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 IS Rating v2.1 and Homestar v5. Clear selection
EMICODE
Where it earns points or counts, rating tool by rating tool. About EMICODE
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 v5Rating tool
HC7 Healthy Materials, method (4) adhesives and sealants; Recognised list, Indoor Air Quality Schemes row
- Status
- Accepted with conditions
- Named as
- EMICODE
- Edition named
- Not stated by the tool
- On what basis
- product within the VOC limits set by the recognised IAQ scheme; a dot in the list's MAT-2/HC7 column, not a level
- Products
- Adhesives & Sealants (VOC)
- Scope
- Dot only in the Adhesives & Sealants MAT-2/HC7 column. Covers adhesives and sealants applied on site within the conditioned area.
- Conditions
- usable for VOC or formaldehyde criteria only
- certificate must be for the final product; a component certificate needs a Technical Question
- Source
- Homestar v5 · HC7 · List p. 1; HC7 p. 1, 2
Not named by: IS Rating v2.1.
EPD Australasia
Where it earns points or counts, rating tool by rating tool. About EPD Australasia
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
EPD Australasia
- 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
EPD Australasia
- 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
Homestar v5Rating tool
EN2 Embodied Carbon, Credit Criteria, definition of verified embodied carbon data
- Status
- Accepted with conditions
- Named as
- EPD Australasia
- Edition named
- Not stated by the tool
- Products
- not stated by the tool
- Scope
- Context is exemptions for individual assemblies at 6 and 7 Homestar where data that Homestar calls “verified” is not available.
- Conditions
- Not shown under New Zealand Green Building Council's terms
- How sure
- Klar Cite’s reading is uncertain here; check the tool’s page (p. EN2 p. 1).
- Source
- Homestar v5 · EN2 · EN2 p. 1
EN3 Sustainable Materials, EPD industry-wide; Additional Guidance on EPDs
- Status
- Accepted as an ISO 14025 Type III EPD programme (own statement)
- Named as
- EPD Australasia
- Edition named
- Not stated by the tool
- Level
- 0.75 point · points per material category
- On what basis
- industry-wide EPD format
- Products
- not stated by the tool
- The rule
- Not shown under New Zealand Green Building Council's terms
- Source
- Homestar v5 · EN3 · EN3 p. 10, 12
EN3 Sustainable Materials, EPD product-specific; Additional Guidance on EPDs
- Status
- Accepted as an ISO 14025 Type III EPD programme (own statement)
- Named as
- EPD Australasia
- Edition named
- Not stated by the tool
- Level
- 1.25 points · points per material category
- On what basis
- product-specific EPD format
- Products
- not stated by the tool
- The rule
- product-specific EPD that Homestar calls “third-party verified”
- independently audited
- cradle-to-gate scope as a minimum
- Source
- Homestar v5 · EN3 · EN3 p. 10, 12