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
2 credentials, in Homestar v4.1, superseded.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.
Global GreenTag
Where it earns points or counts, rating tool by rating tool. About Global GreenTag
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 Approved eco-labels, Level A; list columns Applied Coatings, Interior Plasterboard and Fibre Cement Linings, EWP & Timber, Insulation (Product Sustainability)
- Status
- Accepted with conditions
- Named as
- Global GreenTag
- Edition named
- GreenRate v4.0
- Level
- GreenRate v4.0 Level A · Homestar eco-label recognition level
- On what basis
- Level A Eco-label 2 points per material category
- Products
- Applied coatings; interior plasterboard and fibre cement linings; engineered wood products and timber; insulation
- Scope
- No GreenRate entry for concrete; flooring is recorded separately
- Conditions
- GreenRate v4.0 Level A
- certificate for the final product
- Source
- Homestar v4.1, superseded · MAT-1 · List p. 1; MAT p. 4
MAT-1 Approved eco-labels, Level B; same four columns
- Status
- Accepted with conditions
- Named as
- Global GreenTag
- Edition named
- GreenRate v4.0
- Level
- GreenRate v4.0 Level B · Homestar eco-label recognition level
- On what basis
- Level B Eco-label 1.5 points per material category
- Products
- Applied coatings; interior plasterboard and fibre cement linings; engineered wood products and timber; insulation
- Conditions
- GreenRate v4.0 Level B
- certificate for the final product
- Source
- Homestar v4.1, superseded · MAT-1 · List p. 1; MAT p. 4
MAT-1 Approved eco-labels, Level C; same four columns
- Status
- Accepted with conditions
- Named as
- Global GreenTag
- Edition named
- GreenRate v4.0
- Level
- GreenRate v4.0 Level C · Homestar eco-label recognition level
- On what basis
- Level C Eco-label 1 points per material category
- Products
- Applied coatings; interior plasterboard and fibre cement linings; engineered wood products and timber; insulation
- Conditions
- GreenRate v4.0 Level C
- certificate for the final product
- Source
- Homestar v4.1, superseded · MAT-1 · List p. 1; MAT p. 4
MAT-1 Approved eco-labels; list column Flooring / Product Sustainability (MAT-1 / EN3)
- Status
- Accepted with conditions
- Named as
- Global GreenTag
- Edition named
- GreenRate v4.0
- Level
- GreenRate v4.0 Level A; GreenRate v4.0 Level B · Homestar eco-label recognition level
- Products
- Floor coverings
- Conditions
- GreenRate v4.0 Level A or B
- certificate for the final product
- Reads two ways
- SC-002: the tool reads two ways (p. List p. 1 and p. List p. 1); this row follows p. List p. 1
- How sure
- Klar Cite’s reading is uncertain here; check the tool’s page (p. List p. 1; MAT p. 4).
- Source
- Homestar v4.1, superseded · MAT-1 · List p. 1; MAT p. 4
MAT-1 Approved eco-labels; list column Flooring / Product Sustainability (MAT-1 / EN3)
- Status
- Accepted with conditions
- Named as
- Global GreenTag
- Edition named
- GreenRate v4.0
- Level
- GreenRate v4.0 Level C · Homestar eco-label recognition level
- Products
- Floor coverings
- Conditions
- GreenRate v4.0 Level C
- certificate for the final product
- How sure
- Klar Cite’s reading is uncertain here; check the tool’s page (p. List p. 1; MAT p. 4).
- Source
- Homestar v4.1, superseded · MAT-1 · List p. 1; MAT p. 4
MAT-1 Approved eco-labels; list column Steel / Product Sustainability, Level A row
- Status
- Accepted with conditions
- Named as
- Global GreenTag
- Edition named
- Not stated by the tool
- Level
- Diamond Roofing GreenTag Certification · Homestar eco-label recognition level
- On what basis
- Level A Recognition row; Level A Eco-label 2 points
- Products
- Steel
- Scope
- Only the named Diamond Roofing certification; no Level B or C entry for steel
- Conditions
- Diamond Roofing GreenTag Certification only
- certificate for the final product
- Source
- Homestar v4.1, superseded · MAT-1 · List p. 1; MAT p. 4
MAT-2 (1) applied coatings, (2) adhesives and sealants, (4) engineered wood; Indoor Pollutant columns
- Status
- Accepted with conditions
- Named as
- Global GreenTag
- Edition named
- GreenRate v4.0
- On what basis
- MAT-2 awards 1 point per criteria area where 50% of products “meet” (Homestar’s word) recognised VOC limits; the recognition level does not change MAT-2 points; listed as GreenRate v4.0 Level A; GreenRate v4.0 Level B; GreenRate v4.0 Level C
- Products
- Adhesives and sealants; applied coatings; engineered wood
- Conditions
- GreenRate v4.0 Level A, B or C
- VOC/formaldehyde criteria only
- certificate for the final product
- Source
- Homestar v4.1, superseded · MAT-2 · List p. 1; MAT p. 10-11
MAT-2 (3) floor coverings; list column Flooring / Indoor Pollutant (VOC)
- Status
- Accepted with conditions
- Named as
- Global GreenTag
- Edition named
- GreenRate v4.0
- On what basis
- Not shown under New Zealand Green Building Council's terms
- Products
- Floor coverings
- Scope
- Level C excludes carpets
- Conditions
- usable for VOC or formaldehyde criteria only
- GreenRate v4.0 Level A or B
- Level C not for carpets
- certificate for the final product
- Source
- Homestar v4.1, superseded · MAT-2 · List p. 1; MAT p. 10-11