Companies disclosing to CDP must verify the environmental data they report in order to receive an A score that demonstrates their environmental leadership to stakeholders. Verification must be completed by an accredited third party provider according to recognized standards, to ensure these are broadly comparable.
The verification services provided by the organizations below can provide companies with third party certification, verification and assurance of climate or sustainability data. These services are accredited under internationally recognized standards including relevant International Organization (ISO) or ISAE standards, and are accredited to perform certification under schemes such as the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) and Western Climate Initiative.
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We have produced a list of verification standards that are appropriate for reporting through CDP along with those that are not accepted. Accepted standards have a common set of attributes against which they are assessed.
Please note, this isn’t an exhaustive list as these standards regularly change and given the wide range of geographies and industries that CDP responders cover.
If you are using a standard that is not included below, please contact us at [email protected] with its name and a link to it so we can review this.
AT-C 105 with AT-C 205 for Examination engagements
AT-C 105 with AT-C 210 for Review Engagements
1 The assurance provider needs to be subject to Parts A and B of the Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants issued by the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (the IESBA Code), or professional requirements, or requirements in laws or regulations, that are at least as demanding and/or clearly demonstrates equivalent independence in the assurance statement.
2 Only assurance engagements that state that they are in accordance with the regulations and NGER (audit) determination 2009. Verification engagements do not give an opinion and therefore will not meet our criteria for the statement. Submitting data under NGER does not automatically confer to achieving an appropriate level of verification unless the condition stipulated previously is met.
Note, this includes climate reporting/environmental management standards, verification services.
Any third-party verification standard referenced in a company’s disclosure to CDP is assessed against the criteria below, to determine whether it’s acceptable or not.
Note that “Agreed upon procedures”, “pre-assurance” or internal verification are not accepted as verification under the CDP scoring methodology.
Learn more about the verification process.
Download and complete our document to demonstrate how a reporting company has met CDP’s requirements, to gain the appropriate credit.
Learn more about the benefits of third party verification in our guide produced in conjunction with Keramida, LRQA and Lucideon.
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