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Make good faith effort towards materials optimization
Cradle to Cradle Certified·clause 8 CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AND OPTIMIZATION·p.94
The requirement
Product Standard clause 8 CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AND OPTIMIZATION — words not shown. Read it at the source. The publisher reserves the right to its wording and sells access to it. The clause is held and cited here, and its words are read at the source.
The clause is held and verified. Only its words are withheld.
What the product must meet
- Applies to
- Basic level of certification and above (Basic, Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum)
How it is proven
- Evidence required
- The original action plan or strategy and a report on the progress against each individual action item are required.
- Who checks it
- Applicant declares — a signed statement from the applicant
How Klar Cite classifies it
Klar Cite’s reading of the clause, not the scheme’s own claim.
- What it asks
- Have in place — a plan, procedure or system the applicant must operate
- Standing
- Required — must be met for the credential
- Impact area
- Human Health — the CMF area the clause addresses
Cite this clause
Cradle to Cradle Certified · Product Standard · version v3.1 · clause 8 CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AND OPTIMIZATION · page 94 · build 2026-10-05-0439 · https://klarcite.com/r/0c8bdddc6a6bb9d0
Record details
Page 94 of the file (printed page 86), 8 CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AND OPTIMIZATION. Read in build 2026-10-05-0439, harvested 2026-10-05.
uid 0c8bdddc6a6bb9d0 · document 8e7328bba260bd04 · fidelity verbatim · published 2020-03