Getting the green facts right

Organizations are increasingly turning to environmental information to help guide decisions and meet national regulations or incentive schemes, but the data needs to be validated and credible to be of any use.

ISO/IEC 17029:2019 - Conformity assessment — General principles and requirements..., specifies principles and requirements for bodies performing validation and verification of environmental information statements.

Formerly dedicated primarily to greenhouse gas emissions, the standard has been updated and enhanced to cover all forms of environmental information, including greenhouse gas statements, carbon and water footprints, environmental labeling claims, sustainable reporting, information related to green bonds and other financial instruments, and more.

The standard is a sector application of ISO/IEC 17029:2019 - Conformity assessment — General principles and requirements..., and provides program owners, regulators and accreditation bodies with a basis for assessing and recognizing the competence of validation and verification bodies.

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