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 Australian Government ESP Policy and WELL v2. Clear selection
Climate Active
Where it earns points or counts, rating tool by rating tool. About Climate Active
Credit names, credential names and conditions are in each rating tool's or policy's own words, shown where its publisher's terms allow.
Australian Government ESP PolicyProcurement policy
Evaluation guidance – Products, Table 1 (row 'Climate Active Carbon Neutral')
- Status
- Accepted with conditions
- Named as
- Carbon Neutral (printed as 'Climate Active Carbon Neutral')
- Edition named
- Not stated by the tool
- On what basis
- listed as an example in Table 1
- Products
- All
- Scope
- Table 1 gives examples and is not exhaustive. Focus area printed: Climate only.
- Conditions
- Climate Active Carbon Neutral certification
- certification held for the product
- Source
- Australian Government ESP Policy · p. 9
Not named by: WELL v2.
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.
Australian Government ESP PolicyProcurement policy
Evaluation guidance – Products, 'Evidence of product sustainability' and 'Environmental Product Declarations'; SESP Template – Products, 'Products have a lower environmental footprint'
- Status
- Accepted with conditions
- Named as
- EPD
- Edition named
- ISO 14025 (or EN 15804 for construction products)
- On what basis
- named way to verify; 'Gold standard verification includes third-party EPDs' (p. 5)
- Products
- FFE, ICT Goods, Textiles
- Scope
- The tool says EPDs do not show environmental preferability unless compared with other robust EPDs (p. 5).
- Conditions
- Not shown under Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Finance)'s terms
- Source
- Australian Government ESP Policy · p. 5, 6, 16, 17; SESP Template (unpaginated)
SESP Guidance for tender evaluation – Construction Services, 'Evidence'
- Status
- Accepted with conditions
- Named as
- EPD
- Edition named
- Not stated by the tool
- On what basis
- on the indicative list of evidence
- Products
- Construction materials
- Scope
- Indicative evidence list. Evaluators are told not all businesses can obtain EPDs.
- Conditions
- applicable to the region in which the procurement is delivered
- Source
- Australian Government ESP Policy · p. 5
Not named by: WELL v2.
Health Product Declaration
Where it earns points or counts, rating tool by rating tool. About Health Product Declaration
Credit names, credential names and conditions are in each rating tool's or policy's own words, shown where its publisher's terms allow.
WELL v2Rating tool
X07 Materials Transparency, Part 1 Select Products With Disclosed Ingredients
- Status
- Accepted with conditions
- Named as
- Health Product Declaration
- Edition named
- Not stated by the tool
- Products
- Permanently installed products, furniture, task and floor lamps
- Scope
- Project threshold: at least 25 distinct products.
- Conditions
- Not shown under International WELL Building Institute pbc's terms
- Source
- WELL v2 · X07 (materials/feature/7)
X07 Materials Transparency, Part 2 Select Products With Enhanced Ingredient Disclosure
- Status
- Accepted with conditions
- Named as
- Health Product Declaration
- Edition named
- Not stated by the tool
- Products
- Permanently installed products, furniture, task and floor lamps
- Scope
- Project threshold: at least 15 distinct products.
- Conditions
- Not shown under International WELL Building Institute pbc's terms
- Source
- WELL v2 · X07 (materials/feature/7)
X07 Materials Transparency, Part 3 Select Products With Third-Party Verified Ingredients
- Status
- Accepted with conditions
- Named as
- Health Product Declaration
- Edition named
- Not stated by the tool
- Products
- Permanently installed products, furniture, task and floor lamps
- Scope
- Project threshold: at least 15 distinct products.
- Conditions
- Not shown under International WELL Building Institute pbc's terms
- Source
- WELL v2 · X07 (materials/feature/7)
Not named by: Australian Government ESP Policy.