Amazon Climate Pledge Friendly program to include SCS Global certification

SCS Global Services, an Emeryville, California-based third-party environmental and sustainability certification, auditing and testing body, has announced its new recycled content certification for the electrical and electronic equipment sectors will qualify products for recognition under Amazon’s Climate Pledge Friendly program.

The certification process verifies the total percentage of recycled materials in these products against set minimum thresholds of achievement by specific product category. Product must contain more than one recycled-material input to achieve certification, which the group says promotes the use of more and varied recycled materials.

“Recycling such materials generally uses less energy during production, preserves more natural resources, reduces waste sent to landfills and encourages innovation and improvement in material recycling processes,” SCS Global says in a statement, adding that the aim is to help shoppers find products that are more sustainable.

SCS Global’s third-party certification program first was announced in May and developed by nonprofit standard-setting body SCS Standards. It was built around SCS-103A, an annex to supplement the SCS-103 Certification Standard for Recycled Content and created through a multistakeholder process involving industry and nongovernmental organizations.

 Annex A was developed to hold products to a high level of rigor, SCS Global says, bringing a focus on continuous improvement and promoting increased recycled material use to drive positive impact in the industry.

“We are thrilled to see Amazon recognize this certification for inclusion in the popular Climate Pledge Friendly program,” says Nicole Munoz, vice president of environmental certification services at SCS Global. “Companies that certify their products to this standard meet a high bar for recycled content which will drive the market for recycled materials forward.

“It is great to see these certified products receive extra recognition, giving customers more information to navigate product choices on Amazon.”

Companies can learn more about certifying their products in accordance with SCS-103A here.