Verification of greenhouse gas balances

Companies are increasingly being assessed on the basis of their sustainable behaviour, particularly with regard to their sense of responsibility and commitment to climate protection. An inventory of their own climate-relevant emissions as part of the carbon footprint can serve companies as a basis for decision-making when deriving climate protection targets and for setting the strategic course. However, a carbon footprint is only truly reliable and can only be communicated in a meaningful way if it is independently verified. This is also becoming increasingly important for the credibility of your CSRD implementation.

The carbon footprint can be prepared company-wide as a "Corporate Carbon Footprint" (CCF) or product-specific as a "Product Carbon Footprint" (PCF). The ISO 14064 and 14067 series of standards defines a systematic approach to creating transparency, identifying emission drivers and initiating innovations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, energy consumption and raw material costs.

KPMG Cert verifies your corporate carbon footprint. As an accredited validation and verification body for greenhouse gases in accordance with ISO 14064, KPMG Cert confirms that your carbon footprint has been prepared correctly and in compliance with the relevant standards if the necessary requirements are met. This creates additional confidence in your sustainable actions in climate protection and in the credible implementation of your CSRD.

Verification by KPMG Cert as an accredited verification body for greenhouse gases proves that your carbon footprint has been prepared correctly and in accordance with standards and creates additional confidence in your sustainable actions in climate protection. Recognition CSRD. 

• Verification Corporate Carbon Footprint (CCF): The "Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG), Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard" and "ISO 14064(1)" standards have become established internationally for the consistent preparation of a CCF. Our experts check and confirm your corporate carbon footprint in accordance with GHG, ISO or a combination of both.
  
  
• Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) verification (Accreditation applied for with DAkkS): The PCF is calculated on a product-specific basis for the entire life cycle or for specific life cycle stages of a product or service. We verify the calculation of your PCF on the basis of the combination of ISO standards 14067 and 14064-3.
  
  
• Validation Calculation approach for the product carbon footprint (PCF approach): It is often necessary and helpful to first check the calculation approach for determining PCF. This is particularly useful if it is to be used to determine a large number of individual PCFs for a product group. Validation in accordance with Annex C of DIN EN ISO 14067 in combination with DIN EN ISO 14064-3 provides additional certainty with regard to the completeness and accuracy of the selected approach and confirms its fundamental applicability.
  

Our accreditation in accordance with DIN EN ISO 17029 (General principles and requirements for validation and verification bodies) confirms that we carry out independent, impartial and technically competent validations and verifications that comply with the specified regulations. As an accredited validation and verification body, we work in the legally regulated area on the basis of legal requirements that oblige our clients to have their information independently checked by accredited verification bodies. We also work in the normatively regulated area, where our customers can voluntarily have an independent, impartial and competent examination of their statements carried out by us in order to achieve a high level of confidence.

Gerd Krause

Managing Director
KPMG Cert GmbH
T +49 221 2073-1363

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Paula Auer-Saupe

Deputy Head of the Verification Body
KPMG Cert GmbH
T +49 711 9060 41516

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