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RCS 100 – Recycled Claim Standard

The RCS (Recycled Claim Standard) verifies recycled material in products through chain-of-custody verification, ensuring transparency and accurate communication between businesses and consumers.

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    Recycled Claim Standard

    About the standard

    The Recycled Claim Standard (RCS) standard was developed through work done by the Materials Traceability Working Group, part of Outdoor Industry Association (OIA)’s Sustainability Working Group. The RCS uses the chain of custody requirements of the Content Claim Standard.

    The RCS verifies the presence and amount of recycled material in a final product. This happens through input and chain-of-custody verification from a third party. It allows for the transparent, consistent and comprehensive independent evaluation and verification of recycled material content claims on products.

    Control Union Certifications is accredited by SLAB for this scheme under registration no. CP 004-01. Control Union UK is authorised to carry out audits under this programme.

    How the RCS standard can be used

    RCS can be used as a business-to-business tool to give companies the means to ensure that they are selling quality products and getting what they pay for. It is also used as a way to ensure accurate and honest communication with consumers. This includes companies in ginning, spinning, weaving and knitting, dyeing and printing and stitching.

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    How you benefit

    The Value of Certification Certification can strengthen your organization by providing independent credibility, supporting effective risk management, and creating opportunities for time and cost efficiencies. It also helps improve market positioning and can open access to international markets. Our role is to provide certification services that are reliable, transparent, and aligned with recognised standards, so you can pursue your business objectives with confidence.

    Through third-party verification, we motivate your (quality) claim independently towards your clients. Furthermore, traceability and contamination risks can be managed better by certifying your your product.

    With up to 40 certification programmes, we are able to conduct combination audits saving time and expenses for our customers.

    As a result, you will benefit from a ‘front runner’ position in the eyes of investors, rating agencies and other analysts and have an improved stakeholder communication.

    Our network of offices in more than 80 countries allows us to make certification more efficient and cost-effective, while upholding the same stringent professional auditing and certification procedures.

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