A sustainability credential built for companies your size.

Rootcred is an independent recognition program for small and mid-sized businesses. Show buyers, partners, and tenders that your sustainability commitment is real, without paying for a full ESG audit.

More buyers are asking suppliers about sustainability. Tenders ask for it. Partners expect it. The established answers to that question — a full ESG audit, a carbon accounting engagement, an enterprise assessment platform — are built for companies with compliance teams and six-figure budgets.

Most small and mid-sized businesses have neither. Rootcred exists for them: a credential sized to a company that wants to demonstrate real commitment, reviewed by someone independent, priced and scoped for a smaller business.

The process

How recognition works

Apply and submit evidence

Complete a focused self-assessment against published criteria, with supporting evidence for your current practices.

Independent review

A qualified, independent sustainability professional reviews the submission. Payment starts the process; it does not decide the outcome.

Recognition issued

Companies that meet the published bar receive a digital badge, a certificate, and a public verification profile, renewed annually.

On approval

What you receive

Digital badgeFor your website and email signature

CertificateFor proposals and tenders

Verification IDUnique, publicly checkable

Annual renewalRecognition is reviewed each year

What it looks like

A sample verification entry

Rootcred Verified

CompanyExample Trading LLC

StatusRecognized — 2026

Verification IDRC-2026-0001

Valid throughOctober 2027

Each recognized company gets a public profile like this one, at its own verification link, so anyone reviewing a badge or certificate can confirm it is current and genuine.

Who this is for

Built for trade and supply chain businesses

Rootcred is built for small and mid-sized trade, supply chain, and manufacturing businesses that want a credible answer to the sustainability question, without the cost or time of an enterprise assessment.

If your company already runs a full program through EcoVadis, an ISO standard, or an equivalent enterprise platform, Rootcred is probably not the right fit — it is built for the gap below that tier, not as a replacement for it.

Currently onboarding the first cohort

Rootcred is opening a small first group of companies ahead of a wider launch. If this sounds like a fit for your business, get in touch.

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