Sustainable Sourced

Intent

To encourage the use of products and materials for which life-cycle information is available and that have environmentally, economically, and socially preferable life-cycle impacts. To reward project teams for selecting products for which the chemical ingredients in the product are inventoried using an accepted methodology and for selecting products verified to minimize the use and generation of harmful substances. To reward raw material manufacturers who produce products verified to have improved life-cycle impacts.

Requirements

Option 1. Material Ingredient Reporting (1 point)

Use at least 20 different permanently installed products from at least five different manufacturers that use any of the following programs to demonstrate the chemical inventory of the product to at least 0.1% (1000 ppm). (10 different permanently installed products from at least three different manufacturers for CS and Warehouses & Distribution Centers)

• ANSI/BIFMA e3 Furniture Sustainability Standard. The documentation from the assessor or scorecard from BIFMA must demonstrate the product earned 4, 5, 7, or 8 points under 7.5.1.1 Chemical Assessment in e3-2019 (Pathway 1), 3 points under 7.5.2.2 Advanced Level in e3-2019 (Pathway 2), or at least 3 points under 7.5.1.3 Advanced Level in e3-2014 or at least 3 points under 7.5.1.3 Advanced Level in e3-2014.
  • For e3-2019: If product achieved 3 points under 7.5.1.1 in e3-2019 using the GHS classification sub-path, then the product meets this requirement. Manufacturer to provide additional backup documentation to show which sub-path was used in Pathway 1 (7.5.1) in this instance.
• Cradle to Cradle. Product has Material Health Certificate or is Cradle to Cradle Certified™under standard version 3 or later with a Material Health achievement level at the Bronze level or higher.
• Declare. The Declare product label must meet the following requirements:
  • Declare labels designated as Red List Free, LBC Red List Free, or Declared.
  • Declare labels designated as LBC Red List Approved or LBC Compliant that demonstrate content inventory to 0.1% (1000 ppm).
• Facts – NSF/ANSI 336: Sustainability Assessment for Commercial Furnishings Fabric at any certification level.
• Global Green TAG. Product Health Declaration (PHD) labels issued after January 1, 2020.
• Health Product Declaration. The end use product has a published and complete Health Product Declaration with full disclosure of known hazards in compliance with the Health Product Declaration Open Standard.
• Living Product Challenge. The included Declare product label must demonstrate content inventory to 0.1% (1000 ppm).
• Manufacturer Inventory. The manufacturer has published complete content inventory for the product following these guidelines:
  • A publicly available inventory of all ingredients identified by name and Chemical Abstract Service Registration Number (CASRN) and/or European Community Number (EC Number).
  • Materials defined as trade secret or intellectual property may withhold the name and/or CASRN/EC Number but must disclose ingredient/chemical role, amount and hazard score/class using either:
    • Greenscreen List Translator (LT) score and/or Full GreenScreen Benchmark (BM)
    • The Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals rev.6 (2015) (GHS)
  • The hazard screen must be applied to each trade secret ingredient and the inventory lists the hazard category for each of the health hazards included in Part 3 of GHS (e.g. “GHS Category 2 Carcinogen”).
• Product Lens Certification

Any compliant reports above with third-party verification that includes the verification of content inventory are worth 1.5 products for credit achievement calculations.

AND/OR

Option 2: Material Ingredient Optimization (1 point)

Use products that have a compliant material ingredient optimization report or action plan. Use at least 5 permanently installed products sourced from at least three different manufacturers. Products are valued according to the table below.

For credit achievement calculation, products sourced (extracted, manufactured, purchased) within 100 miles (160 km) of the project site are valued at twice their base contributing number of products, up to a maximum of 2 products.

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