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CBAM verification readiness check
As a manufacturer, is your data package ready for CBAM emissions verification? Answer ten questions and see your readiness score and the gaps to close before verification. We ask for no confidential production data — your answers never leave your device.
This is a preliminary self-assessment — not a verification, certification or legal determination.
1. Is the installation / production site clearly identified?
Verification happens at installation level: address, boundaries and production processes must be defined.
2. Are the CBAM-covered CN codes / products identified?
Which products are in scope and which aggregated goods category they fall under.
3. Is the production route identified?
E.g. BF-BOF or scrap-EAF for steel? The route determines the benchmark and the calculation approach.
4. Is production quantity data available for the reporting period?
Tonnes per product — from verifiable records (ERP, production reports).
5. Is fuel consumption data available?
Natural gas, coal, diesel etc. — with invoices or meter records.
6. Is electricity consumption data available?
Meter/invoice based; process-level split where available.
7. Are the relevant precursor materials identified?
E.g. clinker, pig iron, crude steel, ammonia — the precursors in your product’s chain.
8. Is precursor emissions data available (where applicable)?
Supplier-provided embedded emissions data, or a documented default-value decision.
9. Is the allocation methodology defined and documented?
With multiple products/processes, how emissions are attributed to products must be written down.
10. Is monitoring / calculation documentation available?
Monitoring methodology document, calculation files, data flow chart — the first set a verifier asks for.
What is this check based on?
The questions follow what a CBAM emissions verification actually examines: installation and scope identification, production route, activity data (production, fuels, electricity), precursor materials, allocation methodology and monitoring documentation. The score is simple and transparent: Yes = 1, Partly = 0.5, No = 0; questions marked "Not applicable" are excluded. The result is informational.