Ratings & Policy
Find where a product credential earns points or counts, and what each rating tool or policy accepts.
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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1 credential, in NABERS Embodied Carbon v2.1 (pilot), Homestar v4.1, superseded and EnviroDevelopment v4. Clear selection
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.
NABERS Embodied Carbon v2.1 (pilot)Rating tool
10.4.1; 10.4.4 (default emission factor); 14.8.2
- Status
- Accepted with conditions
- Named as
- FSC
- Edition named
- Not stated by the tool
- Products
- Timber and paper materials
- Scope
- Stored biogenic carbon in the Carbon Removal Indicator only; not repurposed materials; non-timber biomass is referred to the National Administrator (10.5)
- Conditions
- timber or paper material only
- retain FSC certification details including licence number
- where an EPD states the certified share, at least 95 % is acceptable
- with a default emission factor, select 'sustainable forest certified' in the input form
- Source
- NABERS Embodied Carbon v2.1 (pilot) · p. 68, 72, 94
Homestar v4.1, supersededRating tool
MAT-1 Table 21 Forest Stewardship Council (FSC); list columns EWP & Timber and Flooring / Product Sustainability
- Status
- Accepted with conditions
- Named as
- FSC
- Edition named
- Not stated by the tool
- Level
- 2 · MAT-1 points per material category
- On what basis
- Not shown under New Zealand Green Building Council's terms
- Products
- Engineered wood products and timber; flooring
- Scope
- List shows 'FSC Certified' only in the EWP & Timber and Flooring columns
- Conditions
- FSC Mix, FSC 100% or FSC Recycled
- certificate for the final product
- Source
- Homestar v4.1, superseded · MAT-1 · MAT p. 4; List p. 1
EnviroDevelopment v4Rating tool
Materials 4.2.5(e) Structure: structural timber. Lettered 4.2.5(d) in Residential Subdivision. All ten typology sections.
- Status
- Accepted with conditions
- Named as
- FSC
- Edition named
- Not stated by the tool
- Level
- certified
- On what basis
- certified to FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) standard
- Products
- structural timber
- Scope
- Built form structure option. It is an alternative to PEFC/AFS or an EPD to EN15804.
- Conditions
- product is structural timber
- Source
- EnviroDevelopment v4 · p. 28, 62, 100, 134, 166, 196, 223, 250, 278, 307
Materials 4.2.6(a) Envelope / linings: timber window frames. All ten typology sections.
- Status
- Accepted with conditions
- Named as
- FSC
- Edition named
- Not stated by the tool
- Level
- accredited/endorsed
- Products
- timber window frames
- Scope
- Building envelope option.
- Conditions
- product is timber window frames
- Source
- EnviroDevelopment v4 · p. 29, 63, 101, 134, 166, 197, 223, 250, 278, 307
Materials 4.2.8(c) Furniture, fixtures, equipment and finishes: joinery. Lettered 4.2.8(f) in Mixed Use. All ten typology sections.
- Status
- Accepted with conditions
- Named as
- FSC
- Edition named
- Not stated by the tool
- Level
- certified/endorsed
- Products
- joinery
- Scope
- Furniture, fixtures, equipment and finishes option.
- Conditions
- product is joinery
- Source
- EnviroDevelopment v4 · p. 29, 63, 101, 134, 167, 197, 223, 250, 278, 307