The UNE-ISO 14068-1 Standard: Climate Change Management is the new international benchmark for organisations of all kinds to progress toward achieving and demonstrating climate neutrality. This regulatory framework offers a clear, structured methodology in line with the latest science, designed to help companies, governments, and organisations achieve and demonstrate carbon neutrality.
The document, which adopts the international standard ISO 14068 Climate Change Management. Transition to net zero — Part 1: Carbon neutrality provides a systematic approach and establishes a series of requirements and guidelines for establishing neutrality commitments and making reliable and verifiable statements in this regard.
In turn, the new UNE-ISO 14068-1 standard integrates with existing standards for the quantification, reporting, validation and verification of greenhouse gas emissions, such as ISO 14064-1, ISO 14064-3 and ISO 14067, and introduces a robust framework in key aspects:
- It defines the principles, requirements, and guidelines to achieve and demonstrate carbon neutrality in a clear and transparent manner.
- It can be applied to a wide range of sectors, from organisations (businesses, financial institutions, local authorities) to products (goods, services, buildings, events).
- It establishes a hierarchy of actions that prioritises the reduction of direct and indirect emissions and removals within the value chain over the use of offsets.
UNE-ISO 14068-1 is an essential tool for organisations committed to decarbonisation, providing a framework aligned with the latest climate science and ensuring traceable, verifiable, and transparent communication of commitments and achievements toward carbon neutrality.
Learn more about the UNE-ISO 14068-1 Standard here.
