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Social Impact Accreditation
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Whether you’re designing a socially responsible formulation or auditing your portfolio for compliance, our teams can help identify accredited materials, validate supplier data, and ensure every statement is backed by proof.
Why does social accreditation matter?
Verified social accreditations provide credible assurance that products contribute to fair labor practices and social equity, essential components of ESG and procurement standards.
They help you demonstrate ethical sourcing, strengthen supply chain transparency, and meet customer and investor expectations for social impact disclosure.
For Univar Solutions, this is how we connect science, service, and supply to deliver sustainability that drives shared value.
What it means
Social Impact Accreditation applies to products verified by independent third parties for meeting defined social and ethical standards.
These certifications show that production supports fair wages, safe working conditions, equitable trade practices, and positive community impact.
How it works
Social accreditations are granted at the product level following review and verification by recognized independent organizations.
Univar Solutions partners with accredited suppliers who can demonstrate responsible labor practices, transparent sourcing, and community engagement across their operations.
Criteria and Standards
We recognize leading global standards that verify social responsibility in sourcing and production, including:
Fair for Life (FFL), FairWild, Rainforest Alliance, Small Producers’ Symbol (SPP), NaturLand Fair, Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS), and Fairtrade International.
Each standard defines measurable criteria for ethical trade, worker welfare, and local community development, verified through independent auditing
Supporting Documentation
To qualify as a socially accredited product, suppliers must provide:
- A valid certificate including expiration and certifier details, if applicable
- Clear indication of certification scope at product level
- Public registry or reference link, where available
- Supplier statement confirming the accreditation aligns with the relevant product(s) supplied, if unclear
Let's Work Together
Whether you’re designing a socially responsible formulation or auditing your portfolio for compliance, our teams can help identify accredited materials, validate supplier data, and ensure every statement is backed by proof.
Explore our Sustainable & Natural product framework
Social Impact Accreditation is one of the characteristics within the Univar Solutions Sustainable & Natural Product (SNP) framework.
This framework assists customers in navigating the different ways sustainability characteristics can apply at the product level. Together, these characteristics give customers a practical guide to understand sustainable product benefits, compare alternatives, and make sourcing decisions with greater confidence.
Explore our accredited products
Looking for ethically accredited materials in your market or formulation category?
Browse our growing catalogue of verified social impact products and see how they can help meet your performance, sourcing and ESG goals.
NOTICE: All product information is provided in good faith and is believed to be accurate as of the date of publication based on information received from the supplier and secondary databases. However, Univar Solutions is not able to verify whether third-party data is accurate, complete, and up-to-date and assumes no responsibility, obligation, or liability for the information provided. NO GUARANTEES OR WARRANTIES ARE GIVEN AND ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SUCH AS THOSE OF MERCHANTABILTIY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ARE EXPRESSLY EXCLUDED. Customer is solely responsible for determining whether products and/or the information provided are appropriate for Customer’s use, and Customer assumes all risk and liability in acting on the information provided.
Our Suppliers also sign our Supplier Code of Conduct so you can be assured that we are working throughout our supply chain to transparently create our Sustainable & Natural Products Portfolio.
