Certification

Comparison with existing certifications

An overview of existing standards, labels, commitment, and guidelines and comparison to the SDIA sustainability certification.

Max Schulze

14 Aug 2023 • 1 min read

You can find an overview and comparison of other certifications or like-minded commitments, pledges, and guidelines below. Please let us know if you think we missed an existing label or standard.

	SDIA Sustainability Certification	TSI.EN50600	Blue Angel (DE-UZ 228)	Climate Neutral Data Center Pact	iMasons Climate Accord	LEED	BREEAM	CEEDA	EU Code of Conduct for Data Centers
Ecolabel	✅	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Certified (independent 3rd party)	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌	✅	✅	✅	❌
Open Criteria Development	✅	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Scope	Infrastructure as a Service, Cloud, Hosting	Data Center Facility	Data Center Facility	Data Center Facility	Data Center Facility	Building	Building	Data Center Facility	Data Center Facility
Type	Certification	Certification	Certification	Voluntary Commitment	Voluntary Commitment	Certification	Certification	Certification	Guideline
Environmental Scope	Energy, Water, GHG Emissions, Materials & Resources	Energy, GHG Emissions, Water	Energy, GHG Emissions, Water	Energy, Water, Carbon Emissions	Carbon from Energy and Equipment	Energy, Water, Materials & Resources	Energy, Water, Materials & Resources	Energy, Water	Energy
Economic Scope	Utilization	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Social Scope	Labor, Community, Regional Ecosystem	❌	❌	❌	❌	Local Ecosystem	Local Ecosystem	❌	❌

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