Living Product Challenge
Production for the future
The Living Product Challenge is the world’s most advanced product sustainability standard. The framework encourages manufacturers to create products that are healthy, inspiring and give more than they take across their life cycles.
Living Products are:
- Informed by nature, using principles of biomimicry and biophilia.
- Made using processes powered only by renewable energy.
- Improve one’s quality of life.
- Beautiful and functional
Featured Case Studies
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Superior Essex CAT 6+ LSHF Cable
Superior Essex International LP is an industry leader in the manufacture of optical fiber and copper communications cable products and accessories used to interconnect enterprises, campuses, and communities worldwide. Product lines include Premises and Outside Plant (OSP) copper and fiber data cables, Wireless and Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) coaxial cables and accessories, and Fire Alarm…
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Owens Corning Ecotouch® Insulation
Owens Corning
Imperative Certified
Owens Corning (NYSE: OC) develops, manufactures and markets insulation, roofing, and fiberglass composites. Global in scope and human in scale, the company’s market-leading businesses use their deep expertise in materials, manufacturing and building science to develop products and systems that save energy and improve comfort in commercial and residential buildings. Ultimately, Owens Corning’s people and products…
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CARNEGIE FABRICS BIO XOREL FABRIC
Carnegie Fabrics
Imperative Certified
Since its creation in 1981, Xorel’s simplicity has been integral to its environmental impact. Its extruded, solution dyed yarn was the critical element in creating a material that was high on performance and light on the planet. Since that moment 35 years ago, Carnegie has strived to improve its environmental footprint achieving some major industry…
Petals
Imagine products that function as elegantly as nature. The Living Product Challenge is organized into seven performance areas.
Place
Restoring a healthy coexistence with site and the natural environment.
Water
Creating products that operate within the water balance of the manufacturing site and are net positive throughout their life cycle.
Energy
Manufacturing processes that rely on current solar income and are net positive throughout the product life cycle.
Health + Happiness
Optimizing the health of products and creating environments that promote psychological well-being.
Materials
Supporting a circular and regenerative economy by creating products that use healthy and safe inputs, and eliminating concepts of waste.
Equity
Supporting a just and sustainable world.
Beauty
Celebrating design that uplifts the human spirit.
Let’s Get Started
Create products that give more than they take. Browse the standard or join an upcoming webinar to learn more about the philosophy and framework of the Living Product Challenge.