Verification readiness checklist

Before the verifier arrives, confirm that each item exists and that its link works.

Inventory design

• Organisational boundary and consolidation approach, with rationale
• Boundary register: entities, ownership, control, inclusion
• Source register for all six categories
• Significance criteria and the assessment record
• Base year, base-year inventory and recalculation policy

Quantification

• Activity data for each source, every row linked to evidence
• Emission-factor register with sources and versions
• Calculation files that reproduce the reported totals exactly
• Estimates flagged, with their methods
• Uncertainty assessment

Controls

• Inventory management plan, with roles
• Completed QA/QC checklist
• Internal review record
• Methodology decision log
• Prior-year findings: every one closed or explained

Outputs

• Draft GHG report (clause 9 content)
• GHG statement signed by the responsible person
• Git tag or commit hash of the version submitted for verification

Logistics

• Data owners available for interviews
• Site visit schedule agreed (where applicable)
• Verifier has read-only access to the evidence store