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February 29, 2012One Individual and 20 Organizations Receive Inaugural Climate Leadership Awards
February 16, 2012West Linn Paper Company Achieves Climate Registered Status for 3rd Year
December 8, 2011Event: Understanding the Real Impact of GHG Mitigation Activities Dec. 8, 2011 - 9:45 am Eastern Time
October 19, 20113Degrees Is First Company to Achieve Climate Registered Silver Status
October 17, 2011States and provinces appoint new Executive Director of The Climate Registry
August 13, 2011U.S. EPA and NGOs unveil award criteria and nomination deadline for new Climate Leadership Awards
July 5, 2011Recology, Inc. joins The Climate Registry
June 22, 2011Exelon joins The Climate Registry
June 20, 2011Kodak, US Postal Service and Bentley Prince Street first to be awarded Climate Registered Gold and Platinum
May 17, 2011New national climate awards program
Feburary 9, 2011Registry Member ARCA partners with GE and EPA to lower emissions
January 25, 2011CalSTRS joins The Registry
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General Verification Protocol
The Registry’s General Verification Protocol (GVP) presents the verification requirements for The Registry’s voluntary GHG emissions reporting program. The Registry developed the GVP to provide Registry-recognized Verification Bodies with clear instructions for executing a standardized approach to the independent verification of annual GHG emissions reported to The Registry.
GVP v. 2.0
The Registry is pleased to release GVP v. 2.0 for immediate use on verifications beginning after May 13, 2010. The Climate Registry’s Board of Directors officially adopted this protocol on June 24, 2010.
- General Verification Protocol (Version 2.0, June 2010) Updated June 30, 2010 with new cover page and hyperlinked table of contents (no other changes from May 13, 2010 posting)
As updates and clarifications to the GVP are developed, they will be integrated into the Updates and Clarifications document. The content of this document will be incorporated directly into the GVP when it is updated by The Registry.
- NEW:GVP Updates and Clarifications – Released March 19, 2012
- Archived Versions of this Document:
May 31, 2011
- Archived Versions of this Document:
GVP Addenda
To communicate sector-specific verification requirements and guidance to Verification Bodies, The Registry has developed the following sector-specific addenda to the GVP, all of which have been adopted by The Registry’s Board of Directors:
- Local Government Operations (LGO) Addendum to the GVP (Version 1.0, January 2010)
- Electric Power Sector (EPS) Addendum to the GVP (Version 1.0, January 2010)
- Oil & Gas Production (O&GP) Addendum to the GVP (Version 1.0, February 2010)
Local government, EPS and O&GP sector Members are are required to report in accordance with the LGO, EPS, and O&GP Protocols, respectively, starting with their emissions year 2010 data (to be reported in 2011). Likewise, Verification Bodies conducting verifications for EPS and O&GP sector Members’ emissions year 2010 and subsequent inventories must be accredited to the relevant (power generation, electric power transactions, oil and gas) sector(s) and conduct the verifications in accordance with the applicable sector-specific addendum to the GVP (please refer to GVP v. 2.0 Appendix C).
Archived Documents Related to the Development of GVP Version 2.0
- GVP v. 2.0-tracked changes from public comment draft
- Cover Letter Requesting Public Comments
- GVP v. 2.0 Draft for Public Comment (Clean)
- GVP v. 2.0 Public Comment Draft-tracked changes from GVP v. 1.0
- Required Comments Template
- Public Webinar on Draft GVP v. 2.0 (February 18, 2010)
Archived Documents Related to GVP Version 1.0
- General Verification Protocol (Version 1.0, May 2008)
- GVP Updates and Clarifications – Released March 2, 2009
- Archived Versions of this Document:
January 5, 2009
- Archived Versions of this Document:
- Changes to Final GVP Based on Public Comments
- Public Comments on Draft GVP
