Organization provides assurance through GHG certification program
The need for qualified individuals certified to quantify carbon emissions is rising as emerging regulations and market mechanisms put a price on the greenhouse gas.
The proposed use of “cap and trade” systems as a method to regulate greenhouse gases (GHGs) raises an important question:
who is qualified to quantify and verify GHG reports?
ECO Canada (Environmental Careers Organization), the national sector council for the environment, responded to this matter by developing personnel certification standards that incorporate International Standards Organization (ISO) 14064, 14065 and 14066 criteria.
Canadian GHG professionals can now apply through ECO Canada Certifications for the designation of Environmental rofessional specializing in GHG Verification or Quantification – EP (GHG).
ECO Canada president Grant Trump says this competency-based national certification system will allow Canada to create emission inventories that are realistic, accurate and defensible.
“Approximately $60 billion in carbon credits are traded each year in the EU’s Emissions Trading System. If Canada is going to partake in emissions trading on this scale, certification to qualify professionals who report and verify GHG emissions is a
