The Living Product Challenge 2.0 Standard contains seven performance categories, or Petals: Place, Water, Energy, Health and Happiness, Materials, Equity and Beauty. Petals are subdivided into a total of 20 Imperatives, each of which focuses on a specific sphere of influence.
LPC 2.0 Petal Handbooks
This collection of Petal Handbooks describes the rule sets or “body of law” for achieving all Imperatives within the Living Product Challenge 2.0. They should be used in conjunction with the Living Product Challenge Standard 2.0. These rules apply to projects registered under LPC 2.0. Manufacturers may access the Petal Handbooks through the ILFI Member Dashboard.
Manufacturers must follow all rules in place at the time of their registration, including requirements in the most recently updated Petal Handbooks and all Dialogue posts. Rules established in Petal Handbook updates subsequent to a manufacturer’s registration date may be followed at the team’s discretion.
LPC 2.0 Documentation Requirements
Please use the Living Product Challenge Petal Handbooks for all documentation requirements required for certification, including any updates and additional clarifications provided by ILFI.
LPC 2.0 Documentation Requirements and Audit Checklist
The LPC 2.0 Documentation Requirements Checklist can be used as a project planning template for manufacturers and their teams pursuing LPC to manage and organize progress toward completion of Imperatives and their respective Documentation Requirements with team members, including Site Audit-related documentation requirements, from initial charrettes through the end of certification and in preparation for annual check-ins. Please see the COVID-19 Impact to Program Requirements guidance for information related to changing documentation requirements and additional allowances and direct any additional questions to lpc.support@living-future.org.
The Product Life Database is a collection of the use-phase detailed product categories. The database includes the energy input requirements, expected lifetimes, and costs of products.
LPC 2.0 Annual Check-In Checklist
The LPC 2.0 Annual Check-In Checklist can be used by certification assessors and manufacturers to organize annual achievements required by the Living Product Challenge, as well as organize progress toward the three-year projects and achievements toward recertification.
Manufacturers can use this template to input data that is published on the LPC Label, which includes Declare label ingredient disclosures and LCA impact information.
LPC 2.0 Case Study Questionnaire
Manufacturers and their teams can use this template to collect observations, interpretations and narrative content related to their experience pursuing individual Imperatives as well as the entire Living Product Challenge program, and complete the Case Study Questionnaire documentation requirement needed for certification.
LPC Dialogue
The Dialogue is the online forum for requesting precedent-setting clarifications, exceptions, and definitions related to program requirements. In responding to those requests, ILFI provides guidance on situations, devised strategies, or innovations that were not contemplated by the rule set articulated in the Petal Handbooks. Anyone can review the posted questions and rulings, but only registered project teams can submit posts to the Dialogue. The searchable Dialogue can be found at the link above and instructions for registered project teams to submit posts to the Dialogue can be found in this post.
