LRQA’s responsibility is only to Hyundai Steel. LRQA disclaims any liability or responsibility to others as explained in the end footnote. The management of Hyundai Steel is responsible for preparing the report and for maintaining effective internal controls over all the data and information within the report. Ultimately, the report has been approved by, and remains the responsibility of Hyundai Steel.
LRQA’s assurance engagement has been carried out in accordance with our verification procedure using "Verification guideline for GHG emission trading system in Korea": Specification with guidance for verification of greenhouse gas assertions to reasonable level of assurance. The following tasks were undertaken as part of the evidence gathering process for this assurance engagement:
- Visiting sites and auditing management system to control the data and records regarding GHG emissions and energy uses
- Interviewing the relevant persons responsible for managing and maintaining data and associated records
- Reviewing the historical data and information back to source for the calendar year 2020.