Reasonable assurance engagement ―An assurance engagement in which the assurance practitioner reduces engagement risk to an acceptably low level in the circumstances of the engagement as the basis for the assurance practitioner’s conclusion.  The assurance …

Representation ―Statement by the responsible party, either oral or written, provided to the assurance practitioner to confirm certain matters or to support other evidence.  A representation is additional to but may be provided in combination with the …

Responsible party ―The party(ies) responsible for the underlying subject matter, being the compliance activity(ies) in a compliance …

Short‑form report ―Assurance report including only the matters required under paragraph  56 of this ASAE. …

Statement ―The outcome in writing of the responsible party or evaluator’s evaluation of compliance with  the compliance requirements, provided to the assurance practitioner in an attestation engagement.  A Statement is the subject matter information in an …

Misstatement means a difference between the reported amount, classification, presentation, or disclosure of a financial report item and the amount, classification, presentation, or disclosure that is required for the item to be in accordance with the …

Uncorrected misstatements means misstatements that the auditor has accumulated during the audit and that have not been corrected. …

Applicable criteria – The criteria used by the entity to quantify and report its emissions in the GHG statement. …

Assertions – Representations by the entity, explicit or otherwise, that are embodied in the GHG statement, as used by the assurance practitioner to consider the different types of potential misstatements that may …

Base year – A specific year or an average over multiple years against which an entity’s emissions are compared over time. …