Green Building Certifications
Turn your rooftop into certification credits
On-site urban farming is one of the few capital-light interventions that generates documented, auditable evidence across every major green-building and ESG framework — from LEED v5 and WELL to GRESB, CSRD, TNFD and Scope 3. One living farm, nine frameworks, measurable results.
Why it counts
Certifications reward evidence. A living farm produces it.
On-site & physical
A real, visible intervention on your own asset — not an offset or a pledge.
Documented & auditable
Every harvest, donation and habitat metric is tracked into evidence your assessors accept.
Cross-framework
One installation contributes to nine certification and disclosure frameworks at once.
The frameworks
How urban farming supports every certification you report against
Whatever standards your buildings are assessed on, an on-site farm contributes credits, indicators and disclosure data. Here is how it maps to each.
LEED v5
Green Building
The world's most widely used green-building rating system. On-site farms support Sustainable Sites, biodiversity and innovation credits with measurable habitat and local food production.
WELL v2
Health & Wellbeing
The standard for buildings that put people first. Urban farms feed the Nourishment and Mind concepts through fresh-produce access and restorative, biophilic space.
BOMA BEST
Operations
North America's leading standard for sustainable building operations. Documented green space, waste diversion and tenant engagement strengthen your score.
GRESB
ESG Benchmark
The ESG benchmark for real assets that investors watch. Farms add measurable biodiversity and social indicators that lift your annual GRESB performance.
BREEAM
Land Use & Ecology
Europe's established assessment method, now gaining ground in the US. Land Use & Ecology credits reward on-site habitat creation and ecological value.
Fitwel
Health & Community
An evidence-based health certification. Community gardens and fresh-food access map directly to Fitwel's health-promotion and community strategies.
CSRD
EU Disclosure
The EU's Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive. Farms generate auditable biodiversity and social-value data for double-materiality disclosure.
TNFD
Nature Disclosure
The framework for nature-related financial disclosures. On-site interventions provide concrete, location-specific data for the LEAP assessment.
Scope 3
Value-Chain Emissions
The hardest emissions to move. Nature-based, on-site food production supports Scope 3 reduction, insetting and credible nature-positive narratives.
How it works
From bare rooftop to audit-ready in four steps
Assess your property
We audit your roof or grounds and map every framework your portfolio reports against.
Install a living farm
Our team builds and operates a productive, biodiverse on-site farm — zero lift for you.
Document the evidence
Yields, biodiversity, donations and engagement are tracked into audit-ready records.
Report year after year
Feed verifiable data into LEED, WELL, GRESB, CSRD, TNFD and Scope 3 reporting each cycle.
Go deeper
Certification deep dives
Explore exactly how on-site farming earns credits and produces reportable data for each framework.
Make certifications an asset
Ready to turn your buildings into certified, living assets?
Tell us about your portfolio and we'll show you exactly which credits and disclosure data an on-site MicroHabitat farm can deliver — and what it costs.