control Validation or verification scope, objectives and criteria Strategic review GHG sample design Validation and verification planning Conducting an opening meeting Assessment against internal and GHG scheme principles and requirements Assessment of internal control environments Assessment of the GHG assertion Completion of the validation or verification Validation and verification statement Annex A – Guidance notes Annex B – Skills and competencies for validators and verifiers

9. ISO WG5 Schedule WG5 Actual Dates 1st 2nd WG5 Working Drafts     WG5 Meetings 6/02 12/02 6/03 12/03 6/04 12/04 6/05 months 0 6 12 18 24 30 36 months 1st Working Draft 1st Committee Draft Draft International Standard Final Draft International Standard International Standard ISO Target Dates

10. What Value Will ISO Add?

11. Will ISO WG5 Standards be Compatible with the GHG Protocol? • Yes. WG5 reaffirmed at its 3rd meeting that “the Standard’s entity and project Parts should be compatible with the WBCSD/WRI GHG Protocol documents”.

12. What Might the Link Look Like? GHG Protocol – Corporate Module GHG Protocol – Project Module Guidance (How?) Focus of Standard ISO Entity Requirements ISO Project Requirements Requirements (What?) ISO Validation/ Verification Requirements and Guidance Verification Time

13. Thank you Kevin Boehmer Secretary, ISO TC207 Working Group 5, Climate Change Canadian Standards Association 5060 Spectrum Way Mississauga, Ontario Canada L4W 5N6 Email: kevin.boehmer@csa.ca Tel: +1 416 747 2231 Fax: +1 416 747 2473 Web: www.csa.ca