About Guardian — GHG Verification & Validation Body

1. Who We Are

Guardian VB is the GHG Validation and Verification Body (VVB) of Guardian Assessment Pvt. Ltd. — a legally registered private limited company incorporated under the Companies Act, 2013 (India), and a wholly owned subsidiary of TNV Global Ltd. Guardian VB operates as a fully independent, third-party Validation and Verification Body under ISO/IEC 17029:2019 — the international standard for conformity assessment bodies performing validation and verification activities.

Guardian VB has established a complete quality management system aligned with ISO/IEC 17029:2019, ISO 14065:2020, ISO 14066:2023, and ISO 14064-3:2019, and is currently pursuing formal accreditation with the United Accreditation Foundation (UAF). Our system has been reviewed and assessed by UAF, and the accreditation process is ongoing. Upon completion, accreditation details including the certificate number and scope will be published on this page and on the UAF accredited bodies directory.

Our scope of services covers GHG Verification and Validation of greenhouse gas assertions for organisations under ISO 14064-3:2019, including organisational GHG inventories (ISO 14064-1) and GHG project assessments (ISO 14064-2).

Guardian VB does not provide GHG consulting, advisory, or implementation services. Verification and validation activities are maintained as strictly independent from any form of consultancy. All personnel involved in an engagement are required to declare any real or potential conflict of interest prior to appointment.

Organisation Details

2. Accreditation Status

Guardian Assessment Pvt. Ltd. (Guardian VB) is currently pursuing formal accreditation as a Validation and Verification Body (VVB) under ISO/IEC 17029:2019 for GHG Validation and Verification services, through the United Accreditation Foundation (UAF) — a globally recognised accreditation body operating under the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) Multilateral Recognition Arrangement (MLA). Our application is currently progressing through the Office Assessment phase. Upon grant of accreditation, this page will be updated with our formal UAF Accreditation Certificate number, scope of accreditation, and accreditation symbol.

Pending the formal grant of UAF accreditation, Guardian VB operates its GHG Validation and Verification programme in full conformance with the requirements of ISO/IEC 17029:2019, ISO 14064-3:2019, and ISO 14065:2020. All validation and verification activities are conducted by qualified and competent personnel, under a documented Quality Management System, and in accordance with the principles of independence, impartiality, and objectivity. Clients engaging Guardian VB during this transitional period are assured that our processes, controls, and technical standards are aligned with full accreditation requirements.

3. Scope of Accreditation & Services

Guardian VB provides third-party Verification and Validation services covering the full range of greenhouse gas assertion types recognised under ISO 14064-3:2019. Both Limited Assurance and Reasonable Assurance engagements are within scope. The output of every engagement is a GHG Verification Statement or GHG Validation Statement — not a certificate.

4. Our Commitment to Independence & Impartiality

Guardian VB is committed to conducting all validation and verification activities with complete independence, objectivity, and impartiality. All conclusions issued by Guardian VB are based solely on the evidence gathered during the verification engagement and evaluated against the applicable criteria. No commercial, financial, or organisational interest — whether internal or external — is permitted to influence our verification decisions or conclusions.

Guardian VB does not provide GHG consulting, advisory, or implementation support services to any organisation whose GHG assertions it verifies or intends to verify. This separation from consultancy is a non-negotiable requirement of our accreditation and is enforced without exception at every engagement.

All personnel assigned to a verification engagement are required to declare any real or potential conflict of interest before appointment, using a formal Conflict of Interest Declaration. Engagements where a material conflict cannot be adequately managed are declined. These controls are formally documented in GVB-PRO-001: Procedure for Impartiality and Conflict of Interest Management and are subject to periodic review by senior management and to oversight by UAF as part of our accreditation obligations.

Key Impartiality Controls

• No consulting services: Guardian VB does not offer GHG consulting, advisory, or carbon accounting services.
• Conflict of Interest screening: Every verifier declares COI before appointment on every engagement.
• Independent Technical Review: All verification work is reviewed by a qualified reviewer who was not involved in execution.
• Independent Decision-Making: Verification decisions are made by personnel separate from the verification team.
• Management oversight: Impartiality is reviewed at every annual Management Review meeting.
• UAF oversight: Guardian VB is subject to accreditation assessments by UAF, including witness assessments.

5. Important Note on Terminology

The following table summarises key terminology used in GHG Verification services:

6. Contact Guardian VB

For enquiries related to GHG Verification and Validation services, please contact the Guardian VB team directly. Please note that the VB contact channel is separate from Guardian Assessment's management system certification (MSCB) services.