Cradle to Cradle Certified®

Cradle to Cradle Certified® is a concept that is becoming increasingly important as the transition to a circular economy continues. Producers and consumers are more and more looking for sustainable and responsible alternatives. But what is really sustainable?

Read how the Cradle to Cradle Certified® philosophy makes you look at products in a different way and how this contributes to passing on a better world.

Cradle to Cradle Certified® means just that: every product you make must ultimately lead to the creation of a new product. This idea stems from nature, where waste does not exist, and every end of something is the start of something else. In practice, this idea has been translated into two cycles:

The EPEA Institute, the founders of Cradle to Cradle, conduct extensive assessments to determine whether products meet the requirements and standards set.

These criteria have been drawn up for five categories, and products are assessed with a score on five levels - from bronze to platinum. The idea behind this is that organisations continue to make their products more sustainable and grow in level with each new assessment.

In order to maintain a Cradle to Cradle Certified® certification, EPEA assesses every two years whether products still comply or have become even more sustainable.

The certification itself is also evolving: the requirements and standards are constantly being tightened, making it an increasingly difficult challenge for producers to achieve or maintain the C2C Certified® rating.

BlackSatino is Cradle to Cradle Certified® because it meets the following five criteria:

1. Healthy materials: all chemical ingredients used are harmless to humans and the environment.
2. Reuse of materials: All product materials are given a new function after use. Either the waste serves as food for nature (biological cycle) and is harmless, or the parts in the production process can be used for a new product (technological cycle).
3. Renewable energy: The production process makes use of renewable energy sources, such as solar energy and water.
4. Water management: companies who want to work with Cradle to Cradle Certified® must demonstrate responsible and efficient water use, as well as the purity of the water they discharge into the surface water.
5. Social justice and business ethics: companies must demonstrate their adherence to the highest standards of responsibility towards their staff and all other potential stakeholders.