The requirements for sustainable management of urban, salvaged, and reclaimed woods shall:

• Include management and documentation that are applicable at all levels of the urban, salvaged, and reclaimed wood industry;
• Be clear, concise and auditable;
• Include record-keeping that provides evidence of compliance with the Management Requirements;
• Include record-keeping that provides evidence of compliance with the requirements of the Chain of Custody Standards; Include documentation by a USRW Certified organization of the origin of products in an area covered by the Standards;
• Specify star levels or interim level of USRW certification to be used to communicate the origin and processing of products;
• One function of the different star levels or interim level is to indicate levels of documentable environmental and other benefits achieved while utilizing urban, salvaged, and reclaimed wood, 5 stars being the highest level;
• Ensure that operations that sell both products covered by the USRW Standards as well as other products only sell and label those products that meet the USRW certification Standards as such.”