📋 Schema Card
- Standard: ISO/IEC 17029:2019
- Target Audience: Bodies validating or verifying environmental and sustainability claims.
- Core Value: Confirms the reliability of declared environmental claims under a Multilateral Recognition Arrangement (MLA).
Scheme Overview
Launched to meet the growing global demand for environmental accountability, SLAB was the first accreditation body in the South Asian region to achieve MLA status for this scheme. It evaluates claims regarding environmental performance, sustainability, and ethical declarations.
Specialized Program Adaptations
- Greenhouse Gas Validation/Verification (ISO 14065:2020): A sector-specific application of ISO/IEC 17029. Combined with ISO 14064-3, it establishes competence for validating GHG assertions (including ISO 14064-1 and ISO 14064-2 protocols).
- CORSIA (ICAO): A voluntary market-based scheme initiated by the International Civil Aviation Organization to address and offset annual CO2 emission increases within international aviation.
- VERRA - Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) Scheme: Focuses on ensuring the rigorous credibility of voluntary emission reduction projects globally.
- ISO 14067:2018 Scheme: Establishes precise principles and guidelines for quantifying and communicating the Carbon Footprint of Products (CFPs) based on life cycle analysis.
- Gold Standard for Global Goals: Designed to guarantee that climate mitigation actions also contribute meaningfully to the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals.
Core Value Proposition
- Enhances stakeholder confidence by mathematically and systematically confirming the reliability of declared data.
- Ensures strict impartiality, broad international recognition, and verified competence in environmental reporting.