Verified, not just claimed. Certification of your everyday products.
Products carrying the ISCC logo include materials that have been certified and traced throughout the entire supply chain. ISCC-certified materials can be found in a wide range of everyday products.
As interest in sustainability grows, you may want to better understand the impact of the products you buy. ISCC on-product logos and verified claims increase transparency by showing that key materials and processes have been ISCC-certified. This helps you recognise alternative sourcing efforts and make more informed purchasing decisions.
Verified claims
When you see our ISCC on-product logo, it’s designed to give you a quick, easy clue about the alternative material linked to the product or packaging. It consists of four elements, each with significant meaning and revealing a lot about the product’s contents and origins. Let’s have a look at one example (out of many).
At the centre of the logo, an icon inside the magnifying glass shows the raw material category. Circulating arrows represent the circular category, such as recycled materials. Circulating leaves stand for bio-circular materials, such as used cooking oil. A seedling symbolises the bio category, meaning the material comes from virgin agricultural sources, such as crops.
The certified product component tells you exactly which part of the product is linked to ISCC-certified material. This could be the bottle, the wrapper, the lid, or a specific ingredient. If only part of the product is certified, we clearly name that component and show its certified percentage.
The certified percentage tells you how much of the specified product component is linked to ISCC-certified alternative materials. This percentage may refer to the entire product or to a clearly defined part, such as the packaging or a specific ingredient. It provides transparent information about the verified amount of recycled or bio-based material allocated to that component.
Chain of custody describes how alternative materials are tracked along the supply chain. Physical segregation keeps certified and non-certified materials physically separate. Controlled blending allows materials to be mixed while verifying the exact physical content of alternative material. Mass balance allows materials to be mixed physically, with the certified amount tracked through verified bookkeeping and allocated to specific products.
The ISCC logo appears on many products you use every day. Discover some examples.
Chain-of-custody explained
We use multiple so-called chain-of-custody approaches to track alternative materials throughout the supply chain. These ensure that certified materials are properly documented and verified as they move from their origin to the final product. Watch our video to see how it works.
For more transparency in stores
The ISCC on-product logo helps you identify products that source certified, verified alternative materials, so you can make informed choices with confidence. Here is what the ISCC on-product logo stands for.
We provide public guidance that explains how our logos and claims can be used, including the rules that apply to certified and licensed companies.
Explore our pages, databases, and documents to learn more.
