ISO 14064 Standard – GEH Report

Benefits of the GEH Report

The ISO 14064 standard sets out the principles and requirements for quantifying, reporting and verifying greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through the GHG Report. The benefits of using ISO 14064 to carry out your GHG Report are:

  • Credibility and Transparency: ISO 14064 provides an internationally recognised standardised framework for measuring and reporting emissions.
  • Identification of opportunities: Helps to identify opportunities for GHG emission reduction, leading to improvements and enhanced operational efficiency. By reducing the emissions identified with ISO 14064, energy efficiency is increased, in line with ISO 50001, as it involves reducing energy consumption.
  • Regulatory Compliance: Facilitates compliance with emissions reporting regulations and standards.
  • Reputation Improvement: Demonstrates a commitment to sustainability and can enhance reputation among stakeholders.
  • Accurate understanding of the carbon and GHG footprint.
  • Improved strategic and environmental decision-making.
  • Helps to identify clear opportunities to reduce emissions and improve energy efficiency.
  • Increased transparency and credibility with third parties. GHG reports, in accordance with ISO 14064, are comparable. Furthermore, they can be used in Ecovadis, SMETA, or GRI sustainability reports.

Greenhouse Gas calculation according to ISO 14064 is a tool for measuring, reporting and managing greenhouse gas emissions and the carbon footprint.

FAQs on the ISO 14064 GHG standard

Who is ISO 14064 aimed at?

For any organisation that wants to know, manage, reduce or communicate its carbon footprint. It applies to businesses, public administrations and third-sector entities.

No, the application is voluntary. However, it may be necessary to access certain markets, comply with legal requirements or respond to demands from clients and investors.
 

The standard has 3 parts:

ISO 14064-1: Requirements for quantifying and reporting GHG emissions and removals. Compliance with the ISO 14064-1 standard can be verified (not “certified”) by a third-party audit.
ISO 14064-2: Applicable to specific emission reduction projects.
ISO 14064-3: Establishes the requirements for the validation and verification of GHG reports by third parties, such as ISO certifiers.

To calculate your carbon and GHG footprint, you must define the scope of the report. The GHG report must calculate the following emissions:

  • Direct emissions (scope 1): Generated directly by the company (own vehicles, boilers, etc.).
  • Indirect emissions from energy (scope 2): Derived from the consumption of purchased electricity, steam, cooling or heating.
  • Other indirect emissions (scope 3): Suppliers, business travel, external transport, waste, etc.

A GHG report normally uses the previous calendar year (1 January – 31 December), although it can be adapted to the organisation’s fiscal year.

To calculate the carbon and GHG footprint, activity data (litres, kWh, tonnes, km, etc.) are multiplied by the corresponding emission factors (e.g. MITECO, DEFRA, IPCC, etc.).

The difference between ISO 14064 and ISO 14067 is that ISO 14064 applies at the organisational level, while ISO 14067 focuses on the carbon footprint of a specific product or service.

The Carbon Footprint of a Product (CFP), following ISO 14067, assesses the amount of greenhouse gas emissions attributable to a product throughout its life cycle. The CFP can be verified. Calculating the Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) provides:

  • An understanding of what the Carbon Footprint is and the importance of calculating it.
  • The development of a strategic framework for managing carbon emissions and integrating carbon management into the continuous environmental improvement of ISO 14001 and EMAS.
  • The integration of the supply chain with regard to CO2 emissions.
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