We recognise that both shopper and supplier are on their own journey to the Chemical Free Navana.  And we all shop according to how far along that fabulous road we are and what we are comfortable with. Or what our own personal benchmark is.  Maybe we are looking for things less toxic than the conventional. Maybe we are more pedantic with some products and not others, demanding only certified organic for some and happy with the local spray free options for others.

Any which way you look at it , it’s important that our suppliers are transparent regarding their chemical makeup for their products and services, so we all, as consumers can make an informed decision.

Our ‘Chemical Status’ is the level of which a Supplier is chemically free, organic or certified.  We have a supplier profiling and search feature that allows:

• the Supplier to nominate the percentage (%) of which they are toxic chemical free, organic, certified and/or a number of other chemical status filters
• the User to search one or many of the specific “chemical statuses” via the chemical status filters on your search page.

 

That’s great – but what do the percentages mean?

• If a Supplier is listing a restaurant or cafe and they source on average 60% of their total ingredient list from certified organic, (or even pesticide/spray free) they can nominate 60% of their total ingredient/product used to the relevant filter Certifed Organic or Pesticide/Spray Free.
• If a Supplier is listing a cleaning service and 2 of 5 of their services are toxic -chemical free they would nominate 40% of their total service offering as toxic chemical free

 

Yep, got that – what do each of the Status’s represent ?

Becoming Cert Biodynamic

• tick this if you hold a Conversion certification for applying Bio-Dynamic practices on your farm. If it relates to your entire farm select 100% or other nominate a % as appropriate. You must upload your certification and update your certification once you are fully certified.

Becoming Cert Organic

• tick this if you hold a transitional certificate called “In Conversion to Organic” or “Organic in Conversion” for your farm. If it relates to your entire farm select 100% or other nominate a % as appropriate. You must upload your certification and update your certification once you are fully certified.

Cert Org Ingredients at Point of Origin

• tick this if you have a product/products that are not certified however a percentage of the total ingredients are certified organic. Select the appropriate %   e.g. If 6 out of 10 ingredients are certified organic = 60%. Always be prepared to validate your %.

Certified Non-GMO

• tick this if your product/s have been accessed by a credible certifying body and you hold Non-GMO certification. Please nominate the percentage of your product line that holds this certification.  You must upload your certification.

Certified Biodynamic

• tick this if your product/s have been accessed by a credible certifying body and you hold Biodynamic certification. Please nominate the percentage of your product line that holds this certification. You must upload your certification.
• If you are a retailer (not certified) that carries Certified Biodynamic stock please indicate the approximate % of your product line that is Certified Biodynamic – you are not required to upload certificates of all your suppliers however please be prepared to validate your %.

Certified Organic

• tick this if your product/s have been accessed by a credible certifying body and you hold Organic certification. Please nominate the percentage of your product line that holds this certification.  You must upload your certification.
• If you are a retailer (not certified) that carries Certified Organic stock please indicate the approximate % of your product line that is Certified Organic – you are not required to upload certificates of all your suppliers  however please be prepared to validate your %.

Certified Organic Farm

• tick this if your farm have been accessed by a credible certifying body and you hold Organic certification.

Certified Organic Manufacturer

• tick this if your manufacturing plant/processes have been accessed by a credible certifying body and you hold Organic Manufacturer certification. If it relates to your entire operation select 100% or nominate another % as appropriate. You must upload your certification.

Certified Organic Processor

• tick this if your manufacturing operations, processing and handling have been accessed by a credible certifying body and you hold relevant Organic certification. If it relates to your entire operation select 100% or nominate another % as appropriate. You must upload your certification.

Certified Organic Restaurant/Café

• tick this if your restaurant/cafe has been accessed by a credible certifying body and you hold relevant Organic certification. Select 100%. You must upload your certification.  (Note – can you only be 100%?  This is different to the others)

Certified Organic Retailer

• tick this if your retail business/processing have been accessed by a credible certifying body and you hold Organic Retail certification. If it relates to your entire operation select 100% or nominate another % as appropriate. You must upload your retailer certification, you are not required to upload organic certification of your suppliers.

Certified Organic Textiles

• tick this if your textile processing, trade chain have been accessed by a credible certifying body and you hold Organic Textile certification. If it relates to your entire operation or product line select 100% or select the appropriate % e.g. if 6 out of 10 textiles used in your products are certified organic = 60%. Always be prepared to validate your %. You must upload your certification.
• If you are a retailer (not certified) that carries Certified Organic Textiles please indicate the approximate % of your product line that is Certified Organic – you are not required to upload certificates of all your suppliers however please prepared to validate your %.

Certified Organic Wholesaler

• tick this if your importing, exporting, wholesaling, distribution, processing, transport and storage have been accessed by a credible certifying body and you hold Organic Wholesaler certification. If it relates to your entire operation or product line select 100% or nominate another % as appropriate. You must upload your certification.

Non-Certified Biodynamic

• tick this if your farm or your product/products have ingredients grown using the practices of Biodynamic farming. If it relates to your entire farm select 100% or nominate the percentage of your product line that has followed Biodynamic practices. Always be prepared to validate your %.

Non-Certified GMO Free

• tick this if you have a product/products that are not certified GMO Free.  Select the appropriate % e.g. if 6 out of 10 ingredients are certified GMO Free = 60%. Always be prepared to validate your %.

Non-Certified Organic

• tick this if your farm or your product/products have ingredients grown using the practices of Organic farming. If it relates to your entire farm select 100%  or nominate the percentage of your product line that has followed Organic practices. Always be prepared to validate your %.

Pesticide/Spray Free

• tick this if your farm is managed or your product/products have ingredients grown without the use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides. If it relates to your entire farm select 100%  or nominate the percentage of your product line that has followed pesticide free practices. Always be prepared to validate your %.
• If you are a retailer (not certified) that carries pesticide/spray free stock please indicate the approximate % of your product line that is pesticide/spray free – please prepared to validate your %.

Toxic Chemical Free

• tick and ‘ballpark’ the toxicity level or your product, product line or service offering. We support any product/service that is LESS toxic than then conventional. We ask you to be honest and transparent. Access your ingredients using either the ‘Chemical Maze (book or app)’,  ‘Skin Deep’ or a comparable chemical/product toxicity tool. Evaluate the number of happy, quizzical, unhappy faces using the Chemical Maze or Low-Moderate-High hazards using ’Skin Deep-EWG tool’ and select the appropriate % e.g.. if 2 out of 10 ingredients score a quizzical & unhappy face select 80% Toxic Chemical Free. This is an estimate only, you can update your % as you improve formulations. Always be prepared to validate your %.

Wild Harvest

•  tick this if you have a product that has a percentage of the total ingredients grown/sourced wild in nature without human intervention and ideally been harvested following wildcrafting guidelines. Select the appropriate % i.e.. if 3 out of 10 ingredients are wild harvested select 30%. Always be prepared to validate your %.

MADE SAFE

• tick this if your product/s have been accessed by MADE SAFE and you hold MADE SAFE certification. The MADE SAFE (Made With Safe Ingredients™) seal literally means that a product is made with safe ingredients. Please nominate the percentage of your product line that holds this certification.  You must upload your certification.

NONTOXIC CERTIFIED

• tick this if your product/s have been accessed by NONTOXIC CERTIFIED and you hold NONTOXIC CERTIFIED certification. The NONTOXIC CERTIFIED™ seal means that a product has passed MADE SAFE and gone on to be lab-tested to ensure that it – in totality – is not toxic.  Please nominate the percentage of your product line that holds this certification.  You must upload your certification.