OMG Standards

We have certain expectations from our members, these expectations are what we call our OMG standards. As a kindness ecosystem, we believe that we need to maintain these standards to ensure that we do not compromise the integrity of the OM Guarantee certification mark.

Vegan Standard

https://vegan.org/certification/

Please note, at this time, we currently apply these standards to companies as a whole and not just individual products they sell.

Animal Welfare Standard

The OM Guarantee™ will only be awarded to companies that adhere to the following animal welfare standards.

OM Guaranteed (Food, drink, cosmetics, and household) products cannot:

• Contain ingredients of meat, fish, fowl, animal by-products (including silk or dyes from insects, leather or animal skins, or hair), eggs or egg products, milk or milk products, honey or honey bee products
• Involve no animal testing of ingredients or finished product by a supplier, producer, manufacturer or independent party

Please provide supplier verification that animal products were not used in the manufacturing of ingredients.

Leaping Bunny Standard

http://www.leapingbunny.org/about/the-standard

Environmental Protection Standard

https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/faqs/what-does-rainforest-alliance-certified-mean

Equal Opportunity Employment

https://www.dol.gov/general/topic/discrimination

International Labour Standards on Child labor

https://www.ilo.org/global/standards/subjects-covered-by-international-labour-standards/child-labour/lang–en/index.htm

Industry Sector Standards

Each industry sector will have its unique set of standards that companies will have to demonstrate they adhere to. It will not always be appropriate to expect some companies to be strictly vegan.

Industry	Minimum OMG-Standard Compliance
Auto	Equal Opportunity, Environmental
Travel	Equal Opportunity, Environmental
Accommodation	Equal Opportunity, Environmental
Restaurants	Equal Opportunity, Vegan
Leisure	Equal Opportunity, No Child Labor
Apparel	Equal Opportunity, No Child Labor, Vegan, Environmental
Consumer Staples
Drink	Equal Opportunity, Vegan, Fair Trade
Food	Equal Opportunity, Vegan, Fair Trade
Supplements	Equal Opportunity, Vegan
Household items	Equal Opportunity, Vegan
Personal products	Equal Opportunity, Vegan
Energy
Renewables (Solar, Wind)	Equal Opportunity, Environment
Financials
Banks	Equal Opportunity
Financial Services	Equal Opportunity
Insurance	Equal Opportunity
Health Care
Biotechnology	Equal Opportunity, Vegan
Health Care Providers & Service	Equal Opportunity
Life Sciences Tools & Services	Equal Opportunity, Vegan
Industrial
Airlines	Equal Opportunity
Information Technology
IT Services	Equal Opportunity
Internet Software & Services	Equal Opportunity
Software and Electronics	Equal Opportunity, No Child Labor
Real Estate
Housing	Equal Opportunity, Environment
Buildings	Equal Opportunity, Environment