Benefits of the ILAC & IAF Multilateral

Mutual Recognition Arrangements for

Energy Efficiency

‘Independent evaluation of conformity assessment bodies against recognized

standards to ensure their impartiality and competence to carry out specific

activities, such as tests, calibrations, inspections and certifications.’

Makoto Kubo, Senior Advisor

Japan Accreditation Board,

representing for

The International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC)

&

The International Accreditation Forum (IAF)

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IAF and ILAC: Global Vision

ILAC and IAF are global networks of accreditation bodies and

organisations involved in conformity assessment activities.– Recognition of competent and equally reliable conformity assessment

activities through Global Arrangements

– The development and harmonization of accreditation practices

– The promotion of accreditation as an effective mechanism for providing

confidence in goods and services

Global Vision:– A single programme of conformity assessment which reduces risk for

business, regulators and the consumer, by ensuring that accredited

services can be relied upon.

– Government and Regulators relying on the Arrangements to further

develop or enhance trade agreements.

– To support world trade by eliminating technical barriers, realising the

free-trade goal of ‘tested, inspected or certified once and accepted

everywhere' .

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ACCREDITATION

CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT

BODIES

PRODUCT & SERVICE PROVIDERS

Peer

Evaluation

International Standards

Standards / Regulatory requirements

/ Scheme criteria

GOVERNMENT CONSUMERS PURCHASERS

CONFIDENCE TRUST ASSURANCE

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The ILAC and IAF Arrangements

– Accreditation body members deemed competent through

a peer evaluation process:

– ISO/IEC 17011

– IAF-ILAC A series documents

– Signatories must recognise certificates, reports, and

results issued by organisations accredited by other

Signatories

– Provides business with assurance that overseas bodies

operate to the same standard.

– Removes technical barriers to trade by eliminating

redundant conformity assessment

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ILAC MRA Signatories

ILAC Associate Members

ILAC Affiliate Members

Coverage of the ILAC MRA (May 2016)

–The ILAC network of members includes 152 bodies from 117 different economies (90 Full Members/MRA

Signatories, 16 Associates, 13 Affiliates, 27 Stakeholders, 6 Regional Cooperation Bodies)

–90 ILAC MRA Signatories representing 87 economies ;

–ILAC MRA covers testing, calibration and inspection ;

–Signatories represent about 95% of Global GDP ;

–More than 49,000 accredited laboratories ;

–Approximately 8,000 accredited inspection bodies.

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IAF MLA Signatories

IAF Members not yet Signatories

Coverage of the IAF MLA (April 2016)

There are 61 IAF MLA Signatories, representing 56 economies

– Main Scope

– Management Systems : 55 Accreditation Bodies and EA, PAC & IAAC

– Sub Scope Level 5

– ISO 14001 EMS : 51 Accreditation Bodies and EA, PAC & IAAC

– Accepting Applications: GHG V&V and ISO 50001

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ILAC MRA and IAF MLA for energy

efficiency

– IAF MLA for ISO14001 to improve environmental performance by

energy and GHG reduction.

– ISO 14001: 170 economies and 324 148 certification folders to enhance environmental management system with improvement of the environmental performance

– IAF MLA for ISO14065 to assure the reduction of GHG emission by

using methodology of energy efficiency

– ISO14065 : 50 economies of governments and scheme owners to seek the accreditation of ISO14065 for the validation and verification bodies to support both for mandatory and voluntary market for climate change.

– IAF starts MLA scope expansion to ISO 50001 to reduce energy

and the cost, and to improve energy performance

– ISO 50001: 80 economies and 6778 certification holders to enforce the energy management and improvement of energy performance. The recent global award results the strong climate and business benefits of investment in energy efficiency by companies large and small and across a wide range of sectors around the world. The participating companies reported annual energy cost savings of up to $13.5 million USD and annual greenhouse gas emission reductions of up to 238,000 tonnes of CO2, equivalent to taking 51,000 passenger vehicles off the road per year.

– Environmental Protection Agency; Energy Star Program

– Global Superior Energy Performance Partnership7

Mandatory and voluntary program seek the

IAF’s accreditation program

IAF member provide the accreditation service in accordance with ISO 14065 more than 50 economies to support various national schemes, subnational and regional systems in assisting with the competent authorities, in the field of the accreditation of the validation and verification bodies to achieve the commitments of reduction of GHG emission and contribution of climate change mitigation effort for the convention. • Validation and verification bodies operate in accordance with ISO 14065 and ISO 14064-3 • Certification bodies operate uniformly in accordance with ISO14001 and ISO 50001.• To homologate process for quantifying GHG emissions • Transparent and consistent reported GHG emissions

European Commission seeks the accreditation by EA members for verification system of EU-ETS and the encouragement of EA MLA to enhance the credible, transparent and consistent accreditation system.

In addition to this, the voluntary markets are relying on accredited GHG /VV bodies based in the ISO standard because of the possibility to confirm the competence not only of the GHGVVB that confirm the GHG organizational inventories and projects, but also the personnel that is used by the GHGVVB in their validation/verifications.

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UNFCCC CDM Accreditation and

ISO14065 accreditation program

• The assessment and accreditation process/procedure is similar except witness/performance evaluation and its timing.

• The assessment of legal status, financial status, top management, procedure of impartiality, management review, documentation, internal audit, complaint and appeal are commonly conducted by both side.

• The assessment report delivered annually by IAF member might be beneficial as input to plan efficient and effective assessment for UNFCCC CDM.

• Challenge to the harmonization of assessor competency can be done in cooperation. The joint training between UNFCCC CDM and ISO 14065 accreditation bodies might benefit to create the arrangement in the future.

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Baseline, EnPI and ObjectiveJISF conducts energy review to know the energy trend in the Japanese steel industry and establish baseline, energy performance indicator and energy objective.

Japan Iron and Steel Federation and

Energy Management Practice

with ISO 50001 and ISO 14404

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Energy PlanningImplementation

CheckDecide Next Action

JISF

P

C

D

Data measurement annually according to JISF common format based on ISO14404.

Energy Management according to Energy Conservation Law Government

A

Energy PlanningImplementation

CheckDecide Next Action

Member

P

C

D

A

Energy PlanningImplementation

CheckDecide Next Action

Member

P

C

D

A

Energy PlanningImplementation

CheckDecide Next Action

Member

P

C

D

Confirm regal requirementParticipants of the Voluntary Action Programs voluntarily report to JISF if they are in compliance with legal requirements.

Input and Output from the executive board

・・・

TrainingJISF conducted energy management seminar.

Check the aggregated dataJISF’s committee members evaluate the aggregated data every year.

Share information of how to promote energy efficiency

ISO 50001 has

been certified as “the Japan Iron and Steel Federation” as a unit of industry organization.

Data

Data Data Data

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The Benefits

For Government• Facilitator of trade • An enforcement and monitoring tool for energy

efficiency

For Business• Reduce energy cost and GHG to enhance environment,

economy and social aspect for sustainable development • Greater acceptance of energy efficient products and services• Avoid costs associated with repeat conformity assessment• Informed procurement of energy efficiency and sustainability

For Consumers• Public confidence in goods and services energy efficient • Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern

energy

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Summary

– Supporting developing economies to establish an accreditation

infrastructure

– Commitment to developing a harmonised global approach for

accreditation and maintaining the arrangements to ensure equal reliability

– Supporting organizations and its products to demonstrate the

improvement of environment and energy performance by validation &

verification, product certification, testing and inspections, and also by

ISO14001 and ISO50001 certification

– Promoting greater acceptance by regulators and businesses to remove

technical barriers to trade, and avoiding the need for duplicate

certifications, testing or inspections.

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Contact Details

For more information contact: For more information contact:

The IAF Secretariat The ILAC Secretariat

Elva Nilsen PO Box 7507

Box 1811 Silverwater

Chelsea, Quebec NSW 2128

Canada J9B 1A0 Australia

Phone: +1 (613) 454 8159 Phone: +612 9736 8374

Email: iaf@iaf.nu Email: ilac@nata.com.au

www.iaf.nu www.ilac.org