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 Green Star Responsible Products 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.
Green Star Responsible ProductsRating tool
Counts towards Responsible Products Value
Flooring Installation, Adhesives and Building Materials
- Status
- Accepted
- Edition named
- Not stated by the tool
- Earns
- Responsible Products Value 5 · Responsible Standard Scoring Dashboard, 27 Oct 2026
- Source
- Green Star Responsible Products · Responsible Products Value
Parquet, Mineral Floors and Resilient Floor Coverings
- Status
- Accepted
- Edition named
- Not stated by the tool
- Earns
- Responsible Products Value 5 · Responsible Standard Scoring Dashboard, 27 Oct 2026
- Source
- Green Star Responsible Products · Responsible Products Value
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
FSC
Where it earns points or counts, rating tool by rating tool. About FSC
Credit names, credential names and conditions are in each rating tool's or policy's own words, shown where its publisher's terms allow.
Green Star Responsible ProductsRating tool
Counts towards Responsible Products Value
FSC
- Status
- Accepted
- Edition named
- FSC 100%
- Earns
- Responsible Products Value 13 · Responsible Standard Scoring Dashboard, 27 Oct 2026
- Source
- Green Star Responsible Products · Responsible Products Value
FSC Mix
- Status
- Accepted
- Edition named
- Not stated by the tool
- Earns
- Responsible Products Value 13 · Responsible Standard Scoring Dashboard, 27 Oct 2026
- Source
- Green Star Responsible Products · Responsible Products Value
Homestar v5Rating tool
EN2 Embodied Carbon, Assessment, Biogenic carbon
- Status
- Accepted with conditions
- Named as
- FSC
- Edition named
- Not stated by the tool
- On what basis
- biogenic carbon sequestration may be counted in the modules A-D lifecycle footprint
- Products
- Timber and engineered wood products
- Scope
- No sequestration in A1-A5 emissions used for points 2-6.
- Conditions
- the timber or engineered wood must have achieved EN3 points for FSC
- sequestration counts only in the overall A-D footprint, not in A1-A5
- evidence of responsible sourcing in the materials specification
- Source
- Homestar v5 · EN2 · EN2 p. 4
EN3 Sustainable Materials, means of compliance 'Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)'
- Status
- Accepted with conditions
- Named as
- FSC
- Edition named
- Not stated by the tool
- Level
- 1.5 · points per material category
- On what basis
- material category with at least 50% “compliant” (Homestar’s word) content
- Products
- Structural and framing timber, other solid timber, engineered wood, timber cladding, flooring
- Scope
- The list shows 'FSC Certified' in the EWP & Timber and Flooring EN3 columns only.
- Conditions
- FSC Mix, FSC 100% or FSC Recycled label
- certificate must be for the final product
- Source
- Homestar v5 · EN3 · EN3 p. 9; List p. 1