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Certifications are the formal record of your organisation’s progress through the NCZ award and certification programme. The portal gives you a clear view of each certification you hold or are working towards, lets you access the documents associated with each level, and allows you to progress toward Silver, Gold, and Platinum certification over time.

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What is an NCZ certification?

Each certification record represents one year of verified carbon management activity under a specific programme. It includes:
  • Programme — the certification level you are working toward (Blue, Silver, Gold, or Platinum)
  • Reference number — a unique identifier assigned to your certification
  • Certification year — the calendar year the certification covers
  • Status — where the certification currently sits in the process
  • Documents — certificates, carbon reports, and media packs attached to that certification
New customers are onboarded by the NCZ Customer Success Team, who create your first certification record. You do not need to create one manually.

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Viewing your certifications

To see your certifications, navigate to Certifications in the left-hand sidebar. The certifications list displays all certifications associated with your company, ordered by year. Each row shows the programme name, reference number, certification year, and current status. Select any certification to open its detail view, where you can see the full description, attached documents, and linked forms.

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The NCZ certification levels

The NCZ programme offers four levels, each building on the previous:
The entry point to the programme. To qualify, you sign up to the NCZ platform and complete the company questionnaire in the carbon calculator, enabling NCZ to model your business emissions using the NCZ benchmark framework.

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Accessing certification documents

Each certification can have one or more documents attached. These include your verified carbon footprint report, your official certificate, and a media pack you can use to promote your achievement.
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Open the certification

From the Certifications list, select the certification whose documents you want to access.
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Navigate to the Documents section

Within the certification detail view, scroll to the Documents section. All attached documents are listed by title.
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View or download a document

Select View to open the document in the built-in document viewer, or select Download to save a copy to your device.
Your media pack includes logos and certificate images you can use on your website, email signatures, and marketing materials to demonstrate your NCZ certification status.

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Blue Award certifications

The Blue Award is a distinct entry-level certification that you can apply for directly through the portal using the Carbon & Health & Wellbeing (C&HW) questionnaire. Once submitted, your NCZ Customer Success Team reviews the submission. To submit a Blue Award application:
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Open your certification

Navigate to Certifications and select the relevant certification.
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Access the C&HW form

In the certification detail view, you will see a link to the C&HW form for each location. Select the link to open the form.
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Complete and submit the form

Work through the questionnaire for each location. When you submit, the Blue Award application is logged against your certification.
If your company has multiple locations, a separate C&HW form link is generated for each one. Each location must have its own submission for the Blue Award to be processed.

Forms and submissions

Understand how to view and manage your data collection form submissions.

Documents

Access and download your carbon reports, certificates, and media packs.

NCZ certification programme

Learn more about what each certification level requires and what you receive.

Locations

Add and manage the physical sites that feed into your certification.