Verification
Verification is applied when the emissions, removals and/or storage are historical, and the verifier can obtain sufficient evidence about the emissions, removals and/or storage, and if a controls approach is used or a limited level of assurance is applied, the verifier has access to the controls for testing
Validation
Validation is applied when the emissions, removals and/or storage will occur in the future, and the validator can obtain sufficient evidence that the emissions, removals and/or storage are likely to occur, and the design of the data management systems, including the controls, are
likely to be effective
Validation
Validation is applied when the emissions, removals and/or storage will occur in the future, and the validator can obtain sufficient evidence that the emissions, removals and/or storage are likely to occur, and the design of the data management systems, including the controls, are
likely to be effective
Sector
VERIFICATION – ORGANISATION
- Power Generation and Electric Power Transactions
- General Manufacturing (physical or chemical transformation of materials or substances into new product)
- Mining and Mineral Production
- Chemical Production
- Carbon Capture Storage
- Transport
- Waste Handling & Disposal
- General
VERIFICATION – PROJECT
- Energy Industries (renewable/non-renewable sources)
- Energy Distribution (T&D)
- Mining/Mineral Production
- Energy Demand
- Manufacturing Industries
- Chemical Industry
- Construction
- Transport
- Chemical Production
VALIDATION – PROJECT
- Energy Industries (renewable/non-renewable sources)
- Energy Distribution
- Mining/Mineral Production
- Energy Demand (pengguna/users)
- Manufacturing Industries
- Chemical Industry
- Construction
- Fugitive emissions from fuels (solid, oil, and gas)
- Chemical Production
GHG Scope and Categories
A. Scope 1 : Direct GHG Emissions and Removals
Category:
- Direct emissions from stationary
- Direct emissions from mobile combustion
- Direct process related emissions
- Direct fugitive emissions
- Direct emissions and removals from Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF)
B. Scope 2 : Indirect GHG Emissions and Removals
Category:
- Indirect emissions from imported electricity consumed
- Indirect emissions from consumed energy imported through a physical network (Heating, steam, cooling, compressed air) excluding electricity
C. Scope 3: Other Indirect GHG Emissions and Removals
Category : Transportation
- Upstream transport and distribution
- Downstream transport and distribution
- Employee commuting
- Client and visitor transport
- Business travel
Category : Goods used by Organization
- Purchased Goods
- Capital equipment
- Disposal of solid & liquid waste
- Upstream leased assets
- Emissions from the use of services not described in the above
Category : Used of Product from Organization
- Use stage of the product
- Downstream leased assets
- End of life of the product
- Investments
Use of Verification/Validation Mark
Use of Verification/Validation Mark
The legally enforceable agreement shall include a policy governing marketing and other references to CBQA Global that CBQA Global authorizes its clients to use with respect to any GHG Statement/Opinion. Where there is a licence to use a validation or verification mark, or specific text, there shall be no ambiguity in the proposed use of the GHG validation/verification that has been validated or verified. The policy shall ensure, among other things, that no mark or reference to CBQA Global is placed on products or product packaging in a way that may be interpreted as denoting product certification.
The legally enforceable agreement shall include a policy governing statement(s) taken from the validated or verified GHG Statement/Opinion that the CBQA Global allows a client to use, including time limits and language. The legally enforceable agreements shall also include requirements related to the use of the CBQA Global mark that may “endorse” the statement(s) made by the client
Complaints and Appeals
Technical Staff/Complaint Recipient forward Complaint to the appropriate person within 2 business days, Sustainability Business Manager acknowledge receipt of Complaint within 10 business days, and outcome responds to person sending in Complaint within 30 working days
Process flow to Complaint and Appeals, are:
- The complaint handling process is subject to the requirements for confidentiality
- The complainant related to integrity/compliance will be acknowledged and the complaint will be forwarded to the Operation & Technical Team to process in accordance with CBQA Global Procedure
- Submission, investigation and decision on complaints shall not result in any discriminatory actions against the complainant
- When the complaint is against a validated/verified client, the subject of the complaint is not to be made public unless CBQA, the complainant, and the client decide together as to what extent the subject of the complaint and the resolution shall be made public
Complaints, Disputes & Appeals can be emailed to: sustainability@cbqaglobal.com with attachment form Complaint or form Appeals and you can directly submit here
Impartiality
Impartiality
CBQA Global understand the importance of impartiality and conflict of interest in delivery management system certification
Hence CBQA Global selected The Impartiality Advisory as one of mechanism used to delivered impartiality . CBQA Global has a compliance program base on code of ethic , zero tolerance, anti bribery and non conflict of interest
CBQA Global conduct risk assessment annually and where required in relation to specific activities or contracts on impartiality and potential conflict of interest relating to Accredited Certification
Non-Conflict of Interest and Confidentiality Agreement (NCICA)
CBQA Global’ Sustainability Department delivers several services and a variety of information, training and validation/verification services mainly in the GHG/Environmental Information area. Consulting and validation/verification services are at all times, shall be separated in accordance with Accreditation Body and CBQA Global requirements. Ensuring to maintain certain internal controls and safeguards to preclude any conflict-of-interest, actual or perceived.
A personal attestation is made for all employees of CBQA Global who involve in validation/verification activities in order to guard against any possible conflict-of-interest.
Frequently Asked Questions
Quantitative: A category of finding which is called as misstatement: Material >5% and Not material <5%’
Qualitative: category of finding which is called as non-conformity: Material as root causes, Not materia
- Error in emission factor (EF) calculation, global warming potential (GWP).
- Careless in incomplete data inventory, uncounted emission sources.
- Miss-report: Improper of GHG Category
- Miss-presentatio
- Unmeasurable of intangible issues which affect GHG statement/opinion.
- Control system: calibration of equipment and tools
- Unreliable information system
- Disobedience to regulation
- Difficulty to access information