IS/ISO 14064 : Part 1 : 2018

This Indian Standard (Part 1) which is identical to ISO 14064-1 : 2018 'Greenhouse gases - Part 1: Specification with guidance at the organization level for quantification and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions and removals' issued by the International Organization for Standardization 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 2009 by adopting ISO 14064-1 : 2006. The first revision of this standard has been brought out to align it with ISO 14064-1 : 2018.

This document details principles and requirements for designing, developing, managing and reporting organization-level GHG inventories. It includes requirements for determining GHG emission and removal boundaries, quantifying an organization's GHG emissions and removals, and identifying specific company actions or activities aimed at improving GHG management. It also includes requirements and guidance on inventory quality management, reporting, internal auditing and the organization's responsibilities in verification activities.

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

a) A new approach has been introduced to reporting boundaries, facilitating the inclusion and expansion of indirect emissions. This change is a response to a growing number of organizations that are recognizing the importance and significance of indirect emissions and are developing GHG inventories that include more types of indirect emissions across the value chain;

b) The GHG emissions category 'other indirect GHG emissions' has been renamed 'indirect GHG emissions.' Requirements and guidance have been provided for classification of indirect GHG emissions into five specific categories. 'Operational boundaries' has been renamed 'reporting boundaries' for clarification and simplicity; and

c) New requirements and guidance for GHG quantification and reporting of specific items, such as the treatment of biogenic carbon and GHG emissions related to electricity, have been added for clarification.

This Indian Standard is published in three parts as adoption of corresponding parts of ISO 14064 under the general title 'Greenhouse gases' The other part in this series are:

Part 2 Specification with guidance at the project level for quantification, monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emission reductions or removal enhancements (first revision)

Part 3 Specification with guidance for the validation and verification of greenhouse gas assertions

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.