§2100.041. Accreditation of third-party verifiers.

Be accredited to ISO 14065— General principles and requirements for bodies validating and verifying environmental information by a member of the Global Accreditation Cooperation Incorporated (Global ACI);

Be unrelated to the entity seeking verification. To avoid any real or potential conflict of interest, a third-party verifier must not have a relationship with the entity based on one or more of the following factors (this is a non-exclusive list): familial or personal relationship, or shared ownership, governance, management, personnel, resources, finances, contracts, or marketing (including branding); and