Testing for evaluations Kiwa is a leading specialist in quality testing, product, eco and system certification and environmental services. It offers its customers a wide range of services in the areas of testing, inspection and certification. With 4,300 employees, Kiwa is a strong international partner in over 40 countries....

European quality label for sutainable construction products natureplus® quality label marks environmentally-friendly construction products being non-hazarduous to health. The focus is environment, health and sustainability. The quality label is awarded by   which developed the label in cooperation with several testing bodies (among those eco-INSTITUT). The products have to...

Quality label for natural textiles The IVN quality mark “NATURTEXTIL IVN certified BEST” identifies natural textiles that have been produced and inspected according to strict guidelines. It has been awarded by the International Association of the Natural Textiles (Internationaler Verband der Naturtextilwirtschaft – IVN) since 2000. The IVN criteria...

Sustainability recommendation for quality seals For more than 25 years, the ÖkoControl Association of Ecological Furniture Stores (Verband ökologischer Einrichtungshäuser e.V.) tested natural furniture, mattresses and bedding of listed companies for harmful substances according to the criteria of its own ÖkoControl seal and was thus one of the pioneers...

Quality Seal Sustainable Building Plus & Quality Seal Sustainable Building Premium In order to promote a uniform understanding of sustainability while at the same time creating a secure framework for the allocation of funding, the Federal Ministry of Housing, Urban Development and Building (BMWSB) has launched the Quality Seal...

Label for natural latex mattresses QUL certificate labels pollutant-tested latex mattresses made from 100% natural latex. The certificate is awarded by Parametres of the tests are, for example, volatile organic compounds (VOC), pesticides, health-hazarduous heavy metalls, PCP and nitrosamines.QUL quality criteria get edited and updated every year. About QUL...

Mark of conformity in the context of In Germany, as a member state of the EU, the general technical approval (abZ) and the Ü mark may only be used for products that do not bear a CE mark. The European Construction Products Regulation (EU) No. 305/2011 describes basic requirements...