Product Certifications
Trusted Product Certifications That Build Credibility
Customers are no longer satisfied with vague sustainability statements or unchecked claims. They expect clear, credible claims supported by transparent, comprehensive messaging. GreenCircle Certified’s product certifications give your brand a clear advantage through trusted, third-party verification.
CERTIFIED ENERGY SAVINGS:
Use Phase
Validates that a product will save a percentage of energy as compared to a to a standard product or competitive product; referred to as the baseline product
CERTIFIED WATER SAVINGS
Validates that a product will save a percentage of water as compared to a standard or competitive product in the product use phase.
CARBON FOOTPRINT REDUCTION
GreenCircle will certify your organization's claim for carbon footprint reduction based on a detailed analysis of your operations, energy consumption, energy efficiency improvements, renewable energy use, and greenhouse gas emissions.
CLOSED LOOP PRODUCT
Closed loop products have been designed utilizing life cycle thinking and intelligent environmental considerations for recycling at the end of life, typically into the same or equal quality product.
DEMATERIALIZATION
Dematerialization is delivering the same or comparable product with maximized resource effectiveness by reducing the mass or material types in the product or its packaging.
LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT OPTIMIZED
GreenCircle verifies and certifies claims that life cycle impacts of products were reduced as a result of implemented changes to the product based on previous LCA data.
PRODUCT OPTIMIZATION
GreenCircle will verify and certify claims that carbon (global warming potential) or life cycle impacts of products were reduced as a result of implemented changes to the product based on PCF or LCA data and implemented improvements.
RECYCLED CONTENT
Recycled content is comprised of pre-consumer and/or post-consumer material that is used as a raw material in the manufacturing of products.
RECYCLABLE MATERIAL
Recyclable metals are materials or whole products that can be diverted from landfill at the end of life through available recycling infrastructure, processes and programs.
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY PRACTICES
GreenCircle Certified’s Sustainable Energy Practices (SEP) certification is the first program of its kind to verify energy improvements at the product level.
It verifies and certifies claims that the product’s energy usage in the manufacturing stage was reduced or the renewable/carbon-free energy usage has increased as a result of implemented improvements.
CERTIFIED ENERGY SAVINGS:
Consumer Aided Behavior
Validates that a product will save a percentage of energy as compared to a standard or competitive product (the baseline product), with certification contingent on both product design and demonstrated adoption of consumer behaviors required to achieve savings.
HEALTH PRODUCT DECLARATION VERIFICATION
As an approved third-party verifier of HPDs by the Health Product Declaration Collaborative (HPDC), GreenCircle ensures that manufacturer’s HPDs were completed in accordance with the HPD Open Standard.
DECLARE LABEL VERIFICATION
GreenCircle is one of few verifiers of Declare labels approved by the International Living Futures Institute (ILFI). Declare verification provides manufacturers with the confidence that their Declare labels have been completed in accordance with the Declare Manufacturers guide through a review of ingredients, supply chain documentation, and label claims.
MANUFACTURER INVENTORY VERIFICATION
Manufacturer Inventories give manufacturers the freedom to develop a reporting document that aligns with mandatory regulatory chemical audit methodologies, while providing the same required information and verification rigor as other material ingredient reporting options.
Our Commitment
GreenCircle does not receive funding from any external affiliations or industry groups. Each client is charged a fee for service and certification is not guaranteed unless data requirements in the audit plan are met and analysis determines the claim can be certified.
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GreenCircle investigates complaints and appeals in compliance with its Appeals, Complaints and Disputes Procedure. In the case of complaints against the actions of an GreenCircle client, the complainant should first attempt to resolve the issue with that client prior to requesting that GreenCircle become involved. In the case of appeals, the appellant must lodge its appeal with GreenCircle against any adverse decision taken by GreenCircle within thirty (30) calendar days after notification of the decision.
GreenCircle will not compromise the integrity and impartiality of our third-party auditing of sustainability claims. We document the sustainability achievement of a client in accordance with the GreenCircle specific Audit Plan and Certification Procedure, based on a certification audit in accordance with the GreenCircle Certification Scheme.