The awarding of the originator certification is conducted via an open, transparent process.

That process is overseen by our Oversight Board, which scrutinises the process and handles all appeals separately from the Evaluation Team. To provide an extra layer of fairness and rigour.

In this regard, we follow the same process as the large business software rating agencies.

The Oversight Board is an independent group at arms length from the day-to-day running of Originator.

Appeals can be made by a company to the board whenever the award is declined. The board comes from the world of innovation and academia. To maintain Originator as a trusted source of accurate information on original products.