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Reporting & Independent Verification
M&V plan, annual reports, independent third-party review for credibility.
10 min read · Jacob Willis, Net Zero Lead · Last reviewed July 2026
The final stage of M&V turns analysis into credibility: documenting the method, reporting the savings clearly, and where the stakes are high, having the work independently verified.
In this lesson
- 01The M&V plan: agree it first
- 02Reporting savings
- 03Independent verification
- 04Verification in performance contracts
- 05Connecting to the wider picture
- 06The value of doing it well
- 07Sources and further reading