Course Description
As carbon reporting becomes a regulated financial matter, independent verification of greenhouse gas assertions has become a profession — and a constrained one. CBAM requires accredited verifiers to inspect installations, CSRD requires assurance of sustainability statements, and carbon markets require validated claims. The demand for competent verifiers is expanding faster than the supply.
This course develops verification competence built on the ISO framework. Participants learn GHG quantification under ISO 14064-1 and the GHG Protocol, project-level quantification under 14064-2, verification and validation under 14064-3, the requirements for verification bodies under ISO 14065 and ISO 17029, verifier competence under ISO 14066, and the practical craft of verification — planning, materiality, risk assessment, sampling, evidence, site visits and assurance statements.
Note: accreditation as a verifier is granted by accreditation bodies, not by training providers. This course builds competence and provides evidence of training; it does not itself confer accredited verifier status.
What you will achieve
By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:
- Apply ISO 14064-1 to organisational GHG inventories
- Apply ISO 14064-2 to project-level quantification
- Apply ISO 14064-3 to verification and validation
- Understand ISO 14065 and ISO 17029 requirements for verification bodies
- Understand ISO 14066 verifier competence requirements
- Plan a verification engagement including scope and materiality
- Apply risk assessment and sampling to GHG data
- Conduct site visits and issue assurance statements
How the course is delivered
The course combines the ISO 14064/14065 framework with verification craft through audit simulations, sampling exercises and evidence assessment on realistic GHG assertions. Participants plan and execute a mock verification.
The programme is aimed at those who will verify or be verified, and reflects the requirements applied under CBAM, CSRD and carbon market schemes.
Designed for
This training course is ideal for:
- Assurance and audit professionals in advisory firms
- Sustainability and climate practice consultants
- Internal auditors in carbon-intensive industries
- Environmental professionals moving into verification
- Anyone preparing for GHG verifier roles
Daily programme
- Climate reporting and the role of verification
- The GHG Protocol and ISO 14064-1
- Organisational boundaries and Scope 1, 2, 3
- GHG inventories and reporting
- ISO 14064-2: project-level quantification
- ISO 14064-3: verification and validation
- Verification versus validation
- ISO 14065, ISO 17029 and ISO 14066
- Scope, objectives and level of assurance
- Materiality determination
- Risk assessment
- Verification and sampling plans
- Evidence gathering and testing
- Assessing calculations and data quality
- Site visits and data collection
- Non-conformities and findings
- Assurance statements and reporting
- Verification under CBAM and CSRD
- Independence, impartiality and ethics
- Mock verification workshop and review
Certification & accreditation
BII Certificate of Completion
BII Certificate of Completion Upon successful completion, participants receive a BII Development Institute Certificate of Completion with a unique reference code that is independently verifiable. Our certificates are recognised internationally and reflect successful completion of your chosen programme.
