GHG Verification - Food & Beverage

When it comes to GHG emissions monitoring and verification, the food and beverage sector is quite distinct from other manufacturing sectors, thanks to the scope of regulated schemes, its unique production processes and the complexity of its supply chain. CICS verifiers have detailed knowledge of a wide range of food sectors, ensuring that your verification process is both time- and cost-efficient.

There are, in fact, several reasons why food and beverage manufacturing installations need special treatment:

  • Some processes are outside the scope of the regulated schemes and thus need to be carefully excluded from calculations.
  • Food and beverage installations often have carefully maintained ambient and sterile conditions which have separate emissions of their own (including fugitive).
  • The supply chain and distribution network for food products is often complex.
  • Food processing, brewing and distilling often involve specialised equipment involving both electricity and heat/cooling.

CICS verifiers also have experience of the following industry sectors, which often have additional requirements to the traditional food and beverage sectors:

  • Brewing
  • Dairy industry
  • Distilling
  • Frozen goods
  • Malting
  • Vegetable growing and processing.

We offer the following services:

  • EU ETS Verification
    If your business falls under the EU ETS Scheme, we can independently verify your GHG emissions data quickly and efficiently. We offer baseline emissions verification, new entrant reserve (NER) verification, annual and split verification, across single or multi sites.

  • CSR
    Independent verification of your CSR Report is a discriminator of real commitment and action and satisfies your stakeholders’ demands for accuracy, validity, materiality, transparency.

  • CCA
    CICS provides independent verification of your GHG emissions – a necessity for those food and beverage manufacturers who wish to trade surplus CCA credits.

  • Carbon Footprinting
    For clients who are performing carbon footprinting, including distribution, which can involve complex arrangements with hauliers and/or owned transportation, CICS verifiers can help you unravel the complexities of calculating emissions to the client's "gate".

  • PAS 2050
    CICS is only one of four verification bodies in the UK that is accredited to verify against the PAS 2050 Standard (for the carbon footprinting of goods and services across the full lifecycle) and the associated Code of Good Practice by UKAS (United Kingdom Accreditation Service).