What is BS EN ISO 14019-1:2026 - Sustainability information. General principles and requirements for validation and verification about?
BS EN ISO 14019-1:2026 sets out the general principles and requirements for validating and verifying declared sustainability information. It responds to growing regulatory, investor and market demand for sustainability disclosures that are credible, comparable and trustworthy.
The standard supports confidence in sustainability information used for decisions such as investment, procurement, supply chain due diligence and consumer choice.
Who is this BS EN ISO 14019-1:2026 - Sustainability information. General principles and requirements for validation and verification for?
This standard is relevant if you are involved in preparing, validating, verifying or using sustainability information, including:
- Organizations reporting environmental, social and governance information.
- Validation and verification bodies operating in line with ISO/IEC 17029.
- Regulators, programme owners and accreditation bodies.
- Investors, supply chain partners, NGOs and other information users.
- SMEs that need proportionate and internationally recognized assurance approaches.
What does BS EN ISO 14019-1:2026 - Sustainability information. General principles and requirements for validation and verification cover?
BS EN ISO 14019-1:2026 provides a common foundation for sustainability validation and verification by covering:
- General principles for validation and verification of sustainability information.
- Requirements applicable to both quantitative and qualitative information.
- Use across environmental, social, governance and other sustainability matters.
- Alignment with validation and verification programmes, whether mandatory or voluntary.
- The basis for assurance opinions and alternative non assurance deliverables such as agreed upon procedures reports.
Why should you use BS EN ISO 14019-1:2026 - Sustainability information. General principles and requirements for validation and verification?
- Using this standard helps you:
- Build confidence in declared sustainability information.
- Support compliance with emerging regulatory and contractual requirements.
- Enable consistent and harmonized validation and verification approaches.
- Improve comparability and reliability of sustainability disclosures.
- Support informed decision making by investors, regulators and stakeholders.