Service de quantification et vérification des GES

Understanding the Challenges

Dispersed Data and Unreliable Quantification

GHG emissions originate from varied sources (energy, processes, transport, procurement, etc.), often spread across multiple systems and business units. Without a structured collection process, consistent calculation rules, and documented assumptions, the inventory becomes difficult to reproduce and defend.

The Need for Credibility: Auditable and Verifiable Figures

Clients, investors, and stakeholders increasingly demand comparable, transparent, and verifiable figures. Quantification that is undocumented or not aligned with a recognized standard undermines the credibility of your commitments and results.

Reduction Projects: Demonstrating Results and Avoiding Disputes

For a GHG reduction project, it is essential to demonstrate that reductions are real, correctly calculated, and supported by evidence. Without a robust methodological framework (e.g., ISO 14064) and full traceability, it becomes difficult to sustain a reduction claim.

HDS Solutions for Your Business

GHG Emissions Quantification with Recognized Tools

HDS quantifies GHG emissions using recognized software tools and a structured approach: boundary definition, data collection, calculations, consistency checks, and documentation of assumptions. Our objective: to produce a clear, reproducible, and actionable inventory.

Reduction Project Verification according to ISO 14064

HDS verifies GHG reduction projects in compliance with ISO 14064 standards, specifically focusing on the project cycle (quantification/reporting) and, where relevant, the validation/verification of GHG assertions. This process strengthens the robustness of the results presented.

Documentation, Traceability, and Reduction Recommendations

Beyond the numbers, HDS structures the evidence: data sources, factors, calculations, limitations, and uncertainties. We also identify reduction levers (energy, processes, logistics) and propose pragmatic action plans to improve carbon performance and monitoring quality.

The Benefits of Partnering with HDS

A Reliable, Reproducible, and Defensible Inventory

You obtain more robust results through a clear methodology and comprehensive documentation. This reduces back-and-forth, facilitates year-over-year comparisons, and provides a solid foundation for your decisions and communications.

Increased Credibility with Stakeholders

Quantification and verification aligned with ISO 14064 build trust through more transparent figures, explicit assumptions, and better-structured evidence. You minimize the risk of data being questioned and enhance the value of your reporting efforts.

Better Targeted Reductions and Improved Carbon Performance

By identifying the real "weight" of your footprint, you can prioritize effective actions (better effort-to-impact ratio), improve result tracking, and build a more realistic and measurable reduction trajectory.

Service Information Sheet

Verification of greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction projects according to ISO 14064, quantification of GHG emissions using recognized tools.

Typical Activities

Promotion, management, and representations for GHG reduction projects to the various registrars and carbon markets, including the Quebec Greenhouse Gas Emissions Cap-and-Trade System (SPEDE)
Quantification of greenhouse gases using recognized computer tools based on the requirements of the ISO 14064-2 Standard Specifications and guidelines at the project level for quantification, monitoring, and reporting of greenhouse gas emission reductions or increases.
Audit of greenhouse gas reduction projects by our professionals trained specifically by Environment Canada regarding the requirements of the standard ISO 14064-3 Specifications and Guidelines for the Validation and Verification of Greenhouse Gas Declarations.
Research and development projects in the field of agglomeration of projects with low GHG reduction potential.

Some Relevant Projects

Inventory, quantification, and development of a GHG quantification protocol issued during the construction phase of a major federal public transport project in the Montreal area. Identification of different GHG compensation opportunities for the construction phase of the project.
Inventory and quantification of GHGs associated with stationary and mobile emissions sources at approximately 150 federal sites in eastern Quebec.
Assessment and quantification of GHGs for the recycling of various halocarbon-containing equipment in Quebec, including an assessment of the potential return on investment by obtaining carbon credits.

Greenhouse Gases (GHG)