Summary of the Net Positive Process

While it may feel like there is an overwhelming amount of information to consider in the process of Handprinting, the intent is to ultimately create the most positive impacts and benefits to people and the planet, while allowing manufacturers to leverage their sustainability and climate solutions as part of their business and core mission. With that in mind, we can refer to this as a summary of the steps discussed previously to become life cycle Net Positive:

• Measure your cradle-to-grave product Footprint using LCA
• Identify hotspots, drivers of impact, in the cradle-to-gate Footprint scope
• Take action to reduce the Footprint as much as you can before implementing Handprinting
• Determine your annual calculated or predicted impacts by multiplying the cradle to gate* Footprint by production volume
• Identify Handprinting ideas and make sure they are measurable and performance-based, additional and recent
• Consider additional best practice for Handprints (cost, holistic impacts, alignment, etc), identify mechanisms for tracking impact and make sure you have a robust plan to maintain Net Positive impact for at least the duration of the certification, ideally indefinitely
• Implement Hanpdrinting actions and tracking and maintain Net Positive impact annually and for recertification
• Learn, modify, replicate, expand