Our accreditation
Verifavia is the world's leading independent accredited verification body of greenhouse gas emissions for aviation, airports and shipping.
Between 2010 and 2018, Verifavia conducted EU ETS verification of nearly 800 different aircraft operators - including 110+ commercial airlines - from 70 countries and reporting to 25 different EU Competent Authorities. Verifavia also verified 50+ airports worldwide at all levels of the Airport Carbon Accreditation (ACA), and assessed nearly 1500 EU MRV monitoring plans for 155 shipping companies.
Aviation EU ETS
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Verifavia is accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) according to BS EN ISO 14065:2013 (Greenhouse gases. Requirements for greenhouse gas validation and verification bodies for use in accreditation or other forms of recognition) for aviation and shipping.
Verifavia is approved to conduct independent EU ETS verification for any aircraft operator worldwide reporting to any EU Competent Authority.
Airport Carbon Accreditation (ACA)
Verifavia is recognized by ACI Europe and WSP Environment & Energy (the administrator of the ACA programme) as an approved independent third-party verifier that can provide verification to airports applying for Airport Carbon Accreditation (levels 1, 2, 3 or 3+).
Verifavia conducts verification of GHG emissions at airports according to the ISO 14064-3 standard, the GHG Protocol and the Airport Carbon Accreditation rules.
> Airport Carbon Accreditation - List of verifiers
Maritime Transport
Verifavia is Fully Accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) and the French Accreditation Body (COFRAC) as a Global EU Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) Verifier.
Verifavia (UK) Ltd is accredited by UKAS; and Verifavia SARL is accredited by COFRAC.
Our UKAS and COFRAC accreditations allow Verifavia to assess monitoring plans and verify emission reports according to the ISO 14065 standard and Regulation 757/2015 (EU MRV).
Our accreditations allow us to assess or verify any ship anywhere in the world, regardless of country of ownership, flag state, or class.
Verifavia is also fully authorized by the Liberian Registry and by the Dominica Maritime Administration to conduct IMO Data Collection System (DCS) verification services for all Liberian and Dominica-flagged vessels. Approval by other Flag administrations will be announced soon.
Verifavia is also approved by the Clean Shipping Index (CSI) to perform CSI verification, and by the Clean Cargo Working Group (CCWG) to perform CCWG verification.
> Download UKAS accreditation certificate
> Download COFRAC accreditation certificate
> Download schedule of accreditation
> Read more about our accreditation for shipping> Download COFRAC accreditation certificate
> Download schedule of accreditation
Union Registry
Verifavia holds a total of 19 open verifer accounts in the Union Registry. These verifier accounts allow Verifavia to approve the annual emissions of its clients directly through the Union Registry.
| Country | Status / URID |
|---|---|
| Austria | AT771753173913 |
| Belgium | Not required for verifiers |
| Bulgaria | Not required for verifiers |
| Croatia | In progress |
| Cyprus | CY9191466162608 |
| Czech Republic | Not required for verifiers |
| Denmark | DK618272496889 |
| Estonia | EE338190743843 |
| Finland | FI526717128467 |
| France | Not required for verifiers |
| Germany | DE292823510995 |
| Greece | GR869774181746 |
| Hungary | HU429941952480 |
| Iceland | IS504632869456 |
| Ireland | IE487341996893 |
| Italy | IT616326087376 |
| Latvia | LV919394611694 |
| Liechtenstein | Not requested |
| Lithuania | LT733846578074 |
| Luxembourg | LU311802819964 |
| Malta | MT647155644148 |
| Netherlands | NL410848085133 |
| Norway | NO475349425306 |
| Poland | Not required for verifiers |
| Portugal | PT285250453284 |
| Romania | Not requested |
| Slovakia | Not requested |
| Slovenia | Not requested |
| Spain | Not required for verifiers |
| Sweden | SE714756158496 |
| United Kingdom | GB352872442619 |
> Access to the Union Registry
