ERM CVS provides independent third-party assurance for product and ethical claims made by organizations, helping build trust, transparency, and confidence among customers, investors, regulators, and other stakeholders. We support the validation and verification of claims such as product carbon footprints, carbon intensity, low-carbon products, recycled content, circularity, water stewardship, responsible sourcing, and other sustainability-related claims.
Our assurance services help organizations:
This independent assurance helps organizations substantiate external claims with confidence while enhancing transparency, trust, and stakeholder confidence.
ERM CVS provides independent assurance of product carbon footprint (PCF) statements and life cycle assessments (LCAs), helping organizations substantiate decarbonization claims, support Scope 3 reporting, and make credible external disclosures. Our experts assess methodologies, assumptions, emission factors, and data quality to verify the accuracy and reliability of results. PCF and LCA assurance can identify carbon reduction opportunities, strengthen customer confidence, support procurement and product decisions, and differentiate products in a carbon-conscious marketplace. Standards include ISO 14067, ISO 14040/44, PAS 2050, GHG Protocol Product Standard, and ISO 14071.
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Independent verification of sustainability, environmental, social, and responsible business claims helps organizations demonstrate transparency and build stakeholder trust. Aligned with ISO/TS 17033, ERM CVS assesses the robustness of claim frameworks, methodologies, governance processes, and supporting evidence to provide credible third-party validation and verification. Our services help reduce greenwashing risk, strengthen external disclosures, support regulatory scrutiny, and give customers, investors, and other stakeholders greater confidence in ethical and sustainability-related claims.
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Build confidence in your environmental claims with independent assurance from ERM CVS. We help organizations substantiate claims such as recyclability, recycled content, circularity, energy savings, and water savings through rigorous third-party verification. Our experts assess supporting data, methodologies, and evidence to reduce greenwashing risk, strengthen transparency, and increase stakeholder trust. Services are aligned with leading standards and regulations, including ISO 14021, the US Green Guides, UK Green Claims Code, Directive (EU) 2024/825: empowering the consumer for the green transition and Australian Consumer Law.
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ERM CVS provides independent carbon intensity assurance for high-emitting industries seeking to demonstrate the carbon performance of products, feedstocks, and supply chains. Our experts verify greenhouse gas data, methodologies, calculations, and reporting processes for materials including LNG, hydrogen, ammonia, methane, and other energy products. Independent assurance strengthens transparency, supports customer and regulatory requirements, reduces reporting risk, and helps organizations substantiate decarbonization claims. Services are aligned with recognized frameworks, including the GIIGNL Framework and Statement of Greenhouse Gas Emissions methodologies.
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ERM CVS helps organizations demonstrate credible net zero and avoided emissions claims through independent third-party assurance. Our experts assess methodologies, emissions data, calculations, and supporting evidence to strengthen the integrity of external disclosures. Services are aligned with recognized frameworks, including the WBCSD Guidance on Avoided Emissions, providing confidence in climate-related claims and reporting.
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ERM CVS helps organizations meet EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) requirements through independent verification of product and supply chain emissions data. Our experts assess embedded carbon calculations, supplier information, methodologies, and reporting processes to improve data quality and regulatory compliance. Verification strengthens supply chain transparency, supports credible low-carbon product claims, reduces reporting risk, and builds confidence with customers, regulators, and business partners while enabling continued access to European markets.
Find out moreEnvironmental and social impacts and credentials are increasingly influencing consumers’ purchasing decisions for products and services.
Integrity and transparency are vital for building trust. Organizations are seeking to reduce the risk of making accidental false claims about products.
Supply chain decarbonization is gaining momentum. Organizations are increasingly tackling scope 3 emissions by using supplier data to prove the carbon intensity of products as well as achieved reductions.
More regulations are emerging to cover the social and environmental impact of an organization’s own operations and supply chain.
