Sustainability

If environmental product sustainability is a priority for your organization, then partner with NSF to help with your environmental product certifications and third-party validations in order to confirm your commitment to improving human and planet health.

NSF helps you to facilitate a culture of sustainable practices and systems within your organization and supply chain to minimize risk.

Closed-loop and circular economy models provide frameworks for businesses to increase efficiency and reduce waste through better materials management.

Make informed chemical and material selection decisions by evaluating specific or full chemical inventories with NSF chemical assessment services.

Commit to responsible sourcing and transparency to increase competitiveness and build client, investor and consumer confidence.

Demonstrate your company’s commitment to energy efficiency and environmental responsibility with an ENERGY STAR label.

NSF is here to help your business on the journey to a more sustainable future. Your success is our success because we share the same world.

Are your company’s sustainability practices enough to stand out, meet buyer demands, and satisfy existing and impending regulatory requirements? Not sure? NSF’s Sustainability Scan can help.

Achieve your organization’s sustainability goals with expert guidance to support your journey.

If you need to improve your CDP score, or want help with CDP project management, our expert team can provide guidance at every step.

Demonstrate your commitment to Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) efforts with sustainability expertise from NSF.

Verify your ESG reporting results and GHG calculations with independent expertise from NSF.

Develop, monitor, and report on Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) compliance in your supply chain with expertise from NSF.

Navigate organic certification to the NOP and other global organic standards with expert advice from NSF.

Build your Climate Action Plan, calculate your greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and assess climate risks with sustainability expertise from NSF.

Calculate the environmental impact of products or services to achieve your sustainability goals with expert advice from NSF.

Protect your brand, reduce risk and keep consumers safe by tackling your unique challenges — sustainable sourcing, food fraud and contamination.

Demonstrate your organization's commitment to safer reuse and recycling of electronic waste through R2 and RIOS™ certification.

Build consumer trust and market differentiation with third-party verification of your waste management claims.

NSF certification of third-party audits of forestry operations, which gives you a competitive edge to lead an environmentally-conscious business.

Certifying sustainable building products and furnishings helps your company to become a preferred vendor, showcases your product(s) climate friendly attributes, and differentiates your product from the competition.

In a marketplace wary of green product hype, NSF provides independent, science-based verification of Environmental Claims, Environmental Product Declarations (EPD), Health Product Declarations (HPDs), Manufacturer Inventories (MI), and Chemical Action Plans, along with development services for Product Category Rules (PCR), Life Cycle Assessments (LCA), and EPDs.

Achieve transparency and credibility for your cleaning product's chemical ingredient safety and cleaning performance.

Get your cleaning product chemical ingredients listed as pre-approved to meet the EPA’s Safer Choice standard from NSF.

Increase social impact and mitigate supply chain risk through social responsibility scheme management, auditing and verification.

Become a certified training provider to help create a safer and more productive work environment.

Improve food safety and business performance, and gain access to the world's largest food retailers.

Everyone in the production and supply chain of farmed seafood wants to prevent food fraud and contamination. BAP certification from NSF shows compliance with all regulations.

Demonstrate your commitment to animal welfare practices in your global supply chain through auditing, certification or verification.

Producers and users of marine-based products are concerned about sustainable sourcing and accurate labels. Through NSF, MarinTrust Standards meet these concerns.

Producers of seaweed and wild-caught fish face responsible management and chain-of-custody requirements. MSC certification from NSF shows compliance with requirements.

Producers and sellers of farmed and wild seafood want to document sustainable sourcing, label accuracy and traceable quality. NSF’s GSA certification meets this challenge.

All sources of wild-caught seafood face the challenge to verify sustainable practices, supply integrity and traceability. CSI Certification through NSF meets this demand.

Supply chain monitoring is essential to human rights due diligence, and an important tool to help identify risks. Gain confidence with SMETA audits.

The world’s first sustainability standard certification program for urban and community forests.

Prove your commitment to sustainability with LEAF Marque certification.

Initial Scoping and Readiness Assessment

Expand your reach and take advantage of new market opportunities - without delays.

Demonstrate high production standards and gain access to international buyers with an IFA certification.

International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) is an independent, leading system supporting sustainable, traceable, deforestation-free supply chains. It contributes to environmental, social, and economic sustainability.

NSF provides trusted third-party verification, ensuring that compostable products meet stringent standards and comply with evolving regulations.

Your partner for food safety and regulatory compliance, expertise and risk management.

Build trust and brand credibility with independent verification of environmental claims you make about your products, services or business.

Demand for sustainable materials for building construction and interior design is growing, and transparency about what goes into those materials matters. A Health Product Declaration® (HPD) verified by NSF can build industry trust and opportunities for your product.

Smarter design for a reduced carbon footprint with validated, trusted results. Lead the way in compact product claims.

Demand for concrete materials with verifiable sustainability is increasing worldwide. Demonstrate your cement, aggregate or concrete products comply with green building claims, with a CSC certificate from NSF. CSC is recognized in leading green building labels including BREEAM, DNGB, LEED and OGNI, and is the benchmark tool withing the industry.

Drive more sustainable agricultural production and responsible supply chains with Rainforest Alliance Certification with NSF.

Confidence in consumer products backed by NSF.