• The GBSC, in good faith, is relying on the honesty, integrity and good reputation of every Approved Provider cemetery to deliver green burial services to their community, in fulfillment of the category for which they were approved and in the full spirit and intent declared by their signing the GBSC’s Approved Provider Statement of Statement of Ethical Practice.
• The GBSC will rely on each Approved Provider to self-report and self-regulate regarding how they deliver green burial services. Approved Providers will be invited, on an annual/voluntary basis, to provide to the GBSC a report itemizing the number and types of green burials they performed, and any challenges they faced in providing their green burial services. Collection of this data, which will be held in confidence, will be used by the GBSC to develop reports about the acceptance and adoption of green burial services across Canada.
• The GBSC will actively engage with the public and with death care service consumers, and these people will be invited to share their comments and experiences with Approved Provider firms.
• The GBSC believes the public and actual green burial consumers will be the Society’s best means to monitor Approved Providers. The GBSC is considering development of an on-line consumer review page for Approved Providers.
• The GBSC is not a regulatory or professional certification agency and has no intention to interfere with how any cemetery is managed or operated. The GBSC is dedicated solely to promoting green burial and working to make green burial services available to Canadians, and in an honest and ethical manner, free of false claims and “greenwashing”.

*Approved Providers should be aware that as part of the listing of their cemetery on the GBSC website, a copy of their approved category and the signed commitment to GBSC Principles of Ethical Service will be viewable by visitors to the GBSC website.