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Climate change is an issue that affects us all. Equally, it is an issue that we can all affect.
Businesses across the world will need to play their part in:
LRQA can assist clients by providing the services needed to demonstrate the effectiveness of their climate change management strategies, ensuring they are able to receive a fair reward for their improvements from financial markets, regulators and customers.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report of 2007 states that 'Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice and rising global average sea level.
Global GHG emissions due to human activities have grown since pre-industrial times, with an increase of 70% between 1970 and 2004'. And 'Altered frequencies and intensities of extreme weather, together with sea level rise, are expected to have mostly adverse effects on natural and human systems.'
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Our focus is to help our clients to assure that their sustainability strategies and climate change assertions are trustworthy. Specifically, LRQA can assure that greenhouse gas emissions claims are verifiable, accurate and reliable. Most importantly, we deliver independent, impartial and trustworthy opinions.
View climate change standards, schemes and directives.
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Carbon Management:
Furthermore, in light of a near-universal desire among our clients to respond to the challenges of climate change, LRQA is working actively to ensure that mechanisms and methodologies for carbon management are made available for voluntary participation and that the integrity of these schemes is maintained for corporations, governments and consumers.
Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC):
We are also currently involved in a number of emerging developments in validation and verification services world wide, such as the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC).
Why choose us?
Over the past 20 years, we have played a significant role in developing global standards and processes to help protect the planet, including our work with those with greatest influence, be they individuals, corporations, governmental and non-governmental organisations. LRQA has been involved in the provision of climate change services since 2003, building on the experience gained by over a decade of environmental management system certification and corporate report verification work. Read more about LRQA's Climate Change History
LRQA Business Assurance
LRQA Business Assurance helps you manage your systems and risks to improve and protect the current and future performance of your organisation. Further, our risk based approach allows us to tailor the assessment according to the maturity of the clients systems. Find out more about LRQA's Business Assurance approach.
We bring international expertise and deep insight into the complex world of climate change. LRQA has been working with the world's top brands to achieve the best from their management systems for more than 20 years.