Declare Manufacturer's Guide
April 2026
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Table of Contents
Declare Manufacturer's Guide
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    • Declare Manufacturer's Guide — April 2026
GrabGrab
GrabGrab
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  • 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
      • Ingredient Information Reported
        • Special CASRN Reporting Requirements
        • Site-Installed, Wet Applied Products
      • Living Building Challenge Compliance
        • I-13 Compliance: Transparency and Red List Avoidance
        • I-10 Compliance: Interior Products with the Potential to Emit VOCs
          • I-10 Compliance Clarifications
          • Approved Product Emissions Standards
          • Conformant Certifications That Use CDPH as Testing Standard
          • HH-005: Product Air Testing in Oceania
        • I-14 Compliance: Wood Containing Products
      • Embodied Carbon (Optional Reporting Field)
      • EU Chemicals of Concern Screening (Optional)
  • 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
    • RL-025b Flame Retardants Required for Code in Mass Timber Wood Adhesives
  • 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
    • Declare Third-Party Preparers
    • Formal Clarification Requests on Declare Claims
  • DECLARE THIRD PARTY VERIFICATION (3PV)
    • Third-Party Verification Overview
    • Assessment Requirements and Documentation Collection Process
      • General Product and Manufacturer Information
      • Ingredient and Declare Program Exception Verification
      • LBC Imperative and Exception Verification
      • Final Documentation Submission and ILFI Review
    • 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
  • DECLARE LABEL TRANSLATION
    • 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
      • LBC Red List Summary Statements
      • The Watch List
      • How Annual LBC Red List Changes Affect Product Manufacturers
    • The Dialogue
    • Reference Links
    • Approved Program and Label Reference
  • Summary of Changes
    • April 2026 Update
      • Changes to Program Clarifications (Q1 2026)
      • Changes to Partnerships and Additional Services (Q1 2026)
      • Changes to Declare Program Exceptions (Q1 2026)
    • January 2026 Update
      • Changes to Create and Maintain a Declare Label (Q4 2025)
      • Changes to Program Requirements and Contents (Q4 2025)
    • October 2025 Update
      • Changes to Introduction to Declare (Q3 2025)
    • July 2025 Update
      • Changes to Program Requirements and Contents (Q2 2025)
      • Changes to Declare Program Exceptions (Q2 2025)
      • Changes to Glossary (Q2 2025)
    • April 2025 Update
      • Changes to Introduction to Declare (Q1 2025)
      • Changes to Program Requirements and Contents (Q1 2025)
      • Changes to Program Clarifications (Q1 2025)
      • Changes to Declare Program Exceptions (Q1 2025)
      • Changes to the Glossary (Q1 2025)
    • Previous Versions of the Declare Manufacturer’s Guide
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Declare Manufacturer’s Guide

Published January 2026
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