A product’s compliance with the requirements of the Red List Imperative is represented by the product’s Declaration Status. There are three possible Declaration Statuses:
“LBC Red List Free” products disclose 100% of product ingredients plus residuals present at or above 100 ppm (0.01%) in the final product and do not contain any Red List chemicals. They have been shown to meet the requirements of the Living Building Challenge Red List Imperative.
Products that receive a designation of “LBC Red List Free” will have a Red List Free sticker appear on the database entry.
“LBC Red List Approved” products meet the written requirements of the Living Building Challenge Red List Imperative, but rely on one or more Declare Program Exceptions to demonstrate compliance. A minimum of 99% of product ingredients plus residuals present at or above 100 ppm (0.01%) in the final product are disclosed. The product may contain one or more Red List chemicals if they fall under an existing, published Declare Program Exception. They have been shown to meet the requirements of the Living Building Challenge Red List.
“Declared” products disclose 100% of product ingredients plus residuals present at or above 100ppm (0.01%) in the final product, but contain one or more Red List chemicals that are not covered by an existing Declare Program Exception. “Declared” labels require additional product research and vetting to locate a fully compliant product before the “Declared” product may be used on a Living Building Challenge project.
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