What is a VSME badge?

A publicly accessible page on verified.supply that shows your company maintains a VSME sustainability profile, including the status of your most recent reporting year. You'll find it at verified.supply/b/your-company.

Are my sustainability figures publicly visible through the badge?

No. The badge only shows company name, sector, country and profile status. The actual data point values are shared in a targeted way, per client, once you've explicitly accepted a data request.

Where can I use the badge link?

Anywhere sustainability data is relevant to a client or tender: on your website, in your email signature, in proposals, or in tender documents.

What happens if a client asks for more information via the badge?

A client can send a formal data request to view your full profile. That request appears in your requests inbox, where you must explicitly accept or decline it — data is never shared automatically.

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2 July 20265 min read

The VSME badge: what it is and why clients trust it

A sustainability claim on your website is only credible if there's something traceable behind it. The verified.supply VSME badge is built exactly for that: a public, always up-to-date page that shows your company maintains a VSME profile — without exposing sensitive company data publicly.

What is the VSME badge?

Every company on verified.supply automatically gets its own badge URL (`verified.supply/b/your-company`), based on your company name. This page is publicly accessible, no login required — so you can freely share the link in proposals, email signatures, on your website, or in a tender file.

What does — and doesn't — appear on it

The badge shows your company name, sector and country, plus the status of your most recent VSME profile (in progress, complete, or verified) for the relevant reporting year. The raw data point values — your exact energy use, emissions figures, or workforce data — are deliberately never shown publicly. You share those in a targeted way, per client, via a data request in your requests inbox.

Why clients trust this faster than a standalone document

A standalone PDF with sustainability figures can't be verified: is it current? Is it really from this company? The badge page is always live-linked to your current profile status, so a buyer can tell within seconds that you actually maintain an active VSME profile — even before they send a formal data request. That makes the badge as much a sales tool as a compliance tool: it shows prospective clients your sustainability data is in order, without disclosing anything confidential.

The badge is just the starting point

Once a client actually requests your data, you explicitly accept that request from your requests inbox — nothing ever happens automatically. From that point on, the client can view your full VSME profile, and you can also share the Supplier Evidence PDF and machine-readable export for their own reporting process.

Frequently asked questions

What is a VSME badge?: A publicly accessible page on verified.supply that shows your company maintains a VSME sustainability profile, including the status of your most recent reporting year. You'll find it at verified.supply/b/your-company.
Are my sustainability figures publicly visible through the badge?: No. The badge only shows company name, sector, country and profile status. The actual data point values are shared in a targeted way, per client, once you've explicitly accepted a data request.
Where can I use the badge link?: Anywhere sustainability data is relevant to a client or tender: on your website, in your email signature, in proposals, or in tender documents.
What happens if a client asks for more information via the badge?: A client can send a formal data request to view your full profile. That request appears in your requests inbox, where you must explicitly accept or decline it — data is never shared automatically.

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