The level™ brand identifies that a product has been evaluated to the multi-attribute BSR/BIFMA e3 Furniture Sustainability Standard (pending ANSI approval) by an independent third party certifier and its numeric marking 1, 2, or 3 indicates what threshold of certification it has achieved.
It has been created to deliver the most open and transparent means of evaluating and communicating the environmental and social impacts of furniture products in the built environment. Taking into account a company’s social actions, energy usage, material selection and human and ecosystem health impacts, level™ addresses how a product is sustainable from multiple perspectives.
Learn more: Level website
Conformity with Level's standard is verified by an independent organization (third party) following ISO 17011 Accreditation, ISO / IEC Guide 65 Product Certification
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Applicants are certified against the ecolabels’s criteria before using the label
Name
Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association (BIFMA) International
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Type
Industry association
Also manages
None.
Member of: Accredited by ANSI as a standards development organization.
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Product categories this ecolabel applies to
Building products Furniture
Where this ecolabel is found
Canada United States
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Last updated: 20 January 2012