Cradle to Cradle CertifiedTM
The Cradle to Cradle CertifiedTM Product Standard supports designers and producers through a continuous improvement procedure. This procedure consists of five quality categories – material health, material reutilization, renewable energy and carbon management, water stewardship and social fairness. A product gets a certain level for each category – Basic, Bronze, Silver, Gold or Platinum. The lowest level determines the overall score of the product.
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What makes a product sustainable?
Material health
Identify each material and chemical component of your product and optimize the impact of these materials on human health and the environment.
- Determine collectively with the C2C platform the complete composition of your product.
- Work together with your suppliers to list each material and chemical component.
- Internationally renowned specialists in human toxicity and ecology analysis such as Arche, EPEA or MBDC analyse these ingredients.
- Optimize, based on this knowledge, the composition of your product.
Material Reutilization
Design products based on materials that can live on in closed circuits.
- Maximize the percentage of renewable materials or recycled materials in a product.
- Maximize the percentage of materials that can be reused, recycled or composted safely at the end of the product life cycle.
- Optimize your product for a technical or biological cycle.
Renewable energies and CO2 emissions
Concentrate on a future in which all production is fuelled by 100% clean, renewable energy.
- Use renewable energy and offset carbon emissions during production.
Water Stewardship
Clean water is a precious resource and an essential human right.
- Manage your local impact on water through your industrial activities.
- Identify, evaluate and optimize all your industrial chemicals in the effluent of your production facility.
Social Fairness
Design production processes and operations that have a positive impact on all people and natural systems that are influenced by the creation, use, dismissal and reuse of your product.
- Evaluate social factors in your value chain using world-class systems and audits by third parties.
- Make a positive difference in the lives of employees and the local community.
Cradle to Cradle Criteria
Criteria are set for each level – Basic, Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum. The higher the level, the more severe the criteria. The lowest level obtained determines the overall score of the product.
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