# Credentials and Certificates | Scanned Originals

> Six scanned certificates published unedited, what each document type does and does not prove, and how to check any of them with the issuing body.

Source: https://luressource.com/credentials/

Scanned originals, published unedited. The holder name, issuer and validity dates printed on each document govern. A machine-readable index for AI agents is at /downloads/credentials.json . UL authorisation to apply the UL Mark UL LLC amfori BSCI audit summary BSI Supplier assessment report SGS (with Made-in-China.com) Supplier assessment report SGS (with Made-in-China.com) Product test report SGS (CMA / CNAS / ILAC-MRA marked) ISO 9001:2015 quality management system certificate QPC (Zhejiang Qipin Certification) What does each document actually prove? A certificate is evidence of one thing, checked on one date. Read it as such, and it becomes useful; read it as a guarantee, and it becomes a risk. Document type, what it covers, and the limit a buyer should carry into a negotiation. Document type What it covers What it does not cover UL authorisation to apply the UL Mark Authorisation for the holder to apply the mark to products within the scope listed by UL Any product outside that scope, and any claim that everything a factory makes is listed amfori BSCI audit summary Social compliance at a site on a stated audit date, with a grade Product safety, material specification or capacity Supplier assessment report (SGS) An assessment of the supplier as an organisation at a point in time Whether a specific order will be made to your specification Product test report (SGS) The sample tested, against the standards named on the report The rest of the production run — testing a sample is not certifying a batch ISO 9001:2015 certificate A quality management system, audited by a certification body A product's specification, tolerance or colour consistency How long does each type stay valid? Validity windows, as published on our verification page. A certificate is a statement about a date. Scheme Validity What it means for your order ISO 9001 3 years, with surveillance audits at 12 and 24 months A valid certificate is a live system, not a one-off result amfori BSCI 24 months for an A or B rating A grade from a year ago describes a site a year ago SMETA (Sedex) Not accepted as robust after 24 months Risk-based: yearly for high-risk sites, every 2 years otherwise Platform licence badge Point in time Confirms the licence matched the registry when checked, not that it still does How should you check any of these? Read the number, not the logo. A certificate number plus an issuing body is checkable; a logo is not. Verify with the issuer, not the supplier. UL, SGS, the certification body and the audit scheme each publish their own verification route. Match the scope to what you are buying. A certificate for one product family says nothing about another. Check the date against the review cycle above, and treat the certificate as evidence for that date only. Ask what is missing. If the market you sell into needs a test that is not here, that is a requirement to raise before production, not after. Nothing on this page restates a document beyond what is printed on it, and no certificate is presented as evidence it does not contain. The full verification method is at how we verify a Chinese supplier ; the compliance duties that certificates do not discharge are at US and EU compliance . Frequently asked questions Whose certificates are these? They are the operator's own documents, supplied as scans and published without alteration. The holder name printed on each scan governs, which is why we do not restate it here: a restatement is our sentence, and the scan is the document. If the name on a scan does not match the company you are dealing with, that is a finding, and we would rather you made it than missed it. Do these certificates mean a product is compliant? No, and this is the most common misreading. A system certificate such as ISO 9001 covers a management system, not a product. A product test report covers the specific sample tested against the specific standards named on it. Neither replaces the compliance work done per shipment for the market you are importing into, which is a separate exercise described on the compliance page. How do I check that a certificate is genuine? Read the certificate number and the issuing body on the scan, then verify it with that body's own registry rather than with the supplier. UL, SGS and the certification bodies behind ISO 9001 and amfori BSCI all publish verification routes. A scan that cannot be matched to a registry entry is a question worth asking before a deposit, not after. How long does each document type stay valid? It depends on the scheme. ISO 9001 runs for 3 years with surveillance audits at 12 and 24 months. An amfori BSCI rating is typically valid for 24 months at an A or B grade. SMETA is not treated as robust beyond 24 months. A platform business-licence badge is a point-in-time check. The validity windows are set out in full on the verification page.