CFP Communication Program

Rules on CFP system certification

Established on June 28, 2012
Document ID: R-09-01

Japan Environmental Management Association forIndustry

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Chapter 1. General provisions<Purpose>
Article 1
This document prescribes the rules on CFP system certification, one of the verification methods ofcarbon footprint of products (hereinafter called "CFP") under the CFP Communication Program(hereinafter called "the CFP Program"), operated and managed by JEMAI (Japan Environmental
Management Association for Industry).
<Overview of CFP system certification method>
Article 2(1) A business that wishes to make CFP declaration by using a CFP system by the CFP system
certification method under the CFP Program shall gain the certification conducted by a CFP
system certification body registered in the secretariat of the CFP Program.
(2) Once the CFP system is certified, the business can make an application for registration andrelease of CFP declaration and then an application for CFP mark license, after completed aninternal verification within an organization using the certified CFP system.
<Requirements>
Article 3
The requirements for a CFP system by using the CFP system certification method shall beprescribed in the "Requirements for CFP system certification." Other supplementary requirements
shall be separately prescribed by the CFP system certification body.
<Assurance level of CFP verification>
Article 4
The assurance level of CFP verification should be “limited assurance level” from the viewpoint of
the nature of life cycle assessment (LCA). The term, “assurance level” is originally used inaccounting audit. The assurance level is categorized into “absolute,” “reasonable,” and “limited”.
- The “absolute assurance level” means that an auditor works with a company to check whether ornot the company’s operations conform to applicable specifications or standards, and the auditor
guarantees its total conformance. In CFP verification, however, such guarantee is not realistic
for an auditor.
- The “reasonable assurance level” generally means that a level which is used by an accounting
audit corporation to check an annual financial statement audit for a company. An accounting
audit corporation tracks the evidence of the documents (e.g., financial statements) submitted by
a company as much as possible, for example by tracking data sources to support the evidence.
Such data verification requires considerable works, because these documents are required todisclose accurate corporate information, and data obtained by such documents can influence a1

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stock value of a company. For example, the greenhouse gas (GHG) credit system requires thislevel of assurance because the value is converted into money.
- The “limited assurance level” means that data verification is conducted with limited informationand materials provided by a company, and its level of assurance is therefore limited. Regarding
CFP verification, the data inside and outside (supply chain) of a company are needed forauditing as the nature of LCA, thereby it is impossible to gain the reasonable assurance level forsuch all data. Moreover, there is a case that secondary data is collected because primary datacannot be collected, even for the data inside of the company. In such case, data verification at
the reasonable assurance level is not suitable for actual conditions. On the other hand, even at
the limited assurance level, the data on GHG sources, which can have significantly shares ofemissions, shall be verified carefully.

Chapter 2. CFP system certification
Section 1. CFP system audit<Application for CFP system certification>
Article 5
A business that wishes to undergo a certification of a CFP system shall establish its CFP system
within the organization, and shall submit an application for a CFP system certification to the CFP
system certification body.
<Audit by the CFP system certification body>
Article 6
The CFP system certification body shall conduct an audit of the CFP system internally establishedby the organization, and shall decide the audit result, based on the requirements prescribed by theprogram operator.
<Confirmation by the review panel>
Article 7The review panel shall confirm the audit result made by the CFP system certification body.
<Notification of audit result>
Article 8
After confirmed the audit result by the review panel, the CFP system certification body shall notify
the audit result to the organization that made the application.

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Section 2. Handling after passed the CFP system audit<Release of name and relative information of the business whose CFP system has passed theCFP system audit>
Article 9
The name and relative information of the business whose CFP system has passed the CFPsystem audit shall be released on the CFP website.
<Validity period of CFP system certification>
Article 10
The validity period of the CFP system certification shall be 3 years. If the business wishes tocontinue its certification, it can make an application for renewal to the CFP system certification
body.
<Surveillance>
Article 11
The CFP system certification body shall conduct surveillance to confirm the validity of the certified
CFP system.
<Revocation of certification>
Article 12
In the event that any violation by a business is found, the secretariat of the CFP Program and theCFP system certification body can revoke the certification granted to the business.

Supplementary provisionThis document shall come into effect on July 2, 2012.

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