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 Australian Government ESP Policy and LEED v5 BD+C. 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.
LEED v5 BD+CRating tool
MRc4(credit title not shown under U.S. Green Building Council, Inc.'s terms)
- Status
- Accepted with conditions
- Named as
- Concrete Sustainability Council
- Edition named
- Not stated by the tool
- Level
- Plant Bronze: 1
- Plant Silver: 2
- Plant Gold or Platinum: 3
- CO2 Module 1 Star: 1
- CO2 Module 2, 3 or 4 Stars: 2
- Draws on
- Climate Health, Ecosystem Health, Social Health & Equity
- On what basis
- the combined score Table 1 prints for the document; a product takes the highest score in each criteria area, and areas add up to at most 5; “+” and “up to” mean recycled or biobased content can add to it
- Products
- concrete
- 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 BD+C · MRc4 · p. 4
Not named by: Australian Government ESP Policy.
GECA
Where it earns points or counts, rating tool by rating tool. About GECA
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 'GECA (Good Environmental Choice Australia)')
- Status
- Accepted with conditions
- Named as
- GECA
- Edition named
- Not stated by the tool
- On what basis
- listed as an example in Table 1
- Products
- FFE, Textiles
- Scope
- Table 1 gives examples and is not exhaustive. Focus areas printed: Environment, Climate, Circularity.
- Conditions
- FFE or Textiles products only
- Source
- Australian Government ESP Policy · p. 10
Evaluation guidance – Products, Table 3, 'Goods contain recycled content/recycled materials are used'
- Status
- Accepted with conditions
- Named as
- GECA Recycled Products standard
- Edition named
- Not stated by the tool
- Level
- GECA Recycled Products standard · standard
- On what basis
- named as an ecolabel that certifies recycled content
- Products
- FFE, ICT Goods, Textiles (Table 3 covers ESP products)
- Scope
- Recycled content consideration only; given as an example ('e.g.').
- Conditions
- certification to the GECA Recycled Products standard
- used as evidence of recycled content
- Source
- Australian Government ESP Policy · p. 17
Not named by: LEED v5 BD+C.