Governance and impact
NCS's institutional role in the seal program.
NCS makes evidence-based decisions and maintains clear boundaries between assessment, registration and disclosure.
Responsibility
Decisions based on documented criteria.
Assessment considers evidence aligned with scope, traceability and the program's current criteria.
The responsible NCS body makes the decision; the public directory neither replaces nor anticipates it.
Boundaries
What this page does not do.
Separating responsibilities protects the credibility of the process.
- It does not automatically certify organizations or projects.
- It does not turn self-declarations into validated evidence.
- It does not change criteria because of publicity or commercial relationships.
- It does not publish restricted documents used in assessment.