PAS 2060
What is PAS 2060?
As an internationally recognized standard, PAS 2060 was developed by the British Standards Institution in 2010 to provide companies with guidelines on how to quantify, reduce and offset carbon dioxide equivalent emissions for organizations, products, services or events.
La norma PAS 2060 fornisce un quadro per la certificazione e l'accuratezza che consente alle organizzazioni di dimostrare che le loro affermazioni di neutralità climatica siano credibili e verificate. Basandosi sugli standard esistenti, come PAS 2050 e ISO14001, la PAS 2060 consente alle organizzazioni di dimostrare un impegno volontario e serio nell'intraprendere azioni per il clima. È anche l'unica certificazione riconosciuta a livello internazionale per la neutralità carbonica (carbon neutrality) aziendale.
PAS 2060 - Advantages
While the adoption of the standard remains voluntary, its use brings a number of benefits to organisations that adhere to it and can help them:
- To reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions;
- to quantify their carbon footprint;
- to increase environmental transparency;
- strengthening customer loyalty and brand image;
- to orient their business strategy toward carbon neutrality in the short, medium and long term;
- to support serious and certified carbon offset projects, bringing environmental and social value;
- to comply with current and future environmental legislation.
PAS 2060 - Requirements
The standard foresees 4 main steps on the road to carbon neutrality:
- measurement (calculation of the corporate carbon footprint, or corporate carbon footprint, using internationally recognized methodologies, such as the GHG Protocol or ISO 14064);
- reduction (develop a reduction strategy, including a time scale, specific reduction targets, and a plan on how the remaining emissions will be offset);
- offsetting (residual emissions will be offset by high-quality certified carbon credits);
- documentation and validation (carbon neutrality documentation + public disclosure of all documentation supporting the neutrality statement).
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