The Cradle-to-Cradle certification is recognized by the Building and Construction market. It enables architects and engineers working on building projects to streamline their product selection and reduce design research time by ensuring to select products that have verified and recognized environmental claims.
In addition, C2C certified® Material Health is recognized by different green building schemes, such as LEED, WELL, or GreenStar and credits can be earned by using products that have C2C MH certification. Example:
- LEED BD+C v4.1 reward project teams for selecting products in which the chemical ingredients in the product are inventoried using an accepted methodology and for selecting products verified to minimize the use and generation of harmful substance. Selecting products having a C2C certified® Material Health certification version 3.1 at Bronze level or higher enables earning points within the Material ingredients credit Option 1 or Option 2
- WELL v2 certification also recognizes C2C Certified® Material Health certification version 3.1 at Bronze lever or higher within Concept Materials transparency (X07) and Silver level or higher within Materials Optimisation (XO8) Feature.