Achieving Net Zero: How Standards Can Help

by Chad Kymal,John Shideler published on August 29, 2025

This webinar recording provides actionable guidance for organizations seeking to reduce climate risks and progress toward net zero greenhouse gas emissions. Drawing on the upcoming ISO 14060 standard on Net Zero Aligned Organizations, the published ISO 14068-1 standard on Carbon Neutrality, and the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi), the session offers a clear framework for integrating these approaches into a cohesive decarbonization strategy.

For organizations already aligned with SBTi, the discussion explains how ISO 14060 can complement existing commitments—highlighting both the advantages and potential challenges of combining the two frameworks.

Led by Chad Kymal, CTO of Omnex, and John Shideler, Managing Director of OmnexFuturepast and lead ISO expert for the 14060 series, this session delivers expert insights grounded in extensive standards development experience and practical implementation know-how.

Speaker

John Shideler

John Shideler – Managing Director • Omnex S3 Futurepast Inc. John Shideler is an environmental consultant with 26 years of experience who specializes in greenhouse gas management. He has extensive expertise in environmental, health, and safety management systems across diverse sectors, including oil, gas, coal, manufacturing, mining, metals, and transportation. Shideler serves as a US expert on ISO Technical Committee 207 SubTag 7 on Greenhouse Gas Management. He holds certifications in greenhouse gas management validation and verification and currently is helping to write ISO 14019, Validation and verification of sustainability statements. Shideler is based in Arlington, Virginia, and consults with clients worldwide.

Chad Kymal

Chad Kymal is the CTO and Founder of Omnex Inc. He is the author of seven books and more than 100 papers including several on integrated management systems. Chad is currently on the writing committees for several standards including TC 22/ SC 32/WG 8 for ISO 26262 (Functional Safety), ISO/TC 176 for ISO 9001:2015 (Quality Management), ISO/TC 207 for ISO 14001:2015 (Environmental Management), and PC283 for ISO 45001 (Health and Safety Management Systems). He founded and was the CEO of an Automotive registrar for over 10 years and is familiar with conducting audits, being witnessed for audits, and also evaluating auditors and assessors. He authored and teaches a course for 3rd Party Auditors for Automotive Registrars on behalf of International Automotive Certification Bodies Association (IACBA). This course explains how 3rd Party Auditors audit IATF 16949 in an environment that includes ASPICE, Functional Safety and Product Cybersecurity. He is currently rolling out the course to global 3rd Party Auditors for IATF 16949. Chad has spent over 20 years in system, hardware and software development in various capacities. He assesses and works in automotive system, hardware and software for Agile, ASPICE, and Functional Safety ISO 26262. Chad is also currently an intacsTM certified Principal Assessor for Automotive SPICE.