Level

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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.

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Conformity assessment | How is compliance with this ecolabel's standard ensured?

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

Managing organization | Who manages this ecolabel?

Name

Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association (BIFMA) International

Member of

Other

Type

Industry association

Also manages

None.

Member of: Accredited by ANSI as a standards development organization.


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Ecolabel details | What are the characteristics of the standard(s) related to this ecolabel?

  • Applicable life cycle and supply chain phases
  • Social and environmental attributes
  • Mutual recognition with other ecolabels
  • Standard details, including standard document, review frequency

Ecolabel development | How were the standards for this ecolabel developed?

  • Standard development and management process
  • Standard-setting norms followed for development of the ecolabel's standard
  • Type of standard-setting process, external stakeholders, and funding sources

Conformity Assessment | How is compliance with this ecolabel's standard ensured?

  • Requirements to achieve certification (i.e. chain of custody, site visits, metrics)
  • Audit / surveillance requirements
  • Duration of certification, time to achieve certification

Managing organization | Who manages this ecolabel?

  • Contact details, primary contact
  • Organizational details including year established, funding, and governance

Additional information | Including:

  • Compliance type (pass / fail / tiered)
  • Target audience (consumers / retailers / manufacturers / etc)

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Key data

Year ecolabel est. 2009

Classification | Who, what, where

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