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2 credentials, in Homestar v5 and BREEAM International NC v6.0, superseded.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.
Homestar v5Rating tool
EN2 Embodied Carbon, Carbon Footprint Data and Bespoke carbon footprint calculation
- Status
- Accepted with conditions
- Named as
- EPD
- Edition named
- Not stated by the tool
- On what basis
- source data for the whole-of-life embodied carbon calculation
- Products
- All materials in the EN2 assessment scope
- Scope
- EN2 awards points for the LCA and A1-A5 results, not for holding an EPD.
- Conditions
- datasets in line with EN 15804
- geographically relevant where possible
- used as source data in a bespoke calculation by or peer reviewed by a competent LCA practitioner
- Source
- Homestar v5 · EN2 · EN2 p. 1, 3, 4
EN3 Sustainable Materials, means of compliance 'EPD: Environmental Product Declaration', product-specific EPD; Additional Guidance on EPDs
- Status
- Accepted with conditions
- Named as
- EPD
- 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
- Conditions
- Not shown under New Zealand Green Building Council's terms
- Source
- Homestar v5 · EN3 · EN3 p. 10, 12
EN3 Sustainable Materials, means of compliance 'EPD', industry-wide EPD; Additional Guidance on EPDs
- Status
- Accepted with conditions
- Named as
- EPD
- 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
- Conditions
- Not shown under New Zealand Green Building Council's terms
- Source
- Homestar v5 · EN3 · EN3 p. 10, 12
BREEAM International NC v6.0, supersededRating tool
Mat 01 Life cycle impacts, criterion 5 (One credit - Environmental product declarations); CN3.2; Relevant definitions
- Status
- Accepted with conditions
- Named as
- EPD
- Edition named
- Not stated by the tool
- On what basis
- per product covered by an EPD that BREEAM calls “verified”
- Products
- construction products, classified by Mat 03 Table 46 material categories
- Scope
- Not shown under BRE Global Ltd's terms
- Conditions
- Not shown under BRE Global Ltd's terms
- Source
- BREEAM International NC v6.0, superseded · Mat 01 · p. 277, 278, 279
Mat 01 Life cycle impacts, exemplary level criterion 7; CN3.2
- Status
- Accepted with conditions
- Named as
- EPD
- Edition named
- Not stated by the tool
- On what basis
- per product covered by a manufacturer specific EPD that BREEAM calls “verified”
- Products
- construction products, classified by Mat 03 Table 46 material categories
- Scope
- Not shown under BRE Global Ltd's terms
- Conditions
- Not shown under BRE Global Ltd's terms
- Source
- BREEAM International NC v6.0, superseded · Mat 01 · p. 277, 278
Sustainable Forestry Initiative
Where it earns points or counts, rating tool by rating tool. About Sustainable Forestry Initiative
Credit names, credential names and conditions are in each rating tool's or policy's own words, shown where its publisher's terms allow.
BREEAM International NC v6.0, supersededRating tool
Counts towards Mat 03 criterion 5 (Step 1.3); GN18 Table 1
'SFI Certified Chain of Custody, Promoting Sustainable Forestry'
- Status
- Accepted with conditions
- Edition named
- Not stated by the tool
- Level
- 6 · RSCS summary score level (scale 1 to 10)
- On what basis
- per construction product, entered in the BREEAM International Mat 03 tool
- Products
- timber and timber-based products
- Scope
- In-scope products above the cut-off volume. Broken chain rules apply (CN3.4).
- Conditions
- Not shown under BRE Global Ltd's terms
- Source
- BREEAM International NC v6.0, superseded · Mat 03 · p. 285, 293 (manual); 2, 3 (GN18)
'SFI Certified Chain of Custody, Promoting Sustainable Forestry'
- Status
- Accepted with conditions
- Edition named
- Not stated by the tool
- Level
- 5 · RSCS summary score level (scale 1 to 10)
- On what basis
- per construction product, entered in the BREEAM International Mat 03 tool
- Products
- timber and timber-based products
- Scope
- In-scope products above the cut-off volume. Broken chain rules apply (CN3.4).
- Conditions
- Not shown under BRE Global Ltd's terms
- Source
- BREEAM International NC v6.0, superseded · Mat 03 · p. 285, 293 (manual); 2, 3 (GN18)
Not named by: Homestar v5.