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Certifications: Supporting the Development of High-Value Circular Polymer Solutions
At TotalEnergies, EcoVadis, ISCC PLUS and RecyClass address complementary aspects of sustainability performance and product traceability. Together, they provide recognized frameworks that enable customers and stakeholders to rely on standardized methodologies, documented processes and independent third-party assessments.
3 Certifications, 1 common objective: Ensure transparency
EcoVadis assesses overall corporate sustainability performance.
ISCC PLUS, an annual third-party audit to certify material flows, allocation rules and sustainability claims.
RecyClass verifies recycled content in specific products.
EcoVadis: Evaluating Sustainability Management Practices
EcoVadis assesses companies across four key sustainability themes:
- Environment
- Labor & Human Rights
- Ethics
- Sustainable Procurement
In 2025, TotalEnergies Refining & Chemicals achieved a score of 84/100 and was awarded a Gold Medal, placing the company among the top 5% performing organizations assessed by EcoVadis. To reach this score, a review of sustainability management practices and supporting evidence is made across more than 100 TotalEnergies production sites, including polymer manufacturing operations.
ISCC PLUS: Verifying Traceability Through Mass Balance for our polymers production
For several consecutive years, TotalEnergies polymers production sites have maintained ISCC PLUS certification.
ISCC PLUS is an internationally recognized certification system providing a robust chain-of-custody framework, ensuring the traceability of recycled and renewable feedstock throughout the chain of custody.
At TotalEnergies, the quantity of sustainable materials entering the production process is accurately allocated to certified products, through a mass balance approach.
RecyClass: Verifying Recycled Content in Certified Grades
RecyClass Recycled Plastics Traceability Certification verifies the recycled content incorporated into specific polymers.
In 2026, BU POL achieved RecyClass certification for 3 grades produced at TEPA (Belgium) and 6 grades produced at Polyblend (Germany)
As a result, the recycled content associated with these grades is measured, documented and independently verified according to recognized certification requirements.
Methodology: Based on 1054 contacts of European customers who buy polymers from TotalEnergies, 219 responses were obtained, i.e, a participation rate of 21% . The survey was conducted by Opinionway in accordance with the requirements of the international quality standard ISO 20252. OpinionWay further notes that the following margings for error must be taken into account when interpreting the results of this survey : a maximum of 6,9 points for a sample of 200 respondents.