Using your WECERT Results
Your WECERT certification, validation or verification result is an achievement worth communicating — but it must always be presented accurately, transparently and within its approved scope.
These guidelines explain how to reference your WECERT result, use applicable marks and statements, and communicate your assurance status without creating misleading claims.
YOUR RESULT. YOUR RESPONSIBILITY.
Assurance Builds Trust When it is Communicated Correctly
Achieving certification, validation or verification through WECERT provides independent recognition of conformity or assurance. Organizations are encouraged to communicate their achievement to customers, regulators, business partners and other interested parties.
However, references to certification, validation or verification must accurately reflect what was assessed, the applicable scope, and the status of the result.
A WECERT mark, statement or reference must never be presented in a way that could mislead users regarding the subject of the assurance, extend the result beyond its approved scope, or imply certification or verification of something that was not assessed.
This principle is strongly supported by both of your documents. The certification document specifically distinguishes management-system certification from product/service certification, while the V&V document requires clients not to imply that information outside the validated/verified subject matter has been assured.
Accurate
Say exacty what has been certified, verified or valdated.
Within Scope
Never extend a certificate or statement beyond its defined scope.
Traceable
Make & easy for others to identify and verify your WECERT result.
Current
Use references and marks only whie your mous remains vald
Choose Your Assurance Result
Different Results. Different Rules.
Certification and validation/verification represent different forms of conformity assessment.
Select the type of WECERT result you hold to understand the applicable communication and mark-use requirements.
The Fundamental Rule
Never Imply More Than WECERT Assured
Your communication must never imply that WECERT has certified, validated or verified a product, service, activity, location, claim, information or subject matter that falls outside the applicable WECERT result.
DO COMMUN CATE CORRECTLY
DO NOT COMMUNICATE MISLEADINGLY
FOR CERTIFIED ORGANIZATIONS
Using Your Certification Correctly
WECERT management system certification demonstrates that the organization’s management system has been assessed against the applicable certification requirements. It does not, by itself, certify a particular product or service.
FOR VALIDATED & VERIFIED CLIENTS
Communicating Validation & Verification Results
Validation and Verification Statements provide assurance relating to defined claims, information or subject matter. Any reference to a WECERT Validation or Verification result must clearly correspond to the information that was actually subject to the engagement.
A WECERT mark must not be used in a manner that implies that statements or information outside the validated or verified subject matter have also been assured.
Validation and Verification Marks
Reference to Verified / Validated Information
Environmental Information Statements
Reasonable & Limited Assurance References
Product / LCA Statements & Mixed Engagement
Accreditation Mark Restrictions
IMPORTANT RESTRICTIONS
Accreditation and Other Marks
Certain third-party marks and symbols must not be used with your week! result. Unauthorized use may lead to misleading claims and regulatory actions.
CONTROLLED GUIDANCE
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This webpage provides practical guidance to help WECERT clients understand the principal rules for communicating certification, validation and verification results. The applicable WECERT controlled documents and the conditions associated with the individual certification or assurance result remain the authoritative source for detailed requirements.