SL certification body first to receive ISO 14064 accreditation in the region
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From left - Mithila Gunasekara – Assistant Director, SLAB; Thilak Wickramasinghe Director/CEO, SLAB; Dr. Ranjiva Munasinghe - Director, SFG; Lakmini Senadheera - Manager, Sustainability Assurance Services; and Glenn Sonntag - Manager, Operations.
The Sustainable Future Group (SFG) – a newly established environmental verification and certification services provider in Sri Lanka-, recently became the first regional body to be awarded international accreditation for ISO 14064.
The ISO 14064 series of standards provides governments, businesses, regions and other organisations with an integrated set of tools for programmes aimed at measuring, quantifying and reducing Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions, and allows organisations to take part in emissions trading schemes using globally recognised standards.
SFG said in a media release that it’s accreditation comes from the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) – the world association of Conformity Assessment Accreditation Bodies, through its local representative – the Sri Lanka Accreditation Board (SLAB). All leading inspection, verification, testing and certification companies are accredited by their respective Governments’ accreditation bodies, which in turn have been accredited by and are members of IAF.
The certificate of accreditation was handed over to SFG Director Dr. Ranjiva Munasinghe, who stated, “We are delighted to receive this globally recognised, official endorsement of our international standard services. The accreditation was issued following a rigorous process, applying the most stringent criteria “.
Thilak Wickramasinghe, Director/CEO of SLAB commented, “We are pleased to announce that SFG has satisfied the necessary criteria and are now accredited to provide a comprehensive and thorough level of verification and validation of GHG emissions assertions, in order to award ISO 14064 certifications at both organisational and project levels “.
There are numerous global certification bodies operating in the Asia Pacific region that offer ISO 14064 certification. However, only the parent organisations of these bodies, based out of Europe and the US, are accredited to offer this certification.