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1 -X0100 - Introduction to the Card Eco-Certification scheme ("CEC")
1 +C0100 - Introduction to the Card Eco-Certification scheme ("CEC")
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1 -== Mission ==
1 +==== Mission ====
2 2  
3 -The CEC has the following mission:
3 +CEC has the following mission:
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5 5  * Prevent Mastercard products being associated with “green washing”.
6 6  * Help bringing products to market that have an environmental advantage, and help associate Mastercard with the notion of environmental improvement.
7 -* Ensure that, when a Mastercard product is associated with an environmental claim, the environmental claim is:
7 +* Ensure that, when a Mastercard product is associated with an [[Environmental Claim>>url:https://cecocert.com/xwiki/bin/view/Glossary/Environmental%20Claim]], the Environmental Claim is:
8 8  ** Feasible
9 9  ** Meaningful and verifiable
10 10  ** Supported and sustained
11 11  
12 -== Purpose ==
12 +==== Purpose ====
13 13  
14 14  Purpose of the CEC is to:
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16 -* develop and maintain a set of requirements for Environmental Claims, the CEC requirements; and
17 -* evaluate Environmental Claims against the CEC requirements; and
18 -* publish those Environmental Claims that have been found compliant with the CEC requirements.
16 +* develop and maintain a set of requirements for an [[Environmental Claim>>url:https://cecocert.com/xwiki/bin/view/Glossary/Environmental%20Claim]], the CEC requirements; and
17 +* evaluate an Environmental Claim against the [[CEC requirements>>url:https://cecocert.com/xwiki/bin/view/Glossary/CEC%20requirements]]; and
18 +* publish a successfully evaluated Environmental Claim that has been found compliant with the CEC requirements.
19 19  
20 -== What is an Environmental Claim? ==
20 +=== What is an Environmental Claim? ===
21 21  
22 22  An Environmental Claim is:
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24 24  * a clear and concise description of the improvements of a modified product or service’s environmental impact, including a clarification of connected adverse effects.
25 25  * Allowing Vendors of a Mastercard branded product to establish an “Environmental Claim” in line with a target market, taking into account regional and local preferences, local understanding of environmental issues, and aspects of the vendor’s product portfolio and capabilities.
26 26  
27 -Using the concept of Environmental Claim as the basis for the CEC provides more flexibility and openness towards technical innovations we currently cannot foresee, compared to a more static approach solely comparing product performance against a defined and limited set of criteria and categories.
27 +Using the concept of Environmental Claim as the basis for CEC provides more flexibility and openness towards technical innovations we currently cannot foresee, compared to a more static approach solely comparing product performance against a defined and limited set of criteria and categories.
28 28  
29 -Environmental Claims shall be expressed relative to the environmental performance of an existing product, Concisely and consistently expressing the improvement as less or more of something that is relevant to the environment.
29 +An Environmental Claim shall be expressed relative to the environmental performance of an existing product, concisely and consistently expressing the improvement as less or more of something that is relevant to the environment.
30 30  
31 -== What are the CEC requirements about? ==
31 +=== What are the CEC requirements about? ===
32 32  
33 -The purpose of the CEC requirements is to ensure that Environmental Claims published on the CEC website are:
33 +The purpose of the CEC requirements is to ensure that every Environmental Claim that is CEC certified is:
34 34  
35 35  Feasible:
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50 50  * Supported by the organization making the claim (Policies, Organization, Processes & Procedures)
51 51  * Within the organizations capabilities
52 52  
53 -See section [[Requirements>>url:https://cecocert.com/bin/view/CEC%20Home/Requirement%20List/WebHome]] for more details and the requirements themselves.
53 +See section [[Requirements>>path:/xwiki/bin/view/CEC%20Home/CEC%20Requirements/]] for more details and the requirements themselves.
54 54  
55 -== How does the CEC Evaluation Process work? ==
55 +=== How does the CEC Evaluation Process work? ===
56 56  
57 -The [[CEC Evaluation Process>>url:https://cecocert.com/bin/view/CEC%20Home/WebHome]] consists of the following steps:
57 +The [[CEC Certification Process>>https://cecocert.com/xwiki/bin/view/CEC%20Home/C1000%20-%20CEC%20v2%20Certification%20Process/]] consists of the following steps:
58 58  
59 -* Vendor [[registers>>url:https://cecocert.com/bin/view/CEC%20Home/Vendor%20Registration/WebHome]] with the CEC Certification Body ("CeB").
60 -* Vendor conducts a [[self-assessment>>url:https://cecocert.com/bin/view/CEC%20Home/Environmental%20Claim%20Registration/WebHome]] based on a pre-defined questionnaire, called the CEC Assessment Plan (referred to as "cecAP"), and provides the completed cecAP to the CeB.
61 -* A CEC Assessor [[reviews>>url:https://cecocert.com/bin/view/CEC%20Home/C0300%20-%20Environmental%20Claim%20Assessment/WebHome]] the completed cecAP and conducts a Remote Assessment of the Vendor's claim and supporting organization and processes, prepares a report based on the cecAP, and submits it to the Vendor and the CeB.
62 -* The CeB [[validates>>url:https://cecocert.com/bin/view/CEC%20Home/C0400%20Environmental%20Claim%20Validation/WebHome]] the report against a defined set of CEC Report Validation Rules
63 -* Upon successful validation, the CeB issues a CEC Certificate to the successful vendor, and publishes the Claim in the [[Register of Environmental Claims>>url:https://cecocert.com/bin/view/CEC%20Home/C0600%20-%20List%2C%20view%2C%20and%20compare%20Environmental%20Claims/WebHome]].
59 +* Vendor registers with the CEC Certification Body ("CeB").
60 +* Vendor signs the CEC NDA
61 +* Vendor defines in a form called cecQAF which product and site combinations (Environmental Claims) the Vendor seeks to be CEC certified and provides the completed cecQAF to the CeB.
62 +* CeB sends quotation for the defined scope, Vendor accepts quotation, CeB sends invoice, Vendor pays the invoiced amount, CeB assigns CEC Assessor, sends expanded cecQAF.
63 +* Vendor determines and enters the requested information into the cecQAF, sends the cecQAF to the CEC Assessor.
64 +* CEC Assessor conducts CEC Assessment of the data provided by the Vendor.
65 +* If sufficiently compliant, CEC Assessor progresses to calculation of CEC KEIs (Key Environmental Indicators), otherwise informs Vendor of necessary improvements and the process continues once Vendor has resolved the findings.
66 +* Based on the KEIs, CeB together with Mastercard decides if each claim is certifiable.
67 +* The Vendor receives CEC Certificates for Environmental Claims considered certifiable, and a notice for the claims not considered certifiable.
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65 65  Environmental claims are periodically reviewed, typically annually.
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