{"id":8682,"date":"2024-07-18T17:51:03","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T17:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greenseal.org\/?p=8682"},"modified":"2025-11-22T00:31:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T00:31:12","slug":"how-to-get-green-certified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greenseal.org\/how-to-get-green-certified\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Get Green Certified"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Demand is growing for safer and more sustainable products, and at the same time, consumers and regulators are growing more skeptical of unsubstantiated marketing claims. This means that getting green certified gives your brand a competitive advantage in a crowded marketplace. Follow our straightforward certification process and prove to your customers that your products meet a high standard for protecting people and the planet with uncompromising performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What it Means to be Green Seal Certified<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Products that earn Green Seal certification meet a high standard for protecting human and environmental safety. We demand sustainability leadership at every stage of the product\u2019s lifecycle, from ingredients to manufacturing to packaging and disposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While not all products qualify for Green Seal certification, our publicly available standards allow everyone to access and adopt our certification criteria for free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unlike eco-friendly certifications that look at only one aspect of a product, Green Seal\u2019s multi-attribute certification evaluates five key elements that are backed by our standards, rigor, and science: safer chemicals, responsible sourcing, low-impact manufacturing, sustainable packaging, and verified performance and claims. This comprehensive evaluation ensures that certified products are safer, more sustainable, and perform as expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Certification Eligibility<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Products and services eligible for Green Seal certification fit into the following areas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Eco Product Certification Categories<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/greenseal.org\/categories\/building-restoration-products\/\">Paints, Coatings &amp; Adhesives<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/greenseal.org\/categories\/cleaning-products\/\">Cleaning Products<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/greenseal.org\/categories\/laundry\/\">Laundry Care<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/greenseal.org\/categories\/personal-care\/\">Personal Care<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/greenseal.org\/categories\/plastic-products\/\">Plastic Products<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/greenseal.org\/categories\/sanitary-paper-products\/\">Sanitary Paper Products<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Certified Service Categories<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/greenseal.org\/categories\/commercial-cleaning\/\">Commercial and Institutional Cleaning Services<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/greenseal.org\/categories\/hotels\/\">Healthy Green Hotels<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/greenseal.org\/green-seal-standards\/standards-list\/\">View our standards<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to Get Green Certified<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We provide clear standards and personalized guidance through every step of the certification process to help our customers meet their sustainability goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Green Seal\u2019s certification for eco-friendly products includes the following steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prescreen*<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Fill out your prescreen application and send us your formula information. We\u2019ll send you a report flagging any major issues that could affect certification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Application<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Fill out your certification application and send us your product or service information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Review<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ll review your information to ensure it meets our standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Site Visit<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ll verify your practices and processes, and work with you to resolve any issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Certification<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ll award your Green Seal certification! Use the Green Seal mark to promote your leadership. We\u2019ll also periodically monitor that you continue to meet our high standard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*Only applicable for formulated products<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Certification Benefits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Certifications help you stand out in a sea of products, stay ahead of regulations, and substantiate your green claims to avoid perceived greenwashing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With Green Seal-certification, you can also take advantage of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Our wide variety of complimentary marketing tools<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An online listing in our certified directory used by purchasers worldwide<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One-on-one support from our Customer Success team<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Our Amazon partnership: products qualify to display the Climate Pledge Friendly badge on their Amazon listings<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Our Google Travel and Booking.com partnerships: hotels automatically qualify to display Google\u2019s Eco-certified badge on their Google Travel listings and are highlighted on Booking.com<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/greenseal.org\/certification\/\">Get Green Certified<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-white-color has-dark-green-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-94023442e90bb1aad2c9f0b360a8019c\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Still have questions about what it takes to get Green Seal certified?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/greenseal.org\/certification-interest-form\/\">Let&#8217;s connect<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Follow our straightforward certification process and prove to your customers that your products meet a high standard for protecting people and the planet with uncompromising performance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":8689,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[28],"class_list":["post-8682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trends-in-sustainability","tag-certification"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenseal.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenseal.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenseal.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greenseal.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greenseal.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8682"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/greenseal.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10545,"href":"https:\/\/greenseal.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8682\/revisions\/10545"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greenseal.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenseal.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greenseal.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greenseal.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}