(C10.1a) Provide further details of the verification/assurance undertaken for your Scope 1 and/or Scope 2 emissions and attach the relevant statements.
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This question only appears if you select “Third-party verification or assurance process in place” for Scope 1 and/or Scope 2 emissions in response to C10.1.
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C10.1a - Scoring criteria
Disclosure scoring criteria
For each Scope 1 and 2 verification:
The following columns must all be completed to score 3.5 points:
- Verification or assurance cycle in place
- Status in the current reporting year is "Complete" or "Underway but not complete for reporting year - previous statement of process attached"
- Type of verification or assurance
- Attach the document
For each Scope 1 and 2 verification:
Each of these columns completed are worth additional points:
- Page/section reference - 0.5 points
- Relevant standard - 1 point
- Proportion of reported emissions verified (%) - 1 point
For each scope for which 'Underway but not complete for current reporting year - first year it has taken place' has been selected as 'Status' - 6 points
Awareness scoring criteria
This question is not scored for Awareness
Management scoring criteria
For each Scope 1 and 2 verification, 5 Management points will be awarded if the document in the "Attach the document" column contains all of the "Verification attachment criteria" below:
i) The statement relates to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, or it is clear that GHG emissions were the subject of the assurance engagement.
ii) it relates to the relevant Scope selected in column "Scope"
ii) it relates to the correct reporting year, up to:
- A 12-month period prior where cycle is "Annual" and status is "Underway...Previous statement attached"
- A 2 year period prior where cycle is "Biennial" and status is "Underway...Previous statement attached"
- A 3 year period prior where cycle is "Triennial" and status is "Underway...Previous statement attached"
iv) the verification standard used is accepted;
v) the document contains an opinion or finding which confirms verification
For each scope for which 'Underway but not complete for current reporting year - first year it has taken place' has been selected as 'Status' - 4 points
Leadership scoring criteria
For each Scope 1 and 2 verification, 1 Leadership point will be awarded if both criteria below are met:
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- If column "Verification or assurance cycle in place" is "Annual" then award 1 point if Total of accepted statements have a "Proportion of reported Scope 1 emissions verified" = 70% or higher
- If column "Verification or assurance cycle in place" is "Biennial" then award 0.5 points for each year with Total of accepted statements have a "Proportion of reported Scope 1 emissions verified" = 70% or higher
- If column "Verification or assurance cycle in place" is "Triennial" then award 0.333 points for each year with Total of accepted statements have a "Proportion of reported Scope 1 emissions verified" = 70% or higher
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ii) C6.4 is "No" OR C6.4a second column only has the selections below:
- No emissions excluded
- No emissions from this source
- Emissions are not relevant
- Emissions excluded due to recent acquisition
For each scope for which 'Underway but not complete for current reporting year - first year it has taken place' has been selected as 'Status' - 0 points
Point Allocation
Disclosure numerator |
Disclosure denominator |
Awareness numerator |
Awareness denominator |
Management numerator | Management denominator | Leadership numerator | Leadership denominator |
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12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 |