GreenTick® Standards

1. Certification Standards

GreenTick® SUSTAINABLE - the standard SUSTAINABLE brand.  This brand shows that a product meets the GreenTick® Sustainability Standards.  There are eight safety and 12 sustainability standards, as set out below.
 

1. Safety Standards

 

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATOR

PURPOSE

GREEN TICK

SUSTAINABLE

1.1  Safety

Accident Record

Minimise on-site incidents

 No major harm accidents, incidents, injuries recorded in past 12 months.

1.2  Safety

Staff Health and Safety

Protect staff health and safety

No continuing or unsatisfactorily addressed staff complaints about working conditions in past 12 months.

1.3  Safety

Supplier Health and Safety

Protect supplier health and safety

No continuing or unsatisfactorily addressed supplier issues with on-site working conditions in past 12 months.

1.4  Safety

Customer Health and Safety

Protect customer health and safety

No continuing or unsatisfactorily addressed customer complaints about health or safety issues (including product quality) in past 12 months.

1.5  Safety

Management System

Health and Safety Management System

(H&S)

OSH-compliant health and safety management system in place.

1.6  Safety

Minimising Risk

Monitoring risk areas and minimising risk

Annual reviews of potential risk areas and mitigation taken.

1.7  Safety

Performance Records

Performance monitoring

Less than five minor non-conformances per 100 workers to H&S management system reported in past 12 months.

1.8  Safety

Legal Compliance

Legal compliance and enforcement

i) 100% compliance with all legal requirements;

ii) No successful enforcement actions by government health and safety agencies in past 12 months.

 

 

2. Sustainability Standards

 

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATOR

PURPOSE

GREEN TICK

SUSTAINABLE

2.1 Environmental

Product Origin

Identify product origin

All product content identified by country of origin.

2.2 Environmental

Product Quality

High product quality

Product meets all quality standards of industry or government food authority.

2.3 Environmental

Product Labeling

Accurate product labeling

Labeling meets required legal standards.

2.4 Environmental

Resource Use

Maximise resource use efficiency

i) Programme in place to maximise resource use efficiency with defined performance targets;

ii) Resources used at lowest practical for site/s with current technology per sales unit;

iii) Programme in place to identify and use recycled materials where appropriate;

iv) Where resource use is extractive, relevant industry or government sustainability standards met.

2.5 Environmental Chemical Use

Minimise chemical use

Chemical residues comply with industry or government standard.

2.6 Environmental

Energy Use

Minimise energy use

i) Programme in place to minimise energy use with defined performance targets;

ii) Energy resources used at lowest practical for site/s with current technology per sales unit.

2.7 Environmental Nuisance Effects

Minimise adverse effects on neighbours, eg. noise, dust, spray drift

No continuing or unsatisfactorily addressed complaints from neighbours about nuisances in past 12 months.

2.8 Environmental Contaminant Discharges

Minimise contaminant discharges to air, land, freshwaters and sea

i) Programme in place to minimise contaminant discharges with defined performance targets;

ii) Contaminant discharges at lowest practical for site/s with current technology per sales unit.

2.9 Environmental Waste Management

Waste minimisation, dispose of wastes correctly

i) Waste minimization and recycling programme in place with defined performance targets;

ii) Wastes reduced, re-used, recycled, or properly disposed of to authorised facilities.

 

2.10 Environmental Management System

Environmental Management System

(EMS)

Environmental management programme in place with defined performance targets consistent with industry or government standards.

2.11 Environmental

Management Performance

Performance monitoring

Less than five minor non-conformances per 100 workers with EMS reported in past 12 months.

2.12 Environmental Legal Compliance

Legal compliance and enforcement

i) 100% legal compliance with any environmental consents and applicable plan rules;

ii) No successful enforcement actions by government environmental agencies in past 12 months.

 

 

 

GreenTick® CARBON NEUTRAL - the sustainable CARBON NEUTRAL brand. 

In order to be certified "Green Tick® CARBON NEUTRAL" the Approved Product must:

(a) Meet the standards noted above for "Green Tick® Sustainable"; and,

 

(b) Be carbon neutral over its whole life cycle according to ISO 14064:2006 for organisations or PAS 2050 for products; or,

 

(c) The applicant holds sufficient verified carbon credits to achieve carbon neutral status for the organisation or product over its whole life cycle.

 

 



GreenTick® CARBON NEGATIVE - the sustainable CARBON NEGATIVE brand. 

In order to be certified "Green Tick® CARBON NEGATIVE" the Approved Product must:

(a) Meet the standards noted above for "Green Tick® Sustainable"; and,

(b) Be carbon negative over its whole life cycle using, as a guide, ISO 14064:2006 for organisations or PAS 2050 for products; or,

 

(c) The applicant holds sufficient verified carbon credits to achieve carbon negative status for the organisation or product over its whole life cycle.

 

 

 

GreenTick® ORGANIC - the sustainable ORGANIC brand. 

 

In order to be certified "Green Tick® ORGANIC" the Approved Product must:

 

(a)   Meet the standards noted above for "Green Tick® Sustainable"; and,

 

(b)   Hold a current organic certification from a Testing Authority approved by the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM)®.    

 

GreenTick® GE-FREE - the sustainable GE-FREE brand.  

In order to be certified "Green Tick® GE-FREE" the Approved Product must:

(a)   Meet the standards noted above for "Green Tick® Sustainable"; and,


(b)   Be independently tested and confirmed as containing no genetically-engineered content or substances by a Testing Authority.

GreenTick® Natural - the sustainable NATURAL brand.  

In order to be certified "Green Tick® NATURAL" the Approved Product must:

(a)   Meet the standards noted above for "Green Tick® Sustainable"; and,


(b)   Be independently tested and confirmed as containing only natural content or substances by a Testing Authority.

GreenTick® Fair Trader - the sustainable FAIR TRADER brand.  

In order to be certified "Green Tick® FAIR TRADER" the Approved Product must:

(a)   Meet the standards noted above for "Green Tick® Sustainable"; and,


(b)   Be produced according to fair trade practices as defined by United Nations conventions.  These include assisting third world producers to reach first world markets, payment of fair prices for products and labour, protection of workers, (particularly women and children) from exploitation, and assisting disadvantaged producers to build business management skills.