Verification Opinion
CFV 714356 200320

Responsible Party:

McCain Foods Ltd
439 King St W,Toronto
ON M5V 3M4Canada

Type of GHG Statement:
Organisational
Identification of GHG Statement:
GHG Report F17 F18 F19 McCain Foods Ltd
Scope of activities:
On site manufacturing of food products from raw material receiving to finished products, including
storage.
Organisational Boundary:Operational Control
Sites Included in Organisational Boundary:
Potato Factories:
Australia/New Zealand: Ballarat, Smithton, Timaru
Canada: Carberry, Coaldale, Florenceville French Fry, Grand Falls, Portage La Prairie
China: HarbinContinental Europe: Bethune, Harnes, Lelystad, Leuze, Lewedorp, Matougues, Strzelin, Waregem,Wezep
Great Britain: Grantham, Scarborough, Whittlesey, Wombourne
India: Mehsana
South America: Balcarce, Bogota
South Africa: Delmas
USA: Burley, Easton, Othello, Plover
Appetizer Factories:
Australia/New Zealand: Hastings, Lisarow
Canada: Florenceville Prepared Foods, Montreal
China: NAContinental Europe: NA
Great Britain: Hull
India: NASouth America: Pilar
South Africa: Springs
USA: Appleton, Colton, Grand Island, Rice Lake

Exclusions from Organisational Boundary:
There are 41 sites listed is the opinion. There are 9 sites that are excluded from the GHG statementon the basis that they are sites that have been acquisitioned and have not been fully integrated into
the McCain monitoring and reporting systems.
Reporting Boundary:
Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3 emissions from potatoes that are processed in their manufacturing
facilities and the related polyethylene and cardboard packaging, frying oils, and the upstream
transport from the manufacturing sites to storage.
Exclusions from Reporting Boundary:
The de-minimis emissions from fossil fuels that are less than 1% of the total CO2 emissions havebeen excluded.
Criteria for developing the organisational carbon footprint:
ISO14064-1:2006 (BS EN ISO14064-1:2012)
The McCain Internal GHG Reporting Procedures 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1, 5.3, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0
Level of Assurance:
LimitedMateriality level:
5%
Period:1st July 2016 – 30th June 2017 – Base year
1st July 2017 – 30th June 2018
1st July 2018 – 30th June 2019
tCO2(e)Scope 1
Scope 2
Scope 3Total

2017861,069
514,271
1,466,692
2,842,032

Location Based2018
2019
896,335
874,041
521,558
559,181
1,529,137
1,558,209
2,947,030 2,991,431

2017
861,070
453,341
1,466,692
2,781,102

Market Based
2018
2019
896,336874,041456,227
497,601
1,529,137
1,558,209
2,881,699 2,929,851

Verification Opinion: Verified as Satisfactory
Based on the process and procedures conducted, there is no evidence that the GHG report F17 F18
F19 McCain Foods Ltd produced by McCain Foods Ltd:— is not materially correct and is not a fair representation of GHG data and information;— has not been prepared in accordance with ISO14064-1 2006
The following improvements were raised in relation to future reporting1) There is currently only 1 administrator internally for Intelex which creates risk within the M&Rsystem2) Testing and recording the effectiveness of the operational data management controls for scope
1,2 and 3 can be enhanced3) The Intelex system did not prompt for an explanation of a deviation greater than 20% of
previous month, in Mehsana Sept-Oct 2019, and Wezep July 20194) Improvements can be made to ensure historical data is available for biogas data
5) The organisation could review the robustness of their calibration process of the scales used tomeasure dirt content

Verification Activities:
The following were the verification activities undertaken:


Evaluation of the monitoring and controls systems through interviewing employees observation& inquiry
Verification of the data through sampling recalculation, retracing, cross checking, reconciliation

The quantification and reporting of the carbon footprint has been independently verified by BSI against
the specifications defined in ISO 14064-1:2006. The verification activity has been carried out inaccordance with ISO 14064-3:2019 and the principles of ISO 14065:2013
The verification activities applied in a limited level of assurance verification are less extensive innature, timing and extent than in a reasonable level of assurance verification
Responsibilities:
The data on which the footprint is based has been provided by McCain Foods Ltd in the document
GHG Report F17 F18 F19 McCain Foods Ltd. This document is the responsibility of McCain Foods Ltd
and is historical in nature.
The responsible party is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the GHG statement inaccordance with the criteria.
The verifier is responsible for expressing an opinion on the GHG statement based on the verification
Lead Verifier: Hans Breuker
Signed on behalf of BSI:

Andrew Launn, EMEA Systems Certification DirectorIssue Date: 05/6/20
NOTE: BSI Assurance UK Ltd is independent to and has no financial interest in McCain Foods Ltd. This verification
Opinion has been prepared for McCain Foods Ltd only for the purposes of verifying its statement relating to its
carbon emissions more particularly described in the scope above. It was not prepared for any other purpose. Inmaking this Statement, BSI Assurance Limited has assumed that all information provided to it by McCain Foods
Ltd is true, accurate and complete. BSI Assurance UK Limited accepts no liability to any third party who places
reliance on this Statement