Sustainability Certification
“The course was great and very well put together.”
Graham Hillier, Cash Bases, Newhaven
Sustainability Certification
Achieving a sustainability certification can be a great way to show customers and the wider world what you’re doing to reduce your impact on the planet.
In the last few years, the number of sustainability certifications and accreditations has exploded. There are a lot of good things about an externally verified accreditation, but beware! you can waste a lot of time, money and effort by putting in something that looks great on a website but doesn’t actually do what you want or need it to do.
We are seeing more organisations finding themselves bogged down in certification systems that fundamentally aren’t right for them so we offer a quick 30-minute review to help you choose the right system for your organisation. Unlike other consultancies, we are not affiliated with one system or another so can provide honest unbiased advice.
We also help organisations implement sustainability certifications and in we don’t have in-house expertise in a specific system, we have trusted colleagues we can refer you to. Also, sometimes advocate building your own sustainability management system based on whatever you already have in place, especially if you don’t want to spend money on an external certification.
Some of the Sustainability Accreditations / Certifications available:
UN Sustainable Development Goals UN SDGs
Science-based Targets Initiative (SBTi)
B Corp
EcoVadis
Eco Church
CDP
Green South Downs Sustainability Certification Award
ISO 14001 :2015 Environmental management systems, also ISO 14004:2016 and ISO 14005:2019
ISO 14040 :2006 Environmental management – Life cycle assessment – Principles and framework
ISO 14064 -1:2018 Greenhouse gases
ISO 14067 :2018 Greenhouse gases: Carbon footprint of products
ISO 14083 :2023 Quantification and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions arising from transport chain operations
ISO 20121:2024 Event sustainability management systems
ISO 20400 :2017 Sustainable procurement
ISO 26000:2010 Social responsibility
ISO 50001 :2018 Energy management systems
IWA 42:2022 ISO Net Zero Guidelines
Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol) Product Life Cycle Accounting and Reporting Standard
Carbon Trust Product Carbon Footprint Label
UN Global Compact
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
Carbon Footprinting & Carbon Neutrality
Other Net Zero certifications
Other ESG Environmental, Social and Governance Frameworks
Sustainable Procurement and accessing supply chains with sustainability requirements
Corporate Social Responsibility CSR
Regulatory compliance / legal registers
