Resources

Cradle to Cradle Certified® Resources

Standards, guidance, methodologies, policies and forms supporting the Cradle to Cradle Certified® Products Program.

Certification Standard

Cradle to Cradle Certified® Product Standard

Reference Documents

Reference documents supplement the standard

New for Version 4.0

Cradle to Cradle Certified Restricted Substances List (RSL)

Cradle to Cradle Certified Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Emissions Testing

Cradle to Cradle Certified Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Content Limits

Cradle to Cradle Certified Required Percentages of Cycled and Renewable Content by Product and Material Type

Cradle to Cradle Certified Circularity Data Report & Cycling Instructions

Cradle to Cradle Certified Water & Soil Stewardship Key Materials

Guidance Documents

Guidance documents provide additional clarification and interpretation, and should be used in conjunction with the certification standard.

Cradle to Cradle Certified Product Standard Version 4.0 User Guidance

Cradle to Cradle Certified Product Standard Version 3.1 Guidance

Material Health Assessment Methodologies

Material Health methodologies are used to assign assessment ratings to chemicals and materials in a product applying for certification.

Updates to the Material Health Assessment Methodology for V4.0

Material Health Assessment Methodology

Recycled Content Materials Assessment Methodology

Recycled Content Materials Analyte List

Mixture Hazard Assessment Methodology

Exposure Assessment Methodology

Colorants Assessment Methodology

Biological Materials Assessment Methodology

Geological Materials Assessment Methodology

Polymer Assessment Methodology

Other Assessment Methodologies

Other methodologies required for use in the assessment of products for certification

Methodology for Applying the Final Manufacturing Stage Requirements

Methodology for Defining Homogeneous Materials

Policies

Cradle to Cradle Certified Fees Schedule

Cradle to Cradle Certified Compliance Policy

Certification Product Grouping Policy

Cradle to Cradle Certified Private Label Policy

Cradle to Cradle Certified Extensions Policy

Cradle to Cradle Certified Appeals Policy

Cradle to Cradle Certified Complaints Policy

Cradle to Cradle Certified Certification Scheme

Cradle to Cradle Certified Quality Policy

Cradle to Cradle Certified™ Trademark Use

Trademark Use Guidelines

Cradle to Cradle Certified® Trademark Surveillance Policy

Forms

Private Label Verification Form

Standard Development Policies

Process for Development of the Cradle to Cradle Certified® Product Standard

Marketing Resources

Product Registry Content Guidelines

G-Star RAW & Partners: Setting the Standard for Water-Smart Denim