GHG Verification - Glass

As an energy-intensive operation, glass manufacture is now part of mandatory CO2 reporting. In addition, being able to report on independently verified greenhouse gas emissions, also enables producers to differentiate themselves from their competitors, by showing their clients where CO2 reductions are taking place. CICS has long been associated with the glass industry, providing practical verification services for all sectors of the industry.

At CICS, through our involvement with our parent company, CERAM, a world leading glass refractory consultancy, we know that glassmaking, whether it be float, container, borosilicate, electronic or speciality glass, is a highly competitive business. Having a good and robust verification process, supplied by verifiers who know your industry, ensures that your emissions data is accurate, consistent and reliable - a necessity for carbon trading and for feeding into energy reduction strategies and sustainability reports.

CICS can help unravel the complexities of CO2 emissions, providing a practical verification service and saving valuable management time. Expertise in this sector includes:

  • Usage of complex fuel mixes
  • Understanding of furnace types and operation
  • Determination of process emissions (in addition to combustion emissions)
  • Calculations of material usage, stoichiometry
  • Verification of recycled glass content.

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 chemical and petrochemical producers 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).