SIST EN ISO 14064-1:2019/oprA1:2024

Greenhouse gases - Part 1: Specification with guidance at the organization level for quantification and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions and removals - Amendment 1

Treibhausgase - Teil 1: Spezifikation mit Anleitung zur quantitativen Bestimmung und Berichterstattung von Treibhausgasemissionen und Entzug von Treibhausgasen auf Organisationsebene

Gaz à effet de serre — Partie 1: Spécifications et lignes directrices, au niveau des organismes, pour la quantification et la déclaration des émissions et des suppressions des gaz à effet de serre — Amendement 1

Toplogredni plini - 1. del: Specifikacija z navodilom za količinsko določanje in poročanje o emisijah in odstranjevanju toplogrednih plinov na ravni organizacije - Dopolnilo A1

General Information

• Status: Not Published
• Public Enquiry End Date: 30-Jun-2024
• ICS: 13.020.40 - Pollution, pollution control and conservation
• Technical Committee: UZO - Environmental management
• Current Stage: 4020 - Public enquire (PE) (Adopted Project)
• Start Date: 19-Mar-2024
• Due Date: 06-Aug-2024
• Completion Date: 11-Jul-2024
• Directive: 765/2008 - REGULATION (EC) No 765/2008 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 9 July 2008 setting out the requirements for accreditation and market surveillance relating to the marketing of products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 339/93
• Mandate: M/417 - Standardisation mandate addessed to CEN, CENELEC, and ETSI for the use of Harmonised Standards in support of the new legal framework and sectoral certification schemes
• Mandate: M/580 - Standardisation request to the European Committee for Standardisation and the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation in the area of accreditation and conformity assessment
• Ref Project: EN ISO 14064-1:2019/prA1 - Greenhouse gases - Part 1: Specification with guidance at the organization level for quantification and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions and removals - Amendment 1 (ISO 14064 1:2018/DAM 1:2024)

Relations

• Amends: SIST EN ISO 14064-1:2019 - Greenhouse gases - Part 1: Specification with guidance at the organization level for quantification and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions and removals (ISO 14064-1:2018)
• Effective Date: 25-Oct-2023

Overview

SIST EN ISO 14064-1:2019/oprA1:2024 Amendment 1 (2024) by CEN represents a significant update to the international standard for greenhouse gas (GHG) management at the organizational level. This amendment enhances the framework for quantification and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions and removals, focusing on the organizational boundaries, measurement precision, and clarity in reporting. A major addition in this update is the introduction and formalization of the concept of avoided emissions, which helps organizations assess the climate benefits of their low-carbon solutions beyond direct emission reductions.

Key Topics

Specification and Guidance at Organizational Level

• Quantification of GHG emissions and removals providing robust guidelines for entities to accurately measure their carbon footprint and sequestration.
• Emphasis on consistent and transparent reporting, critical for internal management and external compliance or verification.

Introduction of Avoided Emissions

• The amendment adds a new term: avoided emission, defined as the estimated life cycle GHG emissions difference between a solution scenario and a reference scenario when the baseline is higher.
• Clarifies distinctions between:
  • Avoided emissions – indirect GHG benefits of solutions offered to customers, occurring outside organizational boundaries.
  • Reduced emissions – actual recorded reductions within the organization over time.
  • Removals – physical GHG extraction from the atmosphere by carbon sinks.

Methodological Guidance on Avoided Emissions

• Defined calculation steps for avoided emissions, including boundary setting, reference scenario selection, and difference quantification.
• Highlights the importance of conservative assumptions to avoid overestimation.
• Emphasizes that avoided emissions are considered intervention accounting (impact of one-time actions) as distinct from inventory accounting.
• Examples of solutions generating avoided emissions include:
  • Energy-efficient products (insulation, smart controls)
  • Renewable energy projects (wind farms)
  • Low-emission transportation alternatives (electric trolleybuses, high-speed rail)
  • Carbon capture and storage operations

Reference Scenarios and Reporting Requirements

• Organizations must carefully choose and justify reference baselines, which may involve market averages, regulatory standards, or client-specific situations.
• Explicit encouragement to align scenarios with global climate goals (e.g., limiting warming to 1.5°C).
• Documentation transparency is mandatory to ensure comparability and credibility of avoided emissions claims.

Applications

This standard amendment benefits a wide range of organizations aiming to deepen their climate action using internationally recognized methodologies:

• Corporate sustainability programs seeking to report comprehensive GHG inventories including indirect climate benefits.
• Manufacturers and service providers offering low-carbon solutions who want to demonstrate environmental impact beyond direct operations.
• Investors and financiers engaged in funding climate-positive projects to evaluate and disclose avoided emissions benefits.
• Regulatory bodies and policy makers using standardized terms and definitions to assess and promote climate mitigation strategies.
• Consultants and auditors providing guidance or verification services aligned with ISO 14064 series standards.

The healthcare, manufacturing, transportation, energy, and building sectors particularly benefit from applying this enhanced framework, ensuring their carbon accounting integrates emissions avoided through innovative solutions and investments.

Related Standards

• ISO 14064-1:2018 - Base standard for GHG quantification and reporting at the organization level.
• ISO 14025 - Environmental labels and declarations for communication of environmental information, supporting reporting transparency.
• ISO 14067 - Carbon footprint of products - quantification guidance complementing avoided emissions calculations.
• ISO 14064-2 - Project-level quantification and reporting of GHG emission reductions and removals.
• ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1 & 2 - Standard development and editorial processes ensuring consistency across ISO standards.

By aligning with the ISO 14064 series and related environmental standards, organizations can ensure a harmonized, credible approach to climate disclosure-vital for regulatory compliance, investor relations, and corporate responsibility initiatives.

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Keywords: EN ISO 14064-1 Amendment 1, greenhouse gas emissions, avoided emissions, GHG quantification, GHG reporting, carbon footprint, climate change mitigation, organizational carbon inventory, ISO climate standards, reduced emissions, carbon accounting, low-carbon solutions.

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-junij-2024
Toplogredni plini - 1. del: Specifikacija z navodilom za količinsko določanje in
poročanje o emisijah in odstranjevanju toplogrednih plinov na ravni organizacije -
Dopolnilo A1
Greenhouse gases — Part 1: Specification with guidance at the organization level for
quantification and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions and removals — Amendment 1
Treibhausgase - Teil 1: Spezifikation mit Anleitung zur quantitativen Bestimmung und
Berichterstattung von Treibhausgasemissionen und Entzug von Treibhausgasen auf
Organisationsebene
Gaz à effet de serre — Partie 1: Spécifications et lignes directrices, au niveau des
organismes, pour la quantification et la déclaration des émissions et des suppressions
des gaz à effet de serre — Amendement 1
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN ISO 14064-1:2019/prA1
ICS:
13.020.40 Onesnaževanje, nadzor nad Pollution, pollution control
onesnaževanjem in and conservation
ohranjanje
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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Greenhouse gases —
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and reporting of greenhouse gas 2024-07-25
emissions and removals
AMENDMENT 1
Gaz à effet de serre —
Partie 1: Spécifications et lignes directrices, au niveau des
organismes, pour la quantification et la déclaration des émissions
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Greenhouse gases —
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AMENDMENT 1
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organismes, pour la quantification et la déclaration des émissions
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ISO 14064-1:2018/DAM 1:2024(en)
Greenhouse gases —
Part 1:
Specification with guidance at the organization level for
quantification and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions and
removals
AMENDMENT 1
Subclause 3.2
The following new term and definition is added:
3.2  Terms relating to GHG inventory
3.2.15
avoided emission: estimated difference in life cycle GHG emissions arising from a scenario with a
solution compared to a reference scenario without the solution when reference scenario emissions
are higher.
Note 1: A solution can be a good ,a service, a policy, a project, an innovation.
Note 2: Solutions can lead to actual reductions of emissions or simply less emissions than would happen
without the solution.
Note 3: For organization, avoided emissions are aggregated estimated differences in life cycle GHG emissions
arising from the solutions offered by the reporting organization compared to a reference scenarios when
reference scenarios emissions are higher.
Alternative Note 3: For organization, avoided emissions happen outside the organizational boundaries of the
reporting organization and have to be considered at aggregated level.
[Note of Secretariat: you are invited to choose between the two Note 3 alternatives]

A new Annex I (informative) Avoided emissions is added as hereafter.

ISO 14064-1:201
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