Providing third-party environmental and sustainability certification, auditing, testing, and standards development.

FSC Chain of Custody

• FSC-STD-40-004 V2-1 - FSC Chain of Custody Standard + Advice Notes and Product Types
• FSC-STD-50-001 V1-2 - FSC Requirements for Trademark Use
• FSC-POL-40-002 (2004) - FSC Group Certification Requirements
• FSC-STD-40-003 V1-0 - FSC Multi-site Certification Requirements
• FSC-STD-40-005 V2-1 - Standard for Company Evaluation of FSC Controlled Wood + Advice Notes
• FSC-STD-40-007 V2-0 - FSC Standard for Sourcing Reclaimed Material for Use in FSC Product and Projects
• FSC-STD-40-006 V1-0 - FSC Standard for Project Certification
• FSC-POL-20-005 V1-0 - FSC Annual Administration Fee (AAF) for Certificate Holders

PEFC Chain of Custody

• PEFC ST 2002-2010 V1-0 - PEFC Chain of Custody Requirements
• PEFC ST 2001-2008 V2-0 - PEFC Logo Usage Requirements

Timber Legality Verification

• SCS LegalHarvest Standard for the Assessment of Forests
• SCS LegalHarvest Verification Chain of Custody Standard
• SCS LegalHarvest Standard for Multi-site Assessment
• DRAFT SCS LegalHarvest Standard for Suriname (English)
• DRAFT SCS LegalHarvest Standard for Suriname (Dutch)

GHG Verification

• The Climate Registry
• Carbon Disclosure Project
• World Resources Institute - Greenhouse Gas Protocol

Carbon Footprinting

• LEO-SCS-002 GHG Accounting Framework (Annex A of SCS-002 Committee Ballot Draft, Feb 2012)
• PAS 2060 (2010) - BSI website

MSC Chain of Custody

• MSC Chain of Custody Standard v3.0
• MSC Chain of Custody Additional Requirements

ASC Aquaculture Production

• ASC Pangasius Standard (2012)
• ASC Tilapia Standard (2012)

Organic

• USDA National Organic Standards - visit website

Fair Trade

• Fair Trade - Farm Workers Standard Criteria (English)
• Fair Trade - Farm Workers Standard Criteria (Spanish)
• Fair Trade - Independent Smallholders Standard Criteria (English)
• Fair Trade - Independent Smallholders Standard Criteria (Spanish)

Responsible Biofuels

Bonsucro

• Bonsucro Production Standard
• Bonsucro Mass Balance Chain of Custody Standard

Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (RSB)

• RSB Principles & Criteria
• RSB GHG Calculation Methodology
• RSB Fossil Fuel Baseline GHG Calculation Methodology
• RSB Generic Chain of Custody Standard
• RSB "Identity of product preserved" chain of custody standard
• RSB "Segregation of product" chain of custody standard
• RSB "Mass balance of product" chain of custody standard
• RSB "Content ratio accounting of product" chain of custody standard
• RSB Standard for participating operators
• RSB Standard on communication and claims
• RSB Standard for risk management

Sustainable Agriculture

• SCS Sustainable Agriculture Practice Standard
• Certified Greenhouse Farmers Certification Standard v2.0 (2013)

Veriflora®

• Veriflora 3.1 Standard
• Veriflora 3.1 Standard (Spanish)

Starbucks Ethical Sourcing

• C.A.F.E. Practices Evaluation Guidelines
• Generic Scorecard
• C.A.F.E. Practices tarjeta de puntación – Español
• Smallholder Scorecard

FloorScore®

• SCS-EC10.2-2007 Indoor Air Quality Performance
• California Department of Public Health Indoor Air Quality Program Standard Method for the Testing and Evaluation of Volatile Organic Chemical Emissions from Indoor Sources Using Environmental Chambers Version 1.1 (2010)
• Indoor Environmental Quality, Low-Emitting Materials criteria as specified in the USGBC Leadership Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating Systems

Indoor Advantage™ + Gold

• SCS Indoor Advantage™ + Formaldehyde Free Certification Requirements
• SCS-EC10.2-2007 Indoor Air Quality Performance
• ANSI/BIFMA M7.1-2011 Furniture Emissions Standard Test Method
• ANSI/BIFMA X7.1-2011 Furniture Emissions Standard
• Indoor Environmental Quality, Low-Emitting Materials criteria as specified in the USGBC Leadership Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating Systems
• California Department of Public Health Indoor Air Quality Program Standard Method for the Testing and Evaluation of Volatile Organic Chemical Emissions from Indoor Sources Using Environmental Chambers Version 1.1 (2010)

level®

• ANSI/BIFMA e3 Furniture Sustainability Standard - level Bookstore

Material Content and Responsible Sourcing

• • SCS Biodegradable Standard
  • Recycled Content Standard V6-0
  • Responsible Recycled Source Standard
  • Draft Material Reclamation & Recycling Program or Facility Standard
  • NSF/ANSI Standards - NSF Bookstore
  • Green Squared® - TCNA Bookstore

Life Cycle

• ISO 14044
• LEO-SCS-002 Committe Ballot Draft 020912
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