GHG inventory review
Independent review of Scope 1, 2 and 3 inventories
Carter Sustainability Consulting can independently review corporate GHG inventories to establish whether reported figures are supported by the underlying methodology, data and evidence.
GHG inventory review
Independent review of Scope 1, 2 and 3 inventories
Carter Sustainability Consulting can independently review corporate GHG inventories to establish whether reported figures are supported by the underlying methodology, data and evidence.
Review areas may include
- Scope 1 calculations
- Scope 2 calculations
- Scope 3 calculations
- Organisational boundaries
- Operational boundaries
- Source data
- Emission factors
- Conversion factors
- Calculations
- Methodologies
- Classifications
- Assumptions
- Estimates
- Completeness
- Data quality
- Evidence
- Reporting documentation
- Methodology documentation
The objective is to identify errors, inconsistencies, unsupported assumptions, methodological weaknesses, missing emissions sources, data-quality concerns, documentation gaps and areas requiring further investigation.
Typical outputs
- GHG Inventory Review Report
- Structured findings across methodology, calculations and evidence.
- Findings register
- Prioritised issues with the basis for each finding.
- Calculation review
- Testing of the calculation chain from activity data to reported tCO2e.
- Methodology review
- Assessment of approach, boundaries and consistency.
- Data-quality assessment
- Where figures are well supported and where they are estimated.
- Remediation recommendations
- Practical actions to close the gaps identified.
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