Certification process

• Registration
• Registration as a user via email (user-registration@steel-sustainability.org).
• The company should register each centre for which the MARK is requested separately.
• Application
• The company must present an application for each centre where it wants the MARK to be awarded
• The online application includes the following information and documents:
• General information questionnaire about the centre, to be filled in online at the website itself (mandatory).
• KPIs Assessment Questionnaire that can be downloaded from the website itself (mandatory).
• Additional information and documentation (optional)
• Verification
• Verification by third parties shall consist of a review by a body authorized by the ESSCPC of fulfillment of the MARK requirements.
• Confidential report
• The auditors shall prepare a confidential report with the conclusions of the verification.
• The report shall be sent to the Sustainability Advising Commission of the ESSCPC for the decision-making process concerning the award of the MARK.
•  Advising Commission Decision
• The Sustainability Advising Commissions shall study the verification report and shall decide whether to award the MARK or not