Brand Partner Policy

Brand Partner is a manually assigned membership level providing submission privileges. It is not a certification, award or editorial endorsement of a company, its products or its sustainability claims. Holding the level does not establish that any payment or sponsorship has occurred.

Fixed lifetime allowances

Brand Partner — USD 288 Lifetime: 10 Product Listings, 6 Industry Contributions and 1 Company Profile. These are fixed totals and do not renew annually. Online payment and checkout are not enabled. An administrator must approve the member and assign the level before submissions are accepted.

Product and article allowances remain separate. Only each submission’s first successful publication consumes its matching allowance. An approved revision to the same published record is not charged again. Used allowances are not returned or reset when content is removed; upgrades retain all previously used amounts.

One reviewed company profile

A company profile should describe a real company neutrally, using its official name and website, headquarters, founded year where verified, packaging categories, technologies, markets and supported sustainability priorities. Identify official sources and precise certification or site scopes. Leave unsupported fields blank; do not invent metrics, customer relationships, certifications or legal identities.

The profile is separate from ordinary company news and from independent editorial company profiles. A company may be covered without being a member. A Brand Partner membership does not convert earlier editorial reporting into commercially supported content or guarantee future reporting.

Program and commercial disclosure

A company profile maintained under the Brand Partner program carries this disclosure: “This company profile is maintained as part of the Degradable Packaging Brand Partner program. Product and company information is reviewed before publication, but inclusion does not constitute an editorial endorsement.”

Members must disclose actual employment, ownership, sponsorship, funding and other relevant interests in each submission. Editors describe actual arrangements rather than assuming a profile is paid because of the assigned level. Any separate paid or commercially supported material must be distinguished from independent editorial coverage.

Sources, rights and review

Provide original company documents, official product specifications or announcements, relevant dates and reviewable references. Manufacturer claims remain attributed. Image or logo use requires an identifiable rights holder, source and permitted use. Members cannot upload files, and images are not automatically fetched; editors review and add permitted assets.

Draft → Submitted → Under Review → Revision Requested / Approved / Rejected → Published. The member can prepare a private draft and respond to a revision request. Editors check sources, rights, factual claims and disclosure; approval prepares a draft but does not publish it. Only an authorized editor controls final publication and later editorial corrections.

Editorial independence

Membership provides submission privileges. It does not guarantee publication, positive coverage, dofollow links or ranking. Brand Partner status does not require a positive conclusion, removal of criticism, promotion in independent news, a dofollow link or preferential search treatment. Competitors and independent viewpoints may be covered.

The Membership Policy, Product Submission Policy, Contributor / Article Guidelines and publication editorial policies continue to apply.

Member workspace and contact status

The public editorial mailbox is not yet enabled. Approved members can prepare and submit content through the Member Dashboard and read private editorial feedback under Submission Status. This is a content-submission workflow, not a general email, reader-correction or privacy-request service. No temporary mailbox is offered.

Reviewed 15 October 2026.