Performance materiality – The amount or amounts set by the assurance practitioner at less than materiality for the GHG statement to reduce to an appropriately low level the probability that the aggregate of uncorrected and undetected misstatements exceeds …

Purchased offset – An emissions deduction in which the entity pays for the lowering of another entity’s emissions (emissions reductions) or the increasing of another entity’s removals (removal enhancements), compared to a hypothetical baseline.  …

Quantification – The process of determining the quantity of GHGs that relate to the entity, either directly or indirectly, as emitted (or removed) by particular sources (or …

Removal – The GHGs that the entity has, during the period, removed from the atmosphere, or that would have been emitted to the atmosphere had they not been captured and channelled to a sink.  (Ref: Para.  A14 …

Significant facility – A facility that is of individual significance due to the size of its emissions relative to the aggregate emissions included in the GHG statement or its specific nature or circumstances which give rise to particular risks of material …

Sink – A physical unit or process that removes GHGs from the atmosphere. …

S ource – A physical unit or process that releases GHGs into the atmosphere. …

Type of emission – A grouping of emissions based on, for example, source of emission, type of gas, region, or facility. …

For the purposes of this Standard on Assurance Engagements, the following terms have the meanings attributed below: …

Assumptions mean expectations made by the responsible party as to future events and actions expected to take place as at the date the prospective financial information is prepared and exclude hypothetical assumptions, unless otherwise stated [3] . …