As measurement-informed methane inventories become central to regulatory compliance and market access, operators face growing pressure to demonstrate that their data, systems, and workflows can withstand independent scrutiny. This talk presents a practical, operator-focused approach to assess the readiness of methane inventories for independent verification - identifying gaps in reporting, strengthening quality assurance and governance, and for formal verification or certification under leading global frameworks.

• Why readiness assessments matter: As regulatory and market expectations rise, operators need a proactive way to identify weaknesses in methane inventories before undergoing formal verification assessments, reducing risk, cost, and last-minute remediation.

• Assessing reporting against leading frameworks: The review evaluates measurement-informed inventories against measurement-informed reporting protocols such as EEMDL's reporting protocol for imports into the European Union, Veritas Pathways or the emerging measurement-informed monitoring and reporting standard being developed by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN).

• Testing traceability: The assessment examines an operator's conformance to requirements related to source category determination, selection and execution of source-level quantification methodologies, site-level measurement strategies, the reconciliation and discrepancy management process, uncertainty characterization, and quality control systems to determine the likelihood of achieving independent verification to reasonable assurance and identify high-risk sources or processes.

• Delivering actionable readiness insights: Findings are compiled into a structured summary with targeted recommendations, supported by optional workshops to align internal teams and define practical next steps toward credible reporting that will set teams up for a positive verification outcomes.