UL's WERCSmart retail supply chain program 
represents a safety commitment to your customers, 
workers, families, and our environment.

WERCSmart provides a secure, permission-based platform that facilitates the safe exchange of upstream and downstream product information between manufacturers and retailers.

Below are some highlights of supplier participation requirements as well as how results are derived for retail partners:

Product Registration

During product registration, suppliers are presented with a series of questions about their product and its contents. Questions vary and are determined based on the product's intended use, regulatory requirements, as well as the retailer's product stewardship protocols.

Registration Assessment

The data collected from a supplier's product registration is processed through various stages of assessment quality control.  

The initial stage of AI automation derives over 600 compliance and sustainability data points, then is further analyzed in additional stages by our assessment team for accuracy and final approval.  

This process generally takes 2-3 business days. You will be notified by email of any issues to be resolved (status will show as red on Home Page) or created data will be fed to retailer(s) assigned (status will show as green on Home Page). 

Reporting

Suppliers can access reports within their WERCSmart account. Retailers receive and manage results in a variety of ways and search for the data by its UPC/GTIN.  

Subscription

WERCSmart participation includes an annual subscription to process and manage product data. Suppliers are required to select a subscription option. Subscription costs are based on type of registrations, number of registrations, and support level chosen. 

Subscriptions renew each year automatically and must be maintained as long as the products are within the retailer’s supply chain to provide them with access to the data. For more details, see What are the WERCSmart Subscription Plans?