Beyond Cradle to Cradle, our products are certified through other programs that evaluate sustainability and performance. Additionally, Shaw Hospitality Group carpet contributes toward points for LEED Certification.
Cradle to Cradle Certification provides a company with a means to tangibly and credibly measure achievement in environmentally-intelligent design and helps customers purchase and specify products that are pursuing a broader definition of quality.
As a non-consensus standard, Cradle to Cradle was not created by the carpet industry or any other specialty group. Founded and administrated by MBDC, Cradle to Cradle is an independent, multi-attribute product certification based on the Cradle to Cradle design protocol, a scientifically based, peer-reviewed process used to assess and optimize products and processes to maximize health, safety, effectiveness, and high quality reutilization over many product life cycles.
Cradle to Cradle is open to a wide variety of products – not just carpet – which allows for stringent criteria during the evaluation process that does not focus on one industry in particular.
Certified products must meet certain objectives within these categories to be certified, with additional items necessary to move from level to level. There are four certification levels:
Our Cradle to Cradle Silver Certified Product Systems:
To learn more about Cradle to Cradle Certification, visit MBDC.com.
The CRI Green Label and Green Label Plus certifications evaluate emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) found in carpet, cushions and adhesives. By passing Green Label Plus standards, our carpet protects indoor air quality from VOCs, ensuring that our customers are purchasing the lowest emitting products on the market while protecting employees, patients and children.
BRE Environmental Assessment Method is an independent third party evaluating the sustainable attributes of products and services to an international market. As Cradle to Cradle continues to grow in acceptance as a design philosophy and a certification program, we are also certified through established international standards such as BRE. Presently, Eco Solution Q is certified through the BRE standard.