Article 15
Accuracy of the data sources
1. Administrators of EU Climate Transition Benchmarks and administrators of EU Paris-aligned Benchmarks shall ensure that data on Scope 1, 2 and 3 GHG emissions are accurate, in accordance with global or European standards, such as the Product Environmental Footprint (PEF), the Organisation Environmental Footprint (OEF) methods (9), the Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Accounting and Reporting Standard (10), the EN ISO 14064 or the EN ISO 14069.
2. For the purposes of paragraph 1, administrators of EU Climate Transition Benchmarks and administrators of EU Paris-aligned Benchmarks shall disclose in their methodology the standard used.
3. Administrators of EU Climate Transition Benchmarks and administrators of EU Paris-aligned Benchmarks shall ensure the comparability and quality of GHG emissions data.
(9) Commission Recommendation 2013/179/EU of 9 April 2013 on the use of common methods to measure and communicate the life cycle environmental performance of products and organisations (OJ L 124, 4.5.2013, p. 1).
(10) Value Chain (Scope 3) Accounting and Reporting Standard (September 2011), supplement to the GHG Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard.