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
5 credentials, in Homestar v4.1, superseded. Clear selection
CDPH Standard Method
Where it earns points or counts, rating tool by rating tool. About CDPH Standard Method
Credit names, credential names and conditions are in each rating tool's or policy's own words, shown where its publisher's terms allow.
None of the rating tools or policies selected names CDPH Standard Method. That is not a statement that none accepts it.
Declare
Where it earns points or counts, rating tool by rating tool. About Declare
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 v4.1, supersededRating tool
MAT-1 Table 21 Declare
- Status
- Accepted
- Named as
- Declare
- Edition named
- Not stated by the tool
- Level
- 0.5 · MAT-1 points per material category
- On what basis
- Declare labelled products
- Products
- Any MAT-1 material category
- Source
- Homestar v4.1, superseded · MAT-1 · MAT p. 6
EPD
Where it earns points or counts, rating tool by rating tool. About EPD
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 v4.1, supersededRating tool
MAT-1 Table 21 Environmental product Declaration; Additional Guidance: industry-wide EPD
- Status
- Accepted with conditions
- Named as
- EPD
- Edition named
- Not stated by the tool
- Level
- 1 · MAT-1 points per material category
- On what basis
- Industry wide EPD
- Products
- Any MAT-1 material category
- Conditions
- industry-wide EPD
- issued in conformance with ISO 14025 or EN15804
- independently audited
- cradle-to-gate scope at minimum
- manufacturer recognised as a participant in the EPD
- Source
- Homestar v4.1, superseded · MAT-1 · MAT p. 5, 7
MAT-1 Table 21 Environmental product Declaration; Additional Guidance: product-specific EPD
- Status
- Accepted with conditions
- Named as
- EPD
- Edition named
- Not stated by the tool
- Level
- 1.5 · MAT-1 points per material category
- On what basis
- Product Specific EPD
- Products
- Any MAT-1 material category
- Conditions
- product-specific EPD
- issued in conformance with ISO 14025 or EN15804
- independently audited
- cradle-to-gate scope at minimum
- Source
- Homestar v4.1, superseded · MAT-1 · MAT p. 5, 7
PEFC
Where it earns points or counts, rating tool by rating tool. About PEFC
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 v4.1, supersededRating tool
MAT-1 Table 21 Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification; list columns EWP & Timber and Flooring / Product Sustainability
- Status
- Accepted with conditions
- Named as
- PEFC
- Edition named
- Not stated by the tool
- Level
- 2 · MAT-1 points per material category
- On what basis
- material is PEFC certified
- Products
- Engineered wood products and timber; flooring
- Scope
- List shows 'PEFC Certified' only in the EWP & Timber and Flooring columns
- Conditions
- PEFC certified
- certificate for the final product
- Source
- Homestar v4.1, superseded · MAT-1 · MAT p. 4; List p. 1
Product Carbon Footprint
Where it earns points or counts, rating tool by rating tool. About Product Carbon Footprint
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 v4.1, supersededRating tool
MAT-1 Table 21 CarboNZero product certification (1 point); CEMARS product certification (0.5 points)
- Status
- Accepted with conditions
- Named as
- Product Carbon Footprint
- Edition named
- PAS 2050:2011
- Level
- 1 (CarboNZero product certification); 0.5 (CEMARS product certification) · points (MAT-1 Sustainable Materials, per material category; max 2 per category)
- Products
- Any MAT-1 material category
- Conditions
- Only through CarboNZero product certification (1 point) or CEMARS product certification (0.5 points), each being independent verification and certification that the product's carbon footprint is calculated to PAS 2050:2011. CarboNZero also requires: measures to manage, reduce and mitigate the product's net GHG emissions to zero; a commitment to an emissions management and reduction plan; and offsetting of remaining unavoidable emissions with carbon credits that Homestar calls “verified”. CEMARS also requires: the product's lifecycle GHG emissions measured; and a commitment to manage and reduce them under an emissions management and reduction plan. Points apply only where at least 50% of the total material content of the category is reused, eco-preferred or responsibly sourced. Evidence: datasheets and/or the third-party verification scheme certificate.
- How sure
- Klar Cite’s reading is uncertain here; check the tool’s page (p. MAT p. 1, 3, 6-7).
- Source
- Homestar v4.1, superseded · MAT-1 · MAT p. 1, 3, 6-7