Declare Manufacturer's Guide

July 2025

Table of Contents

Declare Manufacturer's Guide

July 2025
- Declare Manufacturer's Guide — July 2025

July 2025
ILFI DECLARE MANUFACTURER’S GUIDE
- Program Overview
- Legal Disclaimers
INTRODUCTION TO ILFI
INTRODUCTION TO DECLARE
- Declare and the Living Building Challenge
- Summary of Changes in Declare 2.0
- Program Explanation
  - Declaration Status Overview
- Program Alignment
- Reading the Declare Label
- Frequently Asked Questions in Declare 2.0
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS AND CONTENTS
- General Product Information Reported
- Product-Specific Information Reported
PROGRAM CLARIFICATIONS
- Exceptions and Declaration Status
- LBC Red List and Annual Updates
- Recycled Content
- Small Electrical Components
- Unintentional Trace Amounts
DECLARE PROGRAM EXCEPTIONS
- RL-002b Small Electrical Components
- RL-004b Proprietary Ingredients
- RL-008 Market Transformation
- RL-009b Formaldehyde
- RL-011 Lead (added)
- RL-023b PFAS and PVC in Plenum Wire and Cable
CREATE AND MAINTAIN A DECLARE LABEL
- 3E Exchange (formerly Toxnot) and Declare
- 6 Simple Steps to Declare
- Program Fees
- Renewals
- Unpublishing of Expired Labels
- Mid-Cycle Update Policy
- Formal Clarification Requests on Declare Claims
DECLARE THIRD PARTY VERIFICATION (3PV)
- Third-Party Verification Overview
- Assessment Requirements and Documentation Collection Process
- Declare Third-Party Verification License Renewal, Fees, and Expiration
- Declare Third-Party Verifier Qualifications and Partnership Agreement
- Declare Third-Party Verification and the Living Product Challenge
PARTNERSHIPS AND ADDITIONAL SERVICES
- Declare International Partner Program
- Declare Label Translation Protocol
GLOSSARY
- Final Assembly Location
- Functional Additive
- Impurity
- Ingredient
- Metal and Metal Alloy Numbers
- Monomer
- Number Average Molecular Weight
- Oligomer
- Polymer Substance or Polymeric Material
- Product Family
- Systems Furniture
- Small Electrical Components
- Small Product Hardware
- Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)
PROGRAM RESOURCES
- The Living Building Challenge Red List
- The Dialogue
- Reference Links
- Approved Program and Label Reference
Summary of Changes
- July 2025 Update
- April 2025 Update
- March 2025 Update
  - Changes to Create and Maintain a Declare Label (Q1 2025)
- July 2024 Update
  - Changes to Program Clarifications (Q2 2024)
- Previous Versions of the Declare Manufacturer’s Guide

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