ISO 14066 Accreditations

ISO 14066 specifies competence requirements for validation teams and verification teams.

This standard specifies competence requirements for validation teams and verification teams for the benefit of greenhouse gas (GHG) programme administrators, regulators, validation bodies and verification bodies. To achieve consistency in the international marketplace and maintain public confidence in GHG reporting and other communications, there is a need to define competence requirements for validation teams and verification teams.

Requirements for GHG validation bodies and GHG verification bodies are established in ISO 14065. ISO 14065 requires that validation bodies and verification bodies establish and maintain a procedure to manage the competence of its personnel undertaking the various validation or verification activities within the team appointed for the engagement. It is the role of the validation or verification body to ensure that teams have the necessary competence to effectively complete the validation or verification process. This standard includes principles for ensuring competence of validation teams and verification teams. Supporting these principles are general requirements based on the tasks that validation teams or verification teams need to be able to perform and the competence required to do so.