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GHG inventory management plan

ISO 14064-1:2018, clause 8

Annual cycle

Month (FY end + n) Activity Owner Output
−2 Review boundary, source register and significance assessment Inventory manager Updated registers
−1 Brief data owners; issue data requests Inventory manager Data request log
+1 Collect activity data and evidence Data owners activity-data.csv, evidence index
+2 Calculate; QA/QC checks; uncertainty assessment Inventory manager Draft inventory
+2 Internal review Internal reviewer Review record
+3 Draft GHG report and GHG statement Inventory manager Draft report
+3–4 Verification Verification body Findings, opinion
+4 Fix findings; sign-off; publish Inventory owner Final report; git tag FYxxxx-verified

Information management procedures (clause 8.1)

  • Single source of truth. This repository holds methods, registers and calculations. Source evidence lives in the controlled document store at [location].
  • Change control. Every change is made by pull request and reviewed by someone other than the author.
  • Access. Write access is limited to the inventory team.
  • QA/QC checks before sign-off. See data quality.

Document retention (clause 8.2)

Keep the documents behind each verified inventory for at least 7 years, or longer if regulation or contracts require it.

Improvement plan

ID Source Issue Action Owner Target year Status
IMP-01