# ISO 14065 ## ISO 14065 [ISO 14065:2020](https://www.iso.org/standard/74257.html) builds on the ISO/IEC 17029 standard by specifying additional principles and requirements for bodies that validate and verify environmental information. While ISO/IEC 17029 provides the overarching governance framework for any validation and verification body regardless of sector, ISO 14065 applies and supplements it with sector-specific requirements applicable to environmental information, including greenhouse gas statements, carbon footprints, and other sustainability-related data. ISO 14065 requires validation and verification bodies (VVBs) to have a procedure in place for managing the competence of their personnel. It is the VVB's responsibility to ensure that every team it appoints to an engagement has the knowledge and skills necessary to carry out the work effectively. ### Key Principles of ISO 14065 The requirements of ISO 14065 span the full lifecycle of a validation or verification body's operations, including: * General requirements cover the VVB's legal status, its responsibility for the opinions it issues, management of impartiality, and liability. * Structural requirements address how the body must be organised and how operational control is maintained. * Resource requirements set out expectations for personnel competence, the use of technical experts and subcontractors, and the processes for managing and evidencing competence over time. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://documentation.carbonregistry.com/documentation/icr-program/fundamentals/iso/iso-14065.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.