GOVERNANCE
Scheme Governance
GC Standards maintains a formal governance process to support the transparent, consistent, and impartial development and maintenance of its certification schemes.
SCHEME GOVERNANCE OVERVIEW
How GC Standards Governs Certification Schemes
GC Standards oversees scheme development, maintenance, stakeholder engagement, and implementation of approved revisions through an established governance process.
SCHEME GOVERNANCE ROLE
Scheme Lead
The Scheme Lead is responsible for coordinating scheme development, maintenance, stakeholder engagement, and implementation of approved revisions, supporting consistent implementation across the scheme life cycle.
GOVERNANCE
Advisory and Technical Committees
Advisory and technical committees provide relevant stakeholder perspectives and subject matter expertise to support scheme development and review.
Stakeholder Persectives
Bring relevant stakeholder perspectives to inform scheme development and review.Technical Expertise
Provide subject matter expertise to support technical development and evaluation.Balanced Representation
Committee participation is structured to promote balanced represenation of relevant interests and to prevent any single interest from dominating the process.
How Schemes Are Developed and Updated
For additional information on governance roles, committee structure, stakeholder representation, conflicts of interest, and the scheme development and revision process, refer to the GC Standards Quality Manual.
Development
Proposed revisions
are developed.
Stakeholder Input
Relevant stakeholder
perspectives are considered.
Technical Review
Technical evaluation
is conducted.
Approval
Revisions are approved through
the established governance process.
Maintenance
Approved revisions
are implemented and maintained.
Participate in Scheme Development
Stakeholders may contribute through advisory or technical committees, public consulations, targeted reviews, or direct feedback.