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2 credentials, in IS Rating v2.1 and Homestar v4.1, superseded. Clear selection
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.
IS Rating v2.1Rating tool
Rso-6(credit title not shown under Infrastructure Sustainability Council's terms)
- Status
- Outside this credit's scope
- Named as
- EPD
- Edition named
- Not stated by the tool
- Source
- IS Rating v2.1 · Rso-6 · p. 51
Rso-7(credit title not shown under Infrastructure Sustainability Council's terms)
- Status
- Accepted with conditions
- Named as
- EPD
- 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
- Conditions
- Not shown under Infrastructure Sustainability Council's terms
- Source
- IS Rating v2.1 · Rso-7 · p. 53, 54, 56, 57
Rso-7(credit title not shown under Infrastructure Sustainability Council's terms)
- Status
- Accepted with conditions
- Named as
- EPD
- 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
- Conditions
- Not shown under Infrastructure Sustainability Council's terms
- Source
- IS Rating v2.1 · Rso-7 · p. 53, 54, 56, 57
Homestar v4.1, supersededRating tool
MAT-1 Table 21 Environmental product Declaration; Additional Guidance: industry-wide EPD
- Status
- Accepted with conditions
- Named as
- EPD
- Edition named
- Not stated by the tool
- Level
- 1 · MAT-1 points per material category
- On what basis
- Industry wide EPD
- Products
- Any MAT-1 material category
- Conditions
- industry-wide EPD
- issued in conformance with ISO 14025 or EN15804
- independently audited
- cradle-to-gate scope at minimum
- manufacturer recognised as a participant in the EPD
- Source
- Homestar v4.1, superseded · MAT-1 · MAT p. 5, 7
MAT-1 Table 21 Environmental product Declaration; Additional Guidance: product-specific EPD
- Status
- Accepted with conditions
- Named as
- EPD
- Edition named
- Not stated by the tool
- Level
- 1.5 · MAT-1 points per material category
- On what basis
- Product Specific EPD
- Products
- Any MAT-1 material category
- Conditions
- product-specific EPD
- issued in conformance with ISO 14025 or EN15804
- independently audited
- cradle-to-gate scope at minimum
- Source
- Homestar v4.1, superseded · MAT-1 · MAT p. 5, 7
PEFC
Where it earns points or counts, rating tool by rating tool. About PEFC
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
- PEFC
- Edition named
- Not stated by the tool
- Source
- IS Rating v2.1 · Rso-7 · p. 54
Homestar v4.1, supersededRating tool
MAT-1 Table 21 Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification; list columns EWP & Timber and Flooring / Product Sustainability
- Status
- Accepted with conditions
- Named as
- PEFC
- Edition named
- Not stated by the tool
- Level
- 2 · MAT-1 points per material category
- On what basis
- material is PEFC certified
- Products
- Engineered wood products and timber; flooring
- Scope
- List shows 'PEFC Certified' only in the EWP & Timber and Flooring columns
- Conditions
- PEFC certified
- certificate for the final product
- Source
- Homestar v4.1, superseded · MAT-1 · MAT p. 4; List p. 1