Documentation for Certification

The requirement

The publisher’s words are shown on request, below the limits.

The publisher’s words

How it is proven

Evidence required

i) a full declaration of substances down to 0.01% by weight for each homogenous material used in the final product (or further such more detailed requirements as may be required by sector specific or Supplementary Standards); ii) all required GreenTag Questionnaires and Declarations completed and including place of manufacture or assembly of each raw material or component; iii) All Applicants and/or suppliers to sign a declaration confirming that the Product does not contain any banned ingredients. iv) Safety Data Sheet (SDS) for all chemical components including constituent dyes, tints or inks; v) current certification for any ISO or other standards compliance claimed‐ including FSC, PEFC (or any member scheme), ISO 9001, 14001, 45001, other 14024 Type 1 Ecolabels, or 14025/21930/EN15804 Type 3 Environmental Performance Declarations vi) third party laboratory testing or other audits as required to demonstrate key product claims or to demonstrate compliance with specific product standards as per Appendix 2 ; vii) where emissions to water are involved in key manufacturing processes (e.g. wool scouring, water bath dying, leather tanning etc), effluent emissions testing showing compliance with Environment Protection Authority/Government Licence conditions or ANZEC or WHO Water Quality Guidelines; viii) compliance with relevant social and environmental legislative or other legal requirements including International Labour Organisation’s conventions; ix) indication of status regarding participation in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programs or Standards e.g. SA8000 or the Global Reporting Initiative’s (GRI) 'Sustainability Reporting Guidelines’; x) any other information deemed necessary by GreenTag to demonstrate compliance.

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

Disclose — information the applicant must provide

Standing

Required — must be met for the credential

Impact area

Human Health — the CMF area the clause addresses

Also bears on

Circular Economy, Social Health & Equity, Ecosystem Health — other CMF areas the clause addresses

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