Verification Services
What Are Green Seal Verification Services?
Green Seal Verification is a pre-certification pathway designed to confirm that raw materials, formulas, concentrates, or parent rolls meet the health, environmental, and performance requirements of the relevant standard.
Why Get Verified?
- Faster time to market
Suppliers of verified materials give their customers a head-start — private labelers and manufacturers benefit from reduced evaluation time when applying for certification. - Supply chain leadership
Verification demonstrates your commitment to sustainability at the ingredient or material level — positioning you as a preferred partner for brands seeking certified finished goods. - Risk mitigation
Verifying raw materials or formulas upfront means fewer surprises in certification reviews — avoiding costly reformulations or project delays for manufacturers and private labelers. - Global Credibility
Verification from Green Seal signals that a material goes beyond marketing claims — a trusted assurance for private labelers.
What We Verify
Verified Raw Materials
We review ingredients and impurities in a raw material to ensure it meets the chemical-specific requirements of the relevant Green Seal standard before it is incorporated into a finished product.
Verified Formulas & Concentrates
We evaluate full formulas and concentrates to confirm that they, when used as prescribed, meet the health, environmental, and performance requirements of our relevant standard.
After verification, downstream formulators or private labelers can apply for certification with fewer barriers.
Verified Parent Rolls
For towel, tissue, and other sanitary paper products, we verify that the parent roll and its performance testing results meet the requirements of relevant standards — streamlining certification for finished goods.
Explore Green Seal Verification Services
Green Seal Verified Raw Materials
Green Seal Verification confirms that a raw material meets the chemical-specific requirements of our stringent standards. We look beyond the active ingredients to the full composition of your raw material and ensure that all the chemicals, including impurities and by-products, will make the cut in Green Seal certified products.
How it works
- You choose the standards you want to verify against and the maximum recommended use level for your product.
- We’ll screen your formula against ingredient-specific health and environmental criteria of the relevant standards and confirm that everything is acceptable. We’ll also provide details on how your raw material fits with product-level criteria that may affect your prospective customers
What you get
- A Green Seal Verification letter to broadcast to your customers that your raw materials meet our chemical-specific criteria.
- Promotion through our online database of verified suppliers.
Green Seal Verified Formulas and Concentrates
Green Seal Verified Formulas and Concentrates give private label customers a big head start in their pursuit of Green Seal certification. Private labelers who use a verified formula or concentrate and follow our guidelines are eligible to use the Green Seal certification mark on their products.
How it works
- Formulas: We’ll verify that your formula – if followed exactly – meets the health, environmental and performance requirements of the relevant Green Seal Product Standards. A company that uses the appropriate raw materials and follows your verified formula can apply with us to use the Green Seal certification mark on their private-label products.
- Concentrates: We’ll verify that your concentrate – if diluted appropriately by private labelers – meets the health, environmental and performance requirements of the relevant Green Seal Product Standards. We’ll also conduct a site audit of your manufacturing facility. Companies that dilute your verified concentrate accordingly can apply with us to use the Green Seal certification mark on their private-label products.
What you get
- A Green Seal Verification letter to broadcast to your customers that your product meets our requirements.
- Promotion through our database of Verified Suppliers.
- A complementary review of potential labels and training documents that your private label customers can use.
Green Seal Verified Parent Rolls
Using a Green Seal Verified Parent Roll gives converters a much simpler path to earning Green Seal certification. The parent roll and its performance testing results have both already been verified to meet the requirements of the relevant Green Seal Product Standards.
How it works
Whether you produce printing, writing, towel, tissue or other sanitary paper products, we can verify your parent roll against our standards.
- You choose the standard you want to verify against.
- We’ll screen your product against that standard’s sustainability criteria and confirm it performs just as well as conventional products in the same category.
What You Get
- A Green Seal Verification letter to broadcast to your customers that your product meets our requirements.
- Promotion through our online database of Green Seal Verified suppliers.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Is Green Seal verification the same as Green Seal certification?
No. Verification confirms that a material or formula meets specific criteria of a Green Seal standard. Certification verifies a finished product or service meets all the criteria within the standard.
Who is eligible for verification services?
Suppliers and manufacturers of raw materials, formulas and concentrates, or paper rolls that could be used to manufacture a product eligible for certification to a Green Seal standard can apply.
How does verification help private labelers or brand owners?
When a formula or material is already verified, the brand owner or private labeler applying for certification can focus on the finishing touches — reducing costs and accelerating certification review.
