Expanding support for certification: Launching our new Advisory Network with Anthesis
The Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute is excited to announce a new global Advisory Network of consultants able to support companies seeking Cradle to Cradle Certified® certifications for their products. Through this new network, companies can receive additional support to learn about and prepare their applications for certification.
Anthesis has joined as the first member of this new and growing network. Together, the Institute and Anthesis share a common mission: to support the design and development of healthy and circular products. By joining forces, the Institute is expanding the support available to companies working to bring better products to market.
Along with strong, wide and deep capabilities, Anthesis brings a global network of experts in science-based advisory, market-leading digital solutions, high-quality carbon removal projects, and purpose-driven consulting, strategy and communications. Through the Advisory Network, Anthesis will offer its expertise to help companies design and develop products that are better, healthier, and circular.
Anthesis and other advisors that will be added to the network over time will provide a range of services, including:
Pre-screening products to identify suitable candidate products for certification
Conducting gap analyses for certification
Supporting companies in preparing for certification, including gathering data and documentation from manufacturers and their supply chain
Design and optimization of products, processes, management systems, and circular product systems
Advisors receive training on the Cradle to Cradle Certified® standards, enabling them to help companies in designing and optimizing products, manufacturing processes, management systems, and circular product systems in line with certification requirements, while also strengthening innovation and product development.
In this role, advisors can work with client companies to complete all preparations for a certification application package containing required data and documents. Application packages can then be submitted to a Cradle to Cradle Certified® Conformity Assessment Body (CAB) for review and verification. Once compliance is confirmed, the CAB submits the assessment package to the Institute.
The creation of the Advisory Network marks an important step for the Institute in expanding the resources available to companies pursuing Cradle to Cradle Certified® certification. We are excited to launch this program with Anthesis, and to grow this network to support more companies to create products that are designed for health, circularity and nature.