What is the EO100 Assurance Process?
Annual Third Party Audit Process
Energy Operators seeking certification against the EO100™ Standard for Responsible Energy Development and the relevant sector-specific Supplement will go through the following steps:
Producer completes a self-assessment.
An independent certification assessment is conducted on-site by EO-approved assessors.
Operator demonstrates through the certification assessment that they meet or partially meet (where applicable) all Level 1 Performance Targets.
Operator drafts a Continuous Improvement Plan for any partially met Level 1 Performance Targets.
The assessment report is peer reviewed by an independent expert selected by Equitable Origin.
Equitable Origin makes the certification decision based on the recommendation of the assessors and the results of the peer review. The peer reviewer may recommend additional verification activities to be conducted prior to certification or during the next annual re-assessment as part of the ongoing certification.
The Operator’s Certifiable Unit is certified under this process for three years with annual verification assessments.
Annual verification assessments may be on-site or desk-based depending on the scope. The scope is determined using a risk-based approach that takes into account any changes in operations or incidents that have occurred in the prior year.
EO will review the annual verification report and make the decision to continue certification or suspend certification pending implementation of continuous improvement.
Certification Claims
We require that Energy Operators with sites certified to the EO100™ Standard communicate which sites have been certified. Operators can only claim Equitable Origin certification for the individual sites that are certified and must not in any way use language in their marketing material to imply that any other site, function or department is certified under the EO100™ Standard. Certified site names, performance scores, and certification status is available to the public on the list of Certified Sites page.
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