Ratings & Policy
Find where a product credential earns points or counts, and what each rating tool or policy accepts.
Pick any rating tools or policies and any credentials. The results narrow to what you pick.
Australia and New Zealand
Which credential?
- Aluminium Stewardship Initiative
- BEP PVC
- BES 6001
- Blue Angel
- CARES Sustainable Constructional Steel
- Carpet Institute
- Climate Active
- Concrete Sustainability Council
- Cradle to Cradle Certified
- Declare
- Eco Choice Aotearoa
- EMICODE
- EPD
- EPD Australasia
- EU Ecolabel
- FSC
- GECA
- Global GreenTag
- Global Organic Textile Standard
- Global Responsible Textile Standard
- Green Seal
- Health Product Declaration
- International EPD System
- Living Product Challenge
- Nordic Swan
- PEFC
- Product Carbon Footprint
- Responsible Steel
- Responsible Wood
- SCS Standards
- Steel Sustainability Australia
- Sustainable Forestry Initiative
- UL GREENGUARD
- AFRDI Green Tick
- CDPH Standard Method
- CEN
- ISO
- LEVEL
- NaturePlus (GreenCollar)
- PACT
3 credentials, in every rating tool and policy. Clear selection
AFRDI Green Tick
Where it earns points or counts, rating tool by rating tool. About AFRDI Green Tick
Credit names, credential names and conditions are in each rating tool's or policy's own words, shown where its publisher's terms allow.
No rating tool or policy in Klar Cite names AFRDI Green Tick. That is not a statement that none accepts it.
LEVEL
Where it earns points or counts, rating tool by rating tool. About LEVEL
Credit names, credential names and conditions are in each rating tool's or policy's own words, shown where its publisher's terms allow.
No rating tool or policy in Klar Cite names LEVEL. That is not a statement that none accepts it.
SCS Standards
Where it earns points or counts, rating tool by rating tool. About SCS Standards
Credit names, credential names and conditions are in each rating tool's or policy's own words, shown where its publisher's terms allow.
Homestar v5Rating tool
HC7 Healthy Materials, methods (2) floor coverings and (3) engineered wood; Recognised list, Indoor Air Quality Schemes row 'SCS Indoor Avantage Gold'
- Status
- Accepted with conditions
- Named as
- SCS Standards
- Edition named
- Not stated by the tool
- Level
- Gold · SCS Indoor Advantage certification level
- On what basis
- product within the VOC limits set by the recognised IAQ scheme
- Products
- Engineered Wood Products (VOC/Formaldehyde); Flooring (VOC)
- Scope
- Dots only in the EWP and Flooring MAT-2/HC7 columns. No dot for adhesives, coatings or any EN3 column.
- Conditions
- Indoor Advantage Gold level
- usable for VOC or formaldehyde criteria only
- certificate must be for the final product; a component certificate needs a Technical Question
- Source
- Homestar v5 · HC7 · List p. 1; HC7 p. 1, 2
Homestar v4.1, supersededRating tool
MAT-1 Sustainable Materials (Product Sustainability columns)
- Status
- Excluded by the tool under this credit
- Named as
- SCS Standards
- Edition named
- Not stated by the tool
- Products
- All MAT-1 categories
- Scope
- Applies to SCS Indoor Advantage Gold; other SCS programmes not mentioned
- Source
- Homestar v4.1, superseded · MAT-1 · List p. 1
MAT-2 (3) floor coverings and (4) engineered wood via Indoor Air Quality Schemes
- Status
- Accepted with conditions
- Named as
- SCS Standards
- Edition named
- Not stated by the tool
- Level
- SCS Indoor Avantage Gold · SCS Indoor Advantage tier
- On what basis
- Recognised Indoor Air Quality Scheme; MAT-2 awards 1 point per criteria area where 50% of products “comply” (Homestar’s word)
- Products
- Engineered wood; floor coverings
- Scope
- Not marked for adhesives, sealants or applied coatings
- Conditions
- Indoor Advantage Gold
- VOC or formaldehyde criteria only
- engineered wood and floor coverings only
- certificate for the final product
- Source
- Homestar v4.1, superseded · MAT-2 · List p. 1; MAT p. 10-11
EarthCheck BPDS v5Rating tool
30 Sustainable Materials Selection and Arrangement, 30.1 Green rating/eco-label schemes
- Status
- Accepted as an owner ruling
- Named as
- SCS Standards
- Edition named
- Not stated by the tool
- Level
- 4 · credits (maximum for 30.1; 1 credit per 2 qualifying material categories)
- Products
- Material categories listed in the 30.1 guidance
- Scope
- Counts only for the listed material categories.
- The rule
- Not shown under EarthCheck Pty Ltd's terms
- How sure
- Klar Cite’s reading is uncertain here; check the tool’s page (p. 75).
- Source
- EarthCheck BPDS v5 · p. 75
LEED v5 BD+CRating tool
MRc4 · Ecosystem Health(credit title not shown under U.S. Green Building Council, Inc.'s terms)
- Status
- Accepted with conditions
- Named as
- SCS Standards
- Edition named
- Not stated by the tool
- Level
- Not shown under U.S. Green Building Council, Inc.'s terms
- Products
- wood products
- Conditions
- Not shown under U.S. Green Building Council, Inc.'s terms
- How sure
- Klar Cite’s reading is uncertain here; check the tool’s page (p. 13, 14, 15).
- Source
- LEED v5 BD+C · MRc4 · p. 13, 14, 15
LEED v5 ID+CRating tool
Ecosystem Health(credit title not shown under U.S. Green Building Council, Inc.'s terms)
- Status
- Accepted with conditions
- Named as
- SCS Standards
- Edition named
- Not stated by the tool
- Level
- Not shown under U.S. Green Building Council, Inc.'s terms
- Products
- wood products
- Scope
- Not shown under U.S. Green Building Council, Inc.'s terms
- Conditions
- Not shown under U.S. Green Building Council, Inc.'s terms
- Source
- LEED v5 ID+C · p. 5, 13, 14
Not named by: NABERS Embodied Carbon v2.1 (pilot), IS Rating v2.1, Australian Government ESP Policy, EnviroDevelopment v4, LEED v4.1 BD+C, LEED v4.1 ID+C, WELL v2, BREEAM International NC v7.1, BREEAM International NC v6.0, superseded.