Leveraging Your NSF Certification: Now that you've received NSF Certification ... why not leverage the Mark to your advantage.
In a market flooded with numerous green claims, it is true that ...
Certification = Credibility
Credibility = Sales
Certification = Sales
As the number of green claims in the marketplace continues to increase, consumers, companies and their business customers are demanding greater accountability for these claims. A company's environmental claim about a product, for example that it contains a specified percent recycled content or is made out of certain materials, is often no longer considered valid. The market place is increasingly looking to independent, third-party certification as the new standard of care.
NSF has over 65 years of experience in performing independent assessments of companies and operational processes. The marketplace closely links the NSF mark to trusted, safe products and reliable certification.
Our clients often ask for verification of a single attribute, such as recycled content. The process includes an off-site review of pertinent documentation and an on-site verification of operations, material inputs, and management controls. If successful, NSF issues the client an opinion letter that is suitable for distribution outside the company. The opinion letter is intended to give confidence beyond a simple certificate that the verification was performed using accepted auditing practices and the appropriate standards. The letter describes the scope of the verification, verification steps, the locations audited, and the audit team's conclusion.
Our extensive laboratories allow verification of product characteristics such as:
For more information about environmental claim verification, contact sustainabilitysales@nsf.org or call +1 (734) 827-6810.