ISO 14064 maturity · Greenhouse gas emissions management
Your carbon accounting practices, measured against ISO 14064 and turned into an action plan.
10 themes, a 5-level scale. And the action that moves each level to the next.
The framework’s 10 themes, already written from L1 to L5. One company, one business unit, or 300 at once.
ISO 14064 maturity · Greenhouse gas emissions management
10 themes, 5-level scale.
Nordhavn Industries
53 / 100
They measure their maturity with Datamensio
An example
This could be your situation.
Take one company as an example: three sites, three spreadsheets, no shared answer.
Nobody can consolidate.
Nordhavn Industries, 2,400 people in Hamburg, Lyon and Porto. A client asks where the group stands. Each site answers in its own spreadsheet, with its own scales.
Three weeks, a single base.
One ISO 14064-1:2018, ISO 14064-2:2019, ISO 14064-3:2019 assessment launched across all three sites at once, from the managers’ interview notes. The framework was already written, its 10 themes and levels L1 to L5 too.
Two costs avoided before being committed.
A score of 53 out of 100, with the gap concentrated on three themes. The AI companion spotted that two actions duplicated those of another audit. The committee report took one sentence to request.
What it saved them
- 3sites measured on the same base, instead of three questionnaires to reconcile
- 2duplicate actions caught before the spend
- 1committee report, with no manual rework
These figures are an example. They could be yours.
The standard imposes processes. Datamensio says where you stand.
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The framework is already written
Themes, questions and levels L1 to L5, all written. You do not start from an empty spreadsheet.
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The score lands the same day
Online, by self-assessment link or in interview. Theme by theme, comparable over time.
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The gap becomes a costed plan
Every step up carries its action. The AI prioritises on expected effect, not on the order of the standard.
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Progress can be demonstrated
Campaign after campaign, against your target and against your own past. That is what your board asks for.
The maturity scale
One level, the next, and the action that links the two.
This mechanism, one level, the next level up, and the action that connects the two, is what turns a finding into a trajectory.
Are the emission factors used documented, justified and kept up to date?
- N1
No documentation of the factors used. Values come from a calculation file whose origin is not identified.
- N2
The main sources are known to the people doing the calculations, but they are not recorded and the version used is not dated.
- N3
An internal register lists the factors, their source and their version. It is used for all significant categories.
- N4
The register is reviewed at every campaign, factor changes are tracked and their effect on results is isolated from the effect of activity variations.
- N5
Factor choices are justified by category, checked through an independent review and aligned with the practices expected by the verifier, with a retained history of revisions.
Action to move from L2 to L3
Build an internal register of emission factors by category, with source, version and date of application, annex it to the inventory procedure and lock it before the annual collection campaign opens.
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Maja SucekChief Operating Officer, Interreg Danube
Rarely on its own
Frameworks combine. Put several together to cover your business, or have the AI write yours.
Take your first measurementon ISO 14064.
What this framework covers
ISO 14064 has three parts. Part 1 specifies requirements for quantifying and reporting GHG emissions and removals at organisation level: organisational boundary, direct emissions, indirect emissions from imported energy, other indirect emissions, uncertainties, base year. Part 2 covers reduction or removal projects, including their baseline scenario and monitoring. Part 3 describes how verification and validation are conducted. The 2018 version of Part 1 replaced the three scopes logic with a classification into direct and indirect emissions.
The difficulty is not the method, it is sustaining it over time. The inventory is often produced once a year by a small team, with data collected from sites that run different systems. Are emission factors documented, versioned and justified, or simply carried over from a legacy file? Who validates the organisational boundary and against what consolidation rule? Is the base year recalculated when the boundary changes, through an acquisition, a divestment, a change of method? Does the traceability of primary data allow you to answer a verifier without reconstructing the entire history.
The context has tightened. The CSRD and the ESRS E1 standard require gross emissions by category, a base year and a documented reduction trajectory, which assumes exactly the practices described by ISO 14064. One confusion keeps coming back: ISO 14064-1 organises quantification, the GHG Protocol provides a widely used accounting framework, and the two are compatible. The useful question is not which vocabulary to choose, but whether the inventory is reproducible, documented and verifiable by a third party.
The maturity assessment answers a different question from verification. The verifier concludes on the assurance they can give to a published statement. The assessment places each practice on a progressive scale: where does data collection stand, how are uncertainties handled, what is the governance of the inventory, and what precise action moves you up to the next level. The first prepares the second and supports budget decisions.
In Datamensio, the framework is ready to use. You can adapt it to your context: the AI adjusts the themes, questions and levels, or builds a variant from your own documents, inventory procedure, collection guide, verification report.
Reference standard: ISO 14064-1:2018, ISO 14064-2:2019, ISO 14064-3:2019
The themes assessed
Inventory governance
Policy and leadership commitment, roles and responsibilities, resources allocated, alignment with internal control and non financial reporting.
Organisational and operational boundary
Consolidation approach used, list of facilities and entities included, justification of exclusions, treatment of joint ventures and leased activities.
Emission categories
Direct emissions, indirect emissions from imported energy, other indirect emissions, transport, products used and sold, justification of categories deemed non significant.
Data collection and quality
Activity data sources, share of primary data versus estimates, site level collection procedure, consistency checks, retention of supporting evidence.
Quantification methods and emission factors
Choice and documentation of calculation methods, source and version of emission factors, global warming potentials used, management of method changes.
Uncertainties
Identification of sources of uncertainty, qualitative or quantitative assessment, prioritisation by category, plan to reduce uncertainty on significant items.
Base year and comparability
Choice and documentation of the base year, recalculation rules in case of boundary or method changes, significance threshold, comparability of series.
Reduction and removal projects
Baseline scenario, additionality, monitoring of reductions attributed to projects, treatment of removals and storage, use of credits where applicable.
Reporting and verification
Content of the GHG report, level of assurance sought, preparation of evidence, handling of verifier findings, publication and consistency with other disclosures.
Continuous improvement and trajectory
Periodic review of practices, updating of the inventory procedure, tracking of reduction targets, integration of lessons learned and comparison over time.
A short version of the framework is available for the online self-assessment.
Frequently asked questions
Is ISO 14064 certifiable?
It does not lead to management system certification. Part 3 organises verification of the GHG statement by a third party body, resulting in a level of assurance. The Datamensio assessment measures the maturity of your practices and prepares for that verification, it does not replace it.
What is the difference between this assessment and an inventory verification?
Verification covers a statement that has already been produced and concludes on its reliability. The assessment places each practice on a maturity scale and points to the action that moves you forward. It is used upstream, to decide where to invest before bringing in a verifier.
How does this fit with the GHG Protocol and the CSRD?
ISO 14064-1 and the GHG Protocol are compatible and rest on the same quantification principles. The CSRD’s ESRS E1 requirements build on these practices. A cross cutting roadmap lets you address all three without duplicating actions.
How long does the assessment take?
The short version takes 20 to 30 minutes to complete. The full version, run collaboratively, generally spans one to two weeks, most of the time going into data collection from sites and management control.
Can the framework be adapted to our business?
Yes. Questions, levels and themes can all be edited, and you can add themes specific to your sector, industrial processes, fleet, agriculture. The AI can also build a variant from your inventory procedure.
Can several sites or subsidiaries be compared?
Yes. The same framework can be run as a campaign across several business units, with a score per theme and a benchmark between entities and against previous campaigns. Action plans consolidate into a single roadmap.
Do respondents need technical expertise?
The questions cover quantification and governance practices, not the calculations themselves. Some require input from an energy manager or a management controller: collaborative mode lets you route those questions to the right person.
Where is the data hosted?
In France, with OVH, with backup at Scaleway. No transfer outside the European Union. The AI models used can be selected, including from European providers.