To achieve the Carbon Trust Standard you will need to meet three criteria:
1. Provide an accurate
footprint measurement including all required emission sources.
2. Demonstrate an absolute
reduction of your footprint or equivalent relative efficiency improvement.
3. Demonstrate good
carbon management to our standard including carbon governance, accounting, reduction methods and targets.
If you apply, the following two forms will be used during the assessment to determine whether the criteria have been met:
1.
Carbon Footprint Calculator (XLS, 287KB).
2.
Assessment Form (DOC, 208KB).
These documents can also be accessed from the
document library.
The
Carbon Footprint Calculator will be used to calculate your organisation’s carbon footprint and the reduction in this footprint over time. The methodology has been developed for the Carbon Trust Standard and follows the principles outlined in the GHG protocol, with all carbon emissions calculated using government-produced emissions factors (in the UK factors published by
Defra are used).
The
Assessment Form summarises the carbon footprint information and includes a series of questions on carbon management. Your answers to these questions are used to assess whether your organisation meets the required carbon management standards.
During the assessment process, an independent assessor will review the completed assessment form against the rules of the Carbon Trust Standard methodology. The carbon footprint must have been measured accurately and show a reduction to meet the standard. In the carbon management section each area will be marked by the assessor and an overall score of at least 60% will be required.
More details of the methodology can be found in the Carbon Trust Standard
rules.
Please click for further information on the development of
the Standard, future versions of the Standard and our external
Advisory Board.