GHG Emissions Quantification and Verification Support

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SCV Accreditation

SCV Consulting is a specialty consulting firm with a focus in Sustainability, Carbon, and Climate Risk Consulting. SCV provides full Greenhouse Gas (GHG) management consulting services.

SCV is registered (File Number: 7015) as a Validation and Verification Body (VVB) with the Standards Council of Canada (SCC) for third-party GHG validation and verification services under ISO 17029:2019, “Conformity assessment – General principles and requirements for validation and verification bodies”.

SCV is committed to maintaining impartiality in its verifications and validations. SCV understands the importance of impartiality in carrying out its validation/verification activities and manages conflicts of interest and ensures objectivity.

The GHG Programs SCV operates within the SCC accreditation system include:

  1. Ontario Regulation 390/18
  2. British Columbia Greenhouse Gas Emission Reporting Regulation
  3. British Columbia Greenhouse Gas Emission Control Regulation
  4. Alberta Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction (TIER) Regulation
  5. Province of Nova Scotia, Greenhouse Gas Emission Regulations
  6. Newfoundland and Labrador Regulation 14/17
  7. The Management Reduction of Greenhouse Gases Act (Saskatchewan)
  8. Federal Canadian Output-Based Pricing System
  9. The Climate Registry
  10. Greenhouse Gas Protocol
  11. Clean Fuels Regulation

SCV is registered to perform VVB assignments in the following sectors.

  • 1. Organizational Level Sectors:
  • 1.1. General
  • 1.2. Manufacturing
  • 1.3. Power Generation
  • 1.4. Mining and Mineral Production
  • 1.5. Metals Production
  • 1.6. Chemical Production
  • 1.7. Oil and Gas Extraction, Production and Refining, Including Petrochemicals
  • 1.8. Waste
  • 1.9. Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU)
  • 2. Project Level Sectors:
  • 2.1. GHG Emission Reductions from Fuel Combustion
  • 2.2. GHG Emission Reductions from Industrial Processes (non-combustion, chemical reaction, fugitive, and other)
  • 2.3. Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry
  • 2.4. Carbon Capture and Storage
  • 2.5. Livestock
  • 2.6. Waste Handling and Disposal

Verification Process

SCV conducts its work in alignment with the principles of the standards for the validation/verification process, including, but not limited to the following Principles as outlined in ISO 17029:2019 and ISO 14065:2020:

  • Evidence-based approach to decision making. The validation/verification conclusions and statement are based on sufficient and appropriate objective evidence.
  • Documentation. The validation/verification process is documented and establishes the basis for the conclusion and decision regarding conformity of the claim with the specified requirements.
  • Fair presentation. Validation/verification activities, findings, conclusions and statements, including significant obstacles encountered during the process, as well as unresolved, diverging views between SCV and the client are truthfully and accurately reflected.
  • Openness. SCV shall provide public access to, or disclosure of, appropriate information about its validation/verification process.
  • Responsibility. The client, and not SCV, has the responsibility for the claim and its conformity with the applicable specified requirements. SCV has the responsibility to base a validation/verification statement upon sufficient and appropriate objective evidence.
  • Conservativeness. When assessing comparable alternatives, preference is given to the alternative that is cautiously moderate.
  • Professional skepticism. Approach based on recognition of the potential circumstances that can cause material misstatements in an environmental information statement.

The verification process generally consists of the following steps:

  • Pre-Engagement and Planning. The initial step includes determination of project scope, checks for any conflict of interest to impartiality, issuance of a request for information, and preparation of a verification plan.
  • Data Collection and Review. Includes the review of received documents and data, completion of interviews with key personnel, a site visit to the facility, and completion of a risk assessment to determine high potential areas for misstatement followed by a sampling plan designed to mitigate risk in the assessment.
  • Data Verification. Includes confirmation of sources and activity data as well as their associated documentation, alignment with accepted protocols, and recalculation of emissions.
  • Assessment and Findings. Consists of documenting discrepancies, missing information and other issues and questions to be addressed.
  • Independent Review. A qualified practitioner not involved in the project completes a full independent review of the verification process undertaken prior to issuance of a verification report or statement.
  • Verification Statement. Issue of a formal Verification Report and/or Verification Statement.

Any company engaged in a verification or validation assignment with SCV that is dissatisfied with the process has the right to engage in the complaints and appeals process.

Appeals and Complaints

SCV has both an appeals and complaints procedure for this service area.