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Energy - Suggested Documents

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Carbon Offsets

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    • Documentation that demonstrates your facility purchased/retired offsets or that offsets were registered and retired on behalf of your facility in the reporting year (e.g., documentation from the relevant carbon offset registry or scheme that shows the offsets have been used/retired).
  • Documentation Required
    • Documentation to show you have purchased/retired carbon offsets in the reporting year including proof of purchase and any other relevant documentation required by the respective offset scheme to demonstrate the facility’s ownership and purchase/retiring of the offset.
    • If the offset was purchased by another company (i.e., manufacturing group or brand partner) and retired under the facility’s name, documentation must be available to demonstrate that the offset was purchased retired for the specific facility name and location (i.e., legal business entity name and address) as registered on their Higg.org account.
    • GHG accounting records that show the facility’s GHG emissions and demonstrate that offsets were appropriately accounted for.

Energy Attribute Certificates

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    • Documentation that demonstrates your facility purchased/retired EACs or that EACs were registered and retired on behalf of your facility in the reporting year (e.g., documentation from the relevant EAC scheme authority that shows the EAC has been used/retired).
  • Documentation Required
    • Documentation to show you have purchased/retired energy associated with an EAC in the reporting year including the certificate(s) and any other relevant documentation required by the respective EAC scheme to demonstrate the facility’s ownership and purchase/retiring of the EAC.
    • If the EAC was purchased by another company (i.e., manufacturing group or brand partner) and retired under the facility’s name, documentation must be available to demonstrate that the EAC was retired for the specific facility name and location (i.e., legal business entity name and address) as registered on their Worldly account.
    • Energy tracking records that show the facility’s energy consumption and demonstrate that claims or reported energy attributes of the EAC(s) were appropriately applied.

Energy Use

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    • Energy tracking records that show all of the facility’s energy sources. 
    • Supporting documentation that supports responses to the applicable sub questions
  • Documentation Required 
    • List of all energy sources used at the facility and any supporting documentation that may include: 
      • Energy purchasing and/or use records (e.g., invoices, metering records) 
    • Documentation that supports responses to the sub questions on energy source characteristics. This may include: 
      • Published GHG emission factor data for energy sources. 
      • Certifications for biomass energy sources. 
      • Purchased steam temperature and pressure data. 
      • Documentation that indicates the fuel blend ratio for Diesel, Biodiesel, if applicable.

Vehicles

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    • Energy tracking records that show all of the facility’s energy sources of energy/fuel for company owned and controlled vehicles.
  • Documentation Required 
    • List of all energy sources of energy/fuel used for company owned and controlled vehicles and any supporting documentation that may include: 
      • Energy purchasing and/or use records. 
      • Supporting documentation that indicates the fuel blend ratio for Diesel, Biodiesel, Ethanol and Petrol/Gasoline in company owned and controlled vehicles, if applicable.

 

 

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