Wikipedia starts its description of Sustainability with these sentences – 
“Sustainability is the ability to exist constantly. In the 21st century, it refers generally to the capacity for the biosphere and human civilization to co-exist.”

A mouthful to be sure, This definition ranges from a common sense concept to something much fuzzier and less capable of assimilation.

What constitutes “Sustainability” in fact differs from individual to individual, making it difficult to evaluate any company’s sustainability statement.  For that reason, CuSalus and its parent company, Colonial Bronze decided to contract with the leading third party auditor of environmental sustainability claim to independently evaluate our company’s sustainability.
 
Since 2006, Colonial Bronze has worked with and been audited by SCS Global Services  to keep us on the path of improving our ability to co-exist with our environment. We are required to document

     • The source of our copper alloys,
     • The recycled content information from the mills that produce our materials
     • How the material we purchase is used to make our products and
     • How we handle and recycle the by products that come from the process of making our products

The information must be sufficient to accurately state what percentage of recycled content goes into our product. The required documentation is reviewed by SCS Global analysts and if sufficient, results in a certification of the recycled content of our products. It is important to note that the certification we receive is ONLY VALID FOR ONE YEAR and must be submitted annually to maintain the certification.

Our products are currently certified to contain 94% pre-consumer recycled content. Our annual certificate is shown below.