Carbon Footprint Verification
Enhance Your CDP Score and Ensure Regulatory Compliance with Independent Carbon Footprint Verification by DEKRA.
Companies face growing pressure from investors, customers, and regulators to report CO₂ emissions with full transparency. DEKRA’s independent carbon footprint verification transforms your climate data into a trusted asset, strengthening competitiveness and keeping you ahead of evolving regulations.
Our risk-based approach focuses on what matters most, uncovering material inconsistencies such as hidden upstream impacts or misaligned emission factors. With assurance aligned to leading standards like the GHG Protocol and ISSA 5000, we provide the credible insights you need to improve your Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) score and demonstrate true climate leadership.
Why Carbon Footprint Verification Matters
- Credibility & Trust: Externally verified carbon footprint data strengthens your reputation, builds confidence, and demonstrates commitment to sustainable practices and climate neutrality goals.
- Achieve a better Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) Score: Independent verification is recognized by CDP, helping you earn higher scores and gain a competitive advantage in tenders, partnerships, and investor evaluations.
- Regulatory Readiness: Our verification follows leading international standards such as the GHG Protocol and ISSA 5000, supporting compliance with the EU’s CSRD and alignment with Science Based Targets (SBTi).
- Transparency for Investors & Funding Bodies: Verified emissions data ensures stakeholders have the transparency needed for informed, confident decision-making.
1. Kick-Off: We begin by defining a clear scope and objectives with you, assigning a dedicated and independent team of DEKRA experts.
2. Planning: We develop a tailored, risk-based verification plan that targets the most relevant and error-prone areas of your emissions data.
3. Review & Audit: We verify your emissions data through analysis, recalculations, and source checks – including onsite or remote validation if needed.
4. Feedback & Quality Check: Findings are shared for correction; a rigorous internal review ensures accuracy and compliance.
5. Final Statement: You receive our final, signed assurance statement, which clearly presents our independent conclusion on your sustainability information.
Our verification services are aligned with globally recognized sustainability frameworks:
- ISSA 5000 – International Standard on Sustainability Assurance (Scopes 1, 2, and 3).
- GHG Protocol – The world’s most widely used standard for greenhouse gas accounting.
- AA1000 – Assurance of company-wide sustainability reporting, focusing on accountability and inclusiveness.
- PAS 2060 – Verification of carbon neutrality claims for products, services, and organizations.
By offering assurance across multiple standards, DEKRA ensures your reporting is credible, consistent, and fit for purpose – no matter whether you seek company-wide assurance or product-level carbon neutrality verification.
Why Choose DEKRA?
- Over 100 years of experience in safety & trust
- Global TIC expertise with specialists across industries
- Verification aligned with ISSA 5000, GHG Protocol, AA1000, PAS 2060
Build credibility and gain a competitive edge with trusted, independent verification.
Management system certification is offered by DEKRA Certification, Inc., which operates independently from any consulting and training activities using the DEKRA brand.