{"id":5012,"date":"2018-04-26T12:45:08","date_gmt":"2018-04-26T17:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uht.ebb.myftpupload.com\/?p=5012"},"modified":"2018-04-26T12:45:08","modified_gmt":"2018-04-26T17:45:08","slug":"cradle-to-cradle-silver-certification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carpetexpress.com\/blog\/cradle-to-cradle-silver-certification\/","title":{"rendered":"Cradle to Cradle Silver Certification"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?--><h2>Achieving Cradle to Cradle Silver Certification<\/h2><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5020 size-full\" title=\"cradle to cradle silver certification\" src=\"http:\/\/uht.ebb.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/1-3.png\" alt=\"image 1 for Cradle to Cradle Silver Certification\" width=\"570\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carpetexpress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/1-3.png 570w, https:\/\/www.carpetexpress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/1-3-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\"><\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5021 size-full\" title=\"cradle to cradle silver certification\" src=\"http:\/\/uht.ebb.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2-2.png\" alt=\"image 2 for Cradle to Cradle Silver Certification\" width=\"216\" height=\"212\"><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>For a product to achieve the Cradle to Cradle Silver Certification, it must meet certain requirements for material health, material re-utilization, renewable energy and carbon management, water stewardship, and social fairness. The information listed below is from the Cradle to Cradle Certified website.<\/p><h3>Material Health<\/h3><ul>\n<li>\u201cThe product has been at least 95% assessed (by weight) using ABC-X ratings. Externally Managed Components (EMCs) are considered assessed and contribute to the overall percentage of the product that has been assessed. Products that are entirely Biological Nutrients in nature (e.g., cosmetics, personal care, soaps, detergents, etc.) must be at least 100% assessed.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe product contains no substances known or suspected to cause cancer, birth defects, genetic damage, or reproductive harm (CMRs) after the A, B, C, X assessment has been carried out.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul><h3>Material Re-utilization<\/h3><ul>\n<li>\u201cThe product has a Material Re-utilization Score that is \u2265 50.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul><h3>Renewable Energy and Carbon Management<\/h3><ul>\n<li>\u201cFor the final manufacturing stage of the product, 5% of purchased electricity is renewably sourced or offset with renewable energy projects, and 5% of direct on-site emissions are offset.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul><h3>Water Stewardship<\/h3><ul>\n<li>\u201cProduct-related process chemicals in effluent are characterized and assessed OR<\/li>\n<li>Supply chain-relevant water issues for at least 20% of Tier 1 Suppliers are characterized and a positive impact strategy is developed (required for facilities with no product-relevant effluent.)\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul><h3>Social Fairness<\/h3><p>Complete One Of The Following:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\u201cMaterial specific and\/or issue-related audit or certification relevant to a minimum of 25% of the product material by weight is complete (FSC certified, Fair Trade, etc.).\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cSupply chain-relevant social issues are fully investigated and a positive impact strategy is developed.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe company is actively conducting an innovative social project that positively impacts employee\u2019s lives, the local community, global community, social aspects of the product\u2019s supply chain, or recycling\/reuse.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Achieving Cradle to Cradle Silver Certification\u00a0For a product to achieve the Cradle to Cradle Silver Certification, it must&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1925,"featured_media":5020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[1587,1588,618],"class_list":["post-5012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-carpet","tag-cradle-to-cradle-certification","tag-cradle-to-cradle-silver-carpet","tag-cradle-to-cradle-silver-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carpetexpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carpetexpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carpetexpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carpetexpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1925"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carpetexpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5012"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.carpetexpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5026,"href":"https:\/\/www.carpetexpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5012\/revisions\/5026"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carpetexpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carpetexpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carpetexpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carpetexpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}