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 IS Rating v2.1, Australian Government ESP Policy and EnviroDevelopment v4. Clear selection
Concrete Sustainability Council
Where it earns points or counts, rating tool by rating tool. About Concrete Sustainability Council
Credit names, credential names and conditions are in each rating tool's or policy's own words, shown where its publisher's terms allow.
IS Rating v2.1Rating tool
Rso-7(credit title not shown under Infrastructure Sustainability Council's terms)
- Status
- Klar Cite hasn't checked this yet
- Named as
- Concrete Sustainability Council
- Edition named
- Not stated by the tool
- Source
- IS Rating v2.1 · Rso-7 · p. 54
Not named by: Australian Government ESP Policy, EnviroDevelopment v4.
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.
Australian Government ESP PolicyProcurement policy
Evaluation guidance – Products, Table 1 (row 'Declare')
- Status
- Accepted with conditions
- Named as
- Declare
- Edition named
- Not stated by the tool
- On what basis
- listed as an example in Table 1
- Products
- FFE
- Scope
- Table 1 gives examples and is not exhaustive. Focus area printed: Environment.
- Conditions
- FFE products only
- Source
- Australian Government ESP Policy · p. 9
Not named by: IS Rating v2.1, EnviroDevelopment v4.
International EPD System
Where it earns points or counts, rating tool by rating tool. About International EPD System
Credit names, credential names and conditions are in each rating tool's or policy's own words, shown where its publisher's terms allow.
IS Rating v2.1Rating tool
Counts towards Rso-7
International EPD System
- Status
- Accepted as an ISO 14025 Type III EPD programme (own statement)
- Edition named
- Not stated by the tool
- Level
- 0.75 · Sustainability Factor (SF)
- On what basis
- Multiplier on the dollar value of products with the EPD, counted towards the share of total materials value (sliding scale to Level 3)
- Products
- materials and products (any category)
- Scope
- Not shown under Infrastructure Sustainability Council's terms
- The rule
- Not shown under Infrastructure Sustainability Council's terms
- Source
- IS Rating v2.1 · Rso-7 · p. 53, 54, 56, 57, 59
International EPD System
- Status
- Accepted as an ISO 14025 Type III EPD programme (own statement)
- Edition named
- Not stated by the tool
- Level
- 0.50 · Sustainability Factor (SF)
- On what basis
- Multiplier on the dollar value of products with the EPD, counted towards the share of total materials value (sliding scale to Level 3)
- Products
- materials and products (any category)
- Scope
- Not shown under Infrastructure Sustainability Council's terms
- The rule
- Not shown under Infrastructure Sustainability Council's terms
- Source
- IS Rating v2.1 · Rso-7 · p. 53, 54, 56, 57, 59
Australian Government ESP PolicyProcurement policy
SESP Template – Products, 'Products have a lower environmental footprint'; Evaluation guidance – Products, 'Evidence of product sustainability'
- Status
- Accepted as an ISO 14025 Type III EPD programme (own statement)
- Named as
- International EPD System
- Edition named
- Not stated by the tool
- Products
- FFE, ICT Goods, Textiles
- Scope
- The rule is on the EPD; class membership is on the programme.
- The rule
- EPD “verified” (the ESP Policy’s word) by a third party
- EPD to ISO 14025
- Source
- Australian Government ESP Policy · SESP Template (unpaginated); Evaluation guidance p. 5, 6
EnviroDevelopment v4Rating tool
Materials 4.2.5(b), (e), (f) Structure: EPD to EN15804 options for non-structural steel, structural timber and bricks. All ten typology sections.
- Status
- Accepted as a kind of credential
- Named as
- International EPD System
- Edition named
- Not stated by the tool
- Products
- non-structural steel; structural timber; bricks
- The rule
- Not recorded
- Source
- EnviroDevelopment v4 · p. 28, 62, 100, 134, 166, 196, 223, 250, 278, 307
Materials 4.2.9 Alternative compliance (4.2.8 in Commercial). All ten typology sections.
- Status
- Accepted as a kind of credential
- Named as
- International EPD System
- Edition named
- Not stated by the tool
- Products
- procured materials (any)
- The rule
- Not recorded
- Source
- EnviroDevelopment v4 · p. 29, 63, 101, 135, 167, 197, 224, 251, 279, 308