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NovaTech Solutions, a mid-sized technology firm headquartered in Toronto, is preparing its first GHG inventory report according to ISO 14064-1:2018. The company\'s primary emissions sources are electricity consumption for its data centers and employee commuting. After initial calculations, NovaTech discovers a previously unquantified source: fugitive emissions of HFC-23 from its server cooling systems, totaling 0.3% of its overall carbon footprint based on CO2 equivalent. While seemingly insignificant numerically, HFC-23 is a potent greenhouse gas with a high global warming potential. Furthermore, NovaTech operates in a sector with increasing scrutiny on environmental performance and has publicly committed to aggressive emissions reduction targets. The company\'s potential investors are also increasingly concerned about the environmental impacts of their investments.\n\nConsidering the principles of materiality as defined in ISO 14064-1:2018, which of the following statements BEST reflects how NovaTech should approach the inclusion of these HFC-23 emissions in its GHG inventory report?
NovaTech should include the HFC-23 emissions in its GHG inventory report, even though they are numerically small, due to the high global warming potential of HFC-23, the increasing stakeholder scrutiny, and the company's public commitments to emissions reduction.
NovaTech can exclude the HFC-23 emissions from its GHG inventory report because they fall below a 5% materiality threshold, ensuring the report remains concise and focused on major emission sources.
NovaTech can exclude the HFC-23 emissions initially but should monitor them in subsequent reporting periods to determine if they become a material source in the future, following a continuous improvement approach.
NovaTech should only include the HFC-23 emissions if mandated by Canadian federal regulations, as regulatory compliance takes precedence over voluntary reporting standards like ISO 14064-1:2018.