Administered by the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute, it is a multi-attribute certification that that assesses the safety, circularity and responsibility of materials and products across five categories of sustainability performance: Material Health, Product Circularity, Clean Air & Climate Protection, Water & Soil Stewardship, Social Fairness. C2C Certified has four levels of certification: Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum

Cradle to Cradle Certified® Version 3.0 or later (3.1, 4.0)

Administered by the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute, it is a contextual assessment based on chemical hazard identification and qualitative exposure considerations during a product’s final manufacture, use, and end-of-use. It assesses chemicals used in products across supply chains, verifies chemicals of concern, and is a building block in optimizing material health for products on the pathway to Cradle to Cradle certification. C2C Certified Material Health Certificate™ has four levels of certification: Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum.

Administered by the International Living Future Institute, it is a 'nutrition label' based on product ingredient inventory, sourcing and end of life options. Declare offers three Declaration Status: Declare, LBC Red List Approved and LBC Red List Free.

International Living Future Institute Declare label

3rd party verified Declare label

Administered by Association for Contract Textiles, it is a third-party verified certification developed to recognize contract textiles that conform to the rigors of the multi-attribute standard NSF/ANSI 336. A Facts sustainability rating indicates a textile has been evaluated for environmental, economic and social aspects across its life cycle, it has three levels of certification: Silver, Gold and Platinum.

Administered by the Health Product Declaration Collaborative, it is a format for reporting product contents and their relationship to particular potential human and environmental health impacts.

3rd party verified Health Product Declaration

Percentage by weight of product that must be assessed using GreenScreen Benchmark assessment

Administered by the Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association (BIFMA), it is a comprehensive, multi-attribute, third-party certification with a wide range of credits in four main categories: materials; energy and atmosphere; human and ecosystem health; and social responsibility. Level has three level of certification 1, 2, or 3 to indicate what threshold of the standard it has achieved.

Administered by the International Living Future Institute, it is a certification program and a framework for manufacturers to create products that are healthy and free of toxins, socially responsible and respect the rights of workers, and net positive and beneficial for both people and the environment. There are three pathways to certification: Imperative, Petal and Full Living Product Certification.

An inventory of the materials used in the manufacture of a product.

Manufacturer inventory

3rd party verified (3PV) Manufacturer Inventory

Percentage by weight of product that must be assessed using GreenScreen Benchmark assessment

Administered by Global GreenTag, it is a certification designed to assess chemical hazards and exposure risks associated with a product throughout Its life cycle. A Product Health Declaration (PhD) is available to manufacturers whose products are certified to Version 4.0 of the Global GreenTag Certification. It has four levels of certification: Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum.

Administered by UL Environment, it is a material health assessment that reports the human and environmental health impacts of products through hazards and potential exposure evaluation across four phases of the product life cycle: Supply chain/manufacturing, installation, use and end of use.

Administered by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), it is a regulation of the European Union, adopted to improve the protection of human health and the environment from the risks that can be posed by chemicals, while enhancing the competitiveness of the EU chemicals industry. It also promotes alternative methods for the hazard assessment of substances in order to reduce the number of tests on animals.