Ratings & Policy
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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
1 credential, in Australian Government ESP Policy, Homestar v4.1, superseded, WELL v2 and BREEAM International NC v6.0, superseded. Clear selection
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.
Australian Government ESP PolicyProcurement policy
SESP Template – Products, 'Products have a lower environmental footprint'; Evaluation guidance – Products, 'Evidence of product sustainability'
- Status
- Accepted as an ISO 14025 Type III EPD programme (own statement)
- Named as
- EPD Australasia
- Edition named
- Not stated by the tool
- Products
- FFE, ICT Goods, Textiles
- Scope
- The rule is on the EPD; class membership is on the programme.
- The rule
- EPD “verified” (the ESP Policy’s word) by a third party
- EPD to ISO 14025
- Source
- Australian Government ESP Policy · SESP Template (unpaginated); Evaluation guidance p. 5, 6
Homestar v4.1, supersededRating tool
MAT-1 Table 21 Environmental product Declaration; industry-wide EPD
- 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 · MAT-1 points per material category
- On what basis
- Industry wide EPD
- Products
- Any MAT-1 material category
- The rule
- industry-wide EPD
- 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- Homestar v4.1, superseded · MAT-1 · MAT p. 5, 7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; product-specific EPD
- Status
- Accepted as an ISO 14025 Type III EPD programme (own statement)
- Named as
- EPD Australasia
- Edition named
- Not stated by the tool
- Level
- 1.5 · MAT-1 points per material category
- On what basis
- Product Specific EPD
- Products
- Any MAT-1 material category
- The rule
- product-specific EPD
- independently audited
- cradle-to-gate scope at minimum
- Source
- Homestar v4.1, superseded · MAT-1 · MAT p. 5, 7
BREEAM International NC v6.0, supersededRating tool
Mat 01 Life cycle impacts, criterion 5; CN3.2; Relevant definitions
- Status
- Accepted as an ISO 14025 Type III EPD programme (own statement)
- Named as
- EPD Australasia
- 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
- Only two EPDs per classification group may be counted.
- The rule
- 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 as an ISO 14025 Type III EPD programme (own statement)
- Named as
- EPD Australasia
- 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
- Exemplary level only. Only two EPDs per classification group may be counted.
- The rule
- Not shown under BRE Global Ltd's terms
- Source
- BREEAM International NC v6.0, superseded · Mat 01 · p. 277, 278, 279
Not named by: WELL v2.