Certifications Glossary

 

1% for the Planet: 1% for the Planet signals a company which contributes at least one percent of their annual sales to environmental causes.

 
 

B Corporation: Certified B Corporations are businesses that meet the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance, public transparency, and legal accountability to balance profit and purpose.

 
 

Climate Neutral: Climate Neutral Certified are brands which commit to cut carbon immediately to help halt our warming trend and drive additional funding to low carbon technologies.

 
 

Cradle to Cradle: To receive Cradle to Cradle certification, products are assessed for environmental and social performance. This certification looks at the entire lifecycle of a product, from how it is sourced to how it is disposed of to help enable circular economies.

 
 

EWG Verified: Environmental Working Group verification recognizes products that meet EWG's strictest standards for your health.

 
 

Fair Trade: Fair Trade Certification ensures products are made by companies that operate in safe conditions, protect the environment, build sustainable livelihoods, and earn additional money to empower and uplift their communities.

 
 

FSC: Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification ensures that products come from responsibly managed forests that provide environmental, social and economic benefits.

 
 

Global TDS: The NSF Global Traceable Down Standard (Global TDS) ensures that down in products comes from a responsible source that respects animal welfare and can be fully and transparently traced.

 
 

GOTS: The Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) is a certification of the entire textile supply chain for the textile processing of organic fibers, which adheres to a strict people and planet centered processing standard. GOTS certified products ensure your products are organic, ethically made, and nontoxic.

 
 

GRS: Global Recycle Standard (GRS) certification sets a standard for recycled content and traceability.

 
 

L3Cs: Low-profit limited liability companies (L3Cs) are social ventures that place a higher priority on achieving a social mission than on making profits.

 
 

Leaping Bunny: Leaping Bunny Standard ensures that products are clear of animal testing from all stages of product development.

 
 

Leather Working Group: Leather Working Group companies are ones which adhere to sustainability and quality standards for leather manufacturers and promote sustainable and appropriate environmental business practices within the leather industry.

 
 

Non-GMO Project Verified: Non-GMO Project Verified signals a company who does not make use of genetically modified ingredients.

 
 

Nordic Swan Ecolabel: Nordic Swan Ecolabel certification is one of the world’s toughest environmental certifications that assesses a product's impact on the environment throughout its lifecycle.

 
 

OCS: The Organic Cotton Standard (OCS) label certifies that cotton is grown without GMOs, without chemicals, and with traceability from the cotton fields to the final customer.

 
 

SA8000: SA8000 Standard provides a holistic framework allowing organizations to demonstrate their dedication to the fair treatment of workers.

 
 

RSB: Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials Certifications provides standards encompassing environmental, social and economic principles to ensure the sustainable sourcing and processing of plant based materials.

 
 

OEKO-Tex Standard 100: OEKO-Tex Standard 100 ensures that every component of an article has been tested for harmful substances and that the article is harmless to human health.

 
 

PETA-Approved Vegan: PETA-Approved Vegan highlights goods made of vegan alternatives to animal-derived materials such as leather, fur, silk, feathers, or bone.

 
 

RSB: Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials Certifications provides standards encompassing environmental, social and economic principles to ensure the sustainable sourcing and processing of plant based materials.

 
 

SA8000: SA8000 Standard provides a holistic framework allowing organizations to demonstrate their dedication to the fair treatment of workers.

 
 

WELTRAK: Wel-Trak is an end-to-end traceability process which ensures that customers and consumers can trace the provenance of the cotton raw materials throughout the supply chain from farm to the retail shelf.

 
 

WFTO (Fair Trade): World Fair Trade Organization Guarantee System is focused on validating social enterprises that put the interests of workers, farmers and artisans first.

 
 

ZQ Merino: ZQ Certified wool growers adhere to standards that guarantee quality and sustainability. This standard also ensures that sheep are properly cared for and kept happy and healthy.