IS/ISO 14065 : 2020

This Indian Standard (Second Revision) which is identical to ISO 14065 : 2020 'General principles and requirement for bodies validating and verifying environmental information' issued by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards, on the recommendation of the Environmental Management Sectional Committee and approval of the Environment and Ecology Division Council.

This standard was first published in 2010 by adoption of ISO 14065 : 2007 'Greenhouse gases - Requirements for greenhouse gas validation and verification bodies for use in accreditation or other forms of recognition'. The standard was first revised in 2016 by adopting ISO 14065 : 2013. The second revision of this standard has been brought out by aligning it with the latest version of ISO 14065 along with its modified title 'General principles and requirement for bodies validating and verifying environmental information'.

The major changes in this revision as compared to the previous edition are as follows:

a) the Scope has been expanded to include bodies performing validation, verification and agreed upon procedures in all areas of environmental information (not only greenhouse gas);

b) it has been aligned with the requirements of IS/ISO/IEC 17029;

c) Annex D has been added for additional requirements applicable to green bonds;

d) Annex E has been added for additional requirements applicable to greenhouse gases; and

e) Annex F has been added for additional requirements applicable to non-financial disclosure.

The text of ISO standard has been approved as suitable for publication as an Indian Standard without deviations. Certain conventions are, however, not identical to those used in Indian Standards. Attention is particularly drawn to the following:

a) Wherever the words 'International Standard' appears referring to this standard, they should be read as 'Indian Standard'; and

b) Comma (,) has been used as a decimal marker, while in Indian Standards, the current practice is to use a point (.) as the decimal marker.