GHG CleanProjects® Registry
Verification Guidance
Verification using ISO 14064-3 is different than validation. Verification is the act of verifying what has already occurred after the project has been implemented. The verification should be focused on data and is meant to determine if the assertion is accurate, complete, consistent, relevant and transparent, rather than if a set of practices is fully implemented and established. The verification process determines whether or not there are material discrepancies between what is claimed, and what the verifiers discover by executing a systematic, independent and documented process for the evaluation of a greenhouse gas assertion against agreed verification criteria.
As per the requirements of ISO 14064-3, a project developer (proponent) and the verifier must agree on the verification objectives, scope, criteria and level of assurance. The following guidance and requirements are intended to assist project developers (proponents) and verifiers through the process of verification. Effective January 1, 2012 it will be necessary that all Verification Report submissions follow theVerification Report Template for when preparing the Verification Report for submission.
GHG CleanProjects™ requires that the Verification Report:
- conforms to ISO 14064-3,
- includes a signed Verification Statement,
- is prepared by an independent third-party,
- provides details on how conflict of interest issues are managed or mitigated,
- demonstrates that the verification body is competent to perform the verification of the GHG project that includes the GHG Report, GHG Assertion(s), and the calculations of the GHG emission reductions or removal enhancements,
- includes in its scope the fact that the project conforms to the requirements of ISO 14064-2, and
- verifies the project to a reasonable level of assurance, including all GHG Assertion(s) and calculations of GHG emission reductions or removal enhancements.
In addition, the verifier must establish the materiality threshold required by the intended users while considering the parameters already agreed upon with the client. ISO 14064-3 provides a set of requirements and an extensive informative annex to help guide verifiers through the process of verifying a GHG project and GHG assertion. In order to increase the consistency and credibility of the Verified Emission Reductions or Removals (VERRs) that are listed on the GHG CleanProjects™ it is recommended that verifiers follow the guidance in the informative annex of the 14064-3 standard when implementing the requirements of the standard.
As a project proponent, you may request that the verifier demonstrate competence to perform the verification, including participated in training relevant to the use and applicability of the ISO 14064 series of standards. CSA Standards' Learning Centre offers seminars, conferences, on-site training and e-learning formats in English and French and now offers a certification program for individual GHG verifiers.
To become a certified GHG verifier, you must have in-depth knowledge of GHG fundamentals, climate change science principles, as well as generally accepted protocols, standards and methodologies. You will also be required to provide documented GHG and auditing experience as well as achieving a pass score on the certification exam. For guidance on the certification process, please visit the Personnel Certification Program site. . CSA Standards' certification is the first program in North America for individuals who wish to demonstrate that they possess the competence to conduct GHG verifications.
CSA Standards' Personnel Certification Program for individuals is complementary to accreditation programs for verification bodies, including American National Standard Institute's Greenhouse Gas Accreditation Program.
ISO 14064-3 requires that the principles of independence, ethical conduct, due professional care and fair presentation be followed. Therefore conflict of interest must be addressed prior to verifications of the GHG Project, GHG Report, and GHG assertion.
The following is a list of those organizations that have been identified as third-party verifiers for GHG emission removals/reductions projects listed in the GHG CleanProjects® Registry .
- 3PAnalysis and Consulting
- Evan Jones
- 5575 North Service Road.
- 105 Commerce Valley Drive
- 150 Commerce Valley Drive West
- 180 Wellington Street West
- 26 Wellington St E
- 483 Bay Street
- 55 Commerce Valley Drive West
- 5515 North Service Road
- 6880 Financial Drive
- 70 York Street
- 777 Bay Street
- Annual Operations of the offices at Shaw Tower
- Bentall Kennedy (Canada) LP - 1075 West Georgia Street GHG Inventory Report (November 1, 2011 – October 31, 2012)
- Bentall Kennedy (Canada) LP - 6880 Financial Drive GHG Inventory (October 1, 2012 – September 30, 2013)
- Bentall Kennedy (Canada) LP - Bentall 5, 550 Burrard Street - GHG Inventory (November 1, 2011 to October 31, 2012)
- Bentall Kennedy (Canada) LP - Broadway Tech Centre – 2955 & 2985 Virtual Way (March 1, 2012 - February 28, 2013)
- Bentall Kennedy (Canada) LP - GHG Inventory for Airport Executive Park Building 10 (April 1, 2012 - March 31, 2013)
- Bentall Kennedy (Canada) LP - GHG Inventory for Airport Executive Park Building 7 (April 1, 2012 - March 31, 2013)
- Bentall LP - Sun Life Financial Centre GHG Inventory Report (August 1, 2009 to July 31, 2010)
- Bentall LP - Sun Life Financial Tower GHG Inventory Report (October 16, 2008 to October 15, 2009)
- Bloor Islington Place
- Brookfield Office Properties & Oxford Properties Group - Brookfield Place GHG Inventory Report (April 2010 to March 2011)
- Brookfield Office Properties - Royal Centre - 1055 West Georgia Street (April 1, 2012 – March 31, 2013)
- Cadillac Fairview - 100 Wellington Street West, TD Centre Tower 3 GHG Inventory Report (June 2010 to May 2011)
- Cadillac Fairview - 20 Queen Street West GHG Inventory (April 1, 2011 to March 31, 2012)
- Cadillac Fairview - 250 Yonge St. GHG Inventory (April 1, 2011 to March 31, 2012)
- Cadillac Fairview - 79 Wellington Street West Facility GHG Inventory Report (July 2009 to June 2010)
- Cadillac Fairview - Ernst & Young Tower GHG Inventory Report (December 1, 2011 to November 30, 2012)
- Cadillac Fairview - Royal Trust Tower GHG Inventory Report (November 1, 2008 to October 31, 2009)
- Cadillac Fairview - Shell Centre GHG Inventory Report (November 1, 2013 to October 31, 2014)
- Cadillac Fairview - TD Bank Tower, 66 Wellington St. West GHG Inventory Report (May 1, 2011 to April 30, 2012)
- Cadillac Fairview - TD Centre (September 1, 2013 to August 31, 2014)
- Centennial Place - GHG Inventory (March 1, 2013 - February 28, 2014)
- Centrium Place: 332 - 6th Avenue SW
- Colliers International - 110 & 160 Quarry Park Boulevard, Calgary, AB - GHG Inventory Report (November1, 2014 to October 31, 2015)
- Colliers International - 121 Bloor Street East, Toronto GHG Inventory Report (December 1, 2015 to November 30, 2016)
- Colliers International - 160 Bloor Street E. GHG Inventory Report (May 1, 2009 to April 30, 2010)
- Colliers International - 2425 Matheson Boulevard, Mississauga (September 1, 2016 to August 31, 2017)
- Colliers International - 520 5th Avenue SW, Calgary GHG Inventory Report (November 1, 2014 - October 31, 2015)
- Colliers International - Airport Square GHG Inventory Report (September 1, 2014 - August 31, 2015)
- Constitution Square - 340, 350, and 360 Albert Street, Ottawa
- Crestwood Building 10, 13711 International Place, Richmond, BC
- Dundee Realty Management Corporation - 50 & 90 Burnhamthorpe Road West GHG Inventory (August 1, 2011 to July 31, 2012)
- Edmonton Tower
- EPIC Realty Partners Inc. - 50 Minthorn Boulevard GHG Report (July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012)
- GWL Realty Advisors - Commerce Place: 400 Burrard Street, Vancouver GHG Inventory (January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012)
- GWL Realty Advisors - Commerce Place: 10155 - 102 Street, Edmonton GHG Inventory (January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012)
- GWL Realty Advisors - Park Place, 666 Burrard Street GHG Inventory (August 2010 - July 2011)
- H&R REIT - 145 Wellington Street West, Toronto
- H&R REIT - 320 Front Street West, Toronto
- H&R REIT - 595 Bay St (Atrium on Bay), Toronto
- Keynote Office Tower
- Keynote Office Tower (December 1st 2014 to November 30th 2018)
- Manulife Place Edmonton
- Manulife Place Edmonton
- Manulife York Mills Centre GHG Report (2012)
- Menkes Property Management Services Ltd. - 4711 Yonge Street GHG Inventory (March 1, 2017 - February 28, 2018)
- Menkes Property Management Services Ltd. - 4711 Yonge Street GHG Inventory (September 1, 2010 - August 31, 2011)
- Menkes Union Tower Inc. - GHG Inventory (January 2010 to December 2010)
- Mississauga Executive Centre
- North American Centre 5650 & 5700 Yonge Street, Toronto (2018)
- Oxford Properties - 1, 3 Robert Speck Parkway GHG Inventory (March 2010 to February 2011)
- Oxford Properties - 2, 4 Robert Speck Parkway GHG Inventory (January 2010 to December 2010)
- Oxford Properties Group - 1100 Rene-Levesque, Quebec
- Oxford Properties Group - Bow Valley Square (January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012)
- Oxford Properties Group - Dynamic Funds Tower 1 Adelaide Street East
- Oxford Properties Group - GHG Inventory Report for 3250 & 3300 Bloor Street West (June 1, 2011 to May 31, 2012)
- Oxford Properties Group - GHG Report Citigroup Place (October 1, 2017 - September 30, 2018)
- Oxford Properties Group - Metro Centre - 200 Wellington St W (October 1, 2017 - September 30, 2018)
- Oxford Properties Group - Royal Bank Plaza - 200 Bay Street Toronto
- Oxford Properties Group - WaterPark Place 10 & 20 Bay Street Toronto
- Phipps-McKinnon Building
- Powerstream Inc - 55 Patterson Road, Barrie, Ontario
- Simcoe Place
- Standard Life Centre - 121 King Street West, Toronto GHG Inventory Report (January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2011)
- WaterPark Place
- World Exchange Plaza - GHG Inventory Report (September 1, 2010 - August 31, 2011)
- York Region Administrative Centre (June 1, 2012 to May 31, 2013)
- AET Group Inc.
- Amberg Environmental and Regulatory Consultants
- Frank Kloiber
- Victor Ladipo
- David Mack
- Trevor Cavanaugh
- AMEC Americas Limited
- AMEC Earth and Environmental
- Rob Kemp, M. Eng., P. Eng.
- ARCADIS Canada Inc.
- BalanceCO2 Ltd.
- Bechthold & Becker
- Bouthillette Parizeau & Associes
- BrezaWorks & Consulting Inc.
- Brightspot Climate
- Aaron Schroeder
- Jeanna Brown
- Brookfield Global Integrated Solutions
- Brookfield Johnson Controls (BJC)
- Evan Jones
- GWL Realty Advisors - 180 Queen Street West GHG Inventory (June 2012 to May 2013)
- GWL Realty Advisors - Commerce Court GHG Inventory (December 2010 to November 2011)
- Heritage Square - along MacLeod Trail South, Calgary
- Hydro One Remote Communities Inc. - GHG Report 2011 (January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2011)
- Hydro One Remote Communities Inc. - GHG Report 2012 (January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012)
- Hydro One Remote Communities Inc. - GHG Report 2013 (January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013)
- Infrastructure Ontario - Robinson Place (January 2013 to December 2013)
- Menkes Property Management Services Ltd. - 5000 Yonge Street - GHG Inventory (March 11, 2011 - February 29, 2012)
- Oxford Properties Group - GHG Report Citigroup Place (November 1, 2011-October 31, 2012)
- Wakefield Canada Inc. - Corporate GHG Inventory Report (Fiscal Year 2010)
- Bureau de Normalisation du Québec (BNQ)
- Charles Landry
- Isabelle Landry
- C5 Plus Ltd.
- Carbon Consult Group
- Carbon Quantum Inc.
- CH2M HILL Canada Limited
- Clean Power Engineering Company
- ClearSky Engineering Inc.
- Clearstone Engineering Ltd.
- Consultants Enviroconseil
- Charles D. Delisle
- François Gagnon,ing.
- Deloitte and Touche LLP
- Nathan Steeghs
- Paul Zonneveld
- Deloitte Canada LLP
- Dillon Consulting Limited
- Ecometrica (Canada) Limited
- Energy Profiles Limited
- Enviro-access inc.
- Manon Laporte
- Dominic Beaulieu
- Environmental Services, Inc
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Nicole Poirier
- John Jurgenliemk
- Greg Rodych, CA
- Ryan MacDonald, CA
- Meghan Harris
- Gord Graham
- First Environment, Inc.
- Peter Clarke
- B. Tod Delaney, P.E., Ph.D, DEE
- Christina M. Magerkurth, P.E.
- Fournier Toupin CPA Inc.
- GDTS Service Conseils (SPA) Inc.
- GHD Ltd
- Zachary Zehr
- Brent Boss
- Dana Lauder
- Jack Wallace
- Sean Williams
- Anothai Setameteekul
- Anothai Setameteekul
- Anothai Setameteekul
- Gordon Reusing
- Gordon Reusing
- Gordon Reusing
- GHG Accounting Services
- Green Sky Sustainability Consulting Inc.
- Groupe Conseil Carbone Inc.
- Francois Lafortune
- François Lafortune
- ICF Consulting Canada
- Christopher Caners
- Aaron Schroeder, P. Eng.
- Jennifer Suke
- Jennifer Packer
- Deepika Mahadevan
- Hector Sanchez
- Mabel Fulford
- Sheldon Fernandes
- Sheldon Fernandes
- Sheldon Fernandes
- Julie Tart
- ICF International
- Duncan Rotherham
- Aaron Schroeder, P. Eng.
- Christopher Caners
- Selena Fraser
- ICF Marbek
- Aaron Schroeder, P. Eng.
- Chris Caners
- Internat Energy Solutions Canada Inc.
- InterPraxis Consulting
- Jacques Whitford Stantec Ltd.
- Nicole Driscoll
- Kristine Tracey
- Vicki Corning, P.Eng.
- Karen Gregory Professional Corporation
- Keystone Environmental
- Judy Tai
- Francisco A. Perelló, Ph.D.,P.Eng.
- KPMG LLP
- KPMG Performance Registrar Inc.
- Chris Ridley-Thomas
- Philllip Ludvigsen, Ph.D.
- Michael Armstrong
- Kuzuka Ltd.
- Lafortune Enviroconseil
- Laxford Consulting Inc.
- Levelton Consultants Ltd.
- Mallette
- MBC Energy and Environment
- Michael A. Butters, P. Eng.
- Millenium EMS Solutions Ltd.
- Yan Wong, PhD, P.Eng.
- Elizabeth Logan
- MNP LLP
- Andrew Stibbard, CA
- Jim Rea
- Morrison Hershfield Ltd.
- Packer Consulting
- Plasdev International Inc.
- Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP
- Christine Schuh
- Alistair Bryden
- Keith E. Lawrence
- Ted Bell
- Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton LLP
- Roger Fournier, CA
- Gontran Bage
- Ruby Canyon Engineering
- Michael M. Coté
- Ron Collings
- Phillip Cunningham
- Phillip Cunningham
- RWDI Air Inc.
- Russ Lewis
- Trevor Cavanaugh
- Joyce Funk
- Alena Saprykina
- SNC - Lavalin Environnement Inc.
- Jean-Luc Allard, ing.
- Elizabeth Morin
- Stantec Consulting Ltd.
- Lauren Jones
- Karen Thompson
- Joe Harriman, Ph.D., P.Chem.
- Shan Pletcher
- Daniel Hegg
- Christina Flogeras
- Tetra Tech EBA Inc.
- Nelson Lee
- Pat Shako-Parris
- Min Si
- Kathleen Dunnett
- TüV Rheinland Energie und Umwelt GmbH
- TÜV Rheinland Group
- von Schilling Forest Management Ltd.
- Williams Engineering Canada Inc.(formerly A. D. Williams Engineering Inc.)
- Julia Beresford
- Ed Grieve
- John McKay
If project developers require assistance finding a validator or verifier that has been involved in the evaluation of greenhouse gas emission reducing-removing projects, please visit the list of prequalified consultants that the Government of Canada Technology Early Action Measures (TEAM) office has publicly posted.
Note: this reference is only provided for those that require some assistance in locating a validator or verifier and is not meant to be a complete and exhaustive list.