Validation assesses the reasonableness of the assumptions, methods and projections of a project before or at its start; verification assesses a statement about results that have already occurred.
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Global Energy Up is an independent certification body for management systems and a validation and verification body for greenhouse-gas information. We audit and decide; we do not consult.
Validation and verification of greenhouse-gas information.
An unverified number is a claim. A verified number is evidence.
We verify GHG statements and product claims and validate project plans, evaluating evidence against the applicable standard at the agreed level of assurance and materiality, and issue a written opinion that states what was examined and what was not.
We operate to ISO/IEC 17029:2019 and ISO 14065:2020, with competence requirements under ISO 14066:2023. An application to the Egyptian Accreditation Council (EGAC) is in progress; no statement will carry an accreditation mark before accreditation is granted.
- Scope and level of assurance agreed in advance
- Materiality set before fieldwork
- Strategic analysis and risk assessment
- Evidence-gathering plan and site visit where required
- Independent review before the decision
- Written verification or validation statement
Validation and verification scope
Organizational GHG inventoriesISO 14064-1:2018 · ISO 14064-3:2019
Verification of Scope 1, 2 and 3 GHG statements prepared at organization level.
GHG projectsISO 14064-2:2019 · ISO 14064-3:2019
Validation of project plans and verification of reported emission reductions and removals.
Product carbon footprintISO 14067:2018
Verification of cradle-to-gate and cradle-to-grave carbon footprint studies of products.
Carbon neutralityISO 14068-1:2023
Verification of carbon-neutrality claims, including reduction pathways and offsetting.
Engagement stages
Every engagement follows the same stages, and the decision is taken by someone who did not take part in the verification.
01.
Pre-engagement
Agree the standard, scope, boundaries, level of assurance and materiality; confirm impartiality and competence.
02.
Verification
Strategic analysis and risk assessment, then evidence gathering, data testing and a site visit where required.
03.
Review & decision
Independent technical review, then the decision and the verification or validation statement.
Kept apart from certification
Verification and certification are different conformity-assessment activities under different standards. Each is contracted, performed and decided separately — even when the same client needs both — and a decision in one never influences the other.
Accreditation status
ActivityStandardAccreditation status
Management system certificationISO/IEC 17021-1:2015
Accreditation in progress
Certificates are currently issued without an accreditation mark. No accreditation claim is made before accreditation is granted.
Validation & verificationISO/IEC 17029:2019 · ISO 14065:2020
EGAC accreditation in progress
An application to the Egyptian Accreditation Council (EGAC) is in progress. The accredited scope will be published here once granted.
- What is the difference between validation and verification?
- Which levels of assurance are available?Reasonable and limited assurance. The level is agreed in writing before the engagement starts, because it sets the evidence required and the wording of the opinion.
- Do you verify data that a related body helped prepare?No. We do not verify any statement or study for which a body related to us provided consultancy or preparation support.
