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NC-v4 MRc3: Building product disclosure and optimization - sourcing of raw materials

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SFI vs FSC

Project location: Canada

November 28, 2016

Leanne Conrad

Project Manager
Entuitive

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Project location: Canada

November 28, 2016

Does anyone know if GBCI will accept a Sustainable Forestry Initiative certified sourcing label instead of FSC? They both promote sustainable forestry practices and have a chain of custody program.

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Tristan Roberts

Representative
Vermont House of Representatives

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January 17, 2017 - 12:15 pm

Leanne, they are not equivalent, no. See the guidance above and elsewhere on this site for more. Also look at the "legal wood" pilot credit for areas for there is some equivalency.

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FAQs about MRc3:

Can Corporate Sustainability Reports from the manufacturers of the products I’ve selected help me achieve the Option 1 point for “raw material source and extraction reporting?”

Are there other ways the products can contribute to Option 1?

For the manufacturer “take-back” pathway under Option 2, does the extended producer responsibility program have to be run by the manufacturer?

If Sustainable Agricultural Network (SAN) certification isn’t required for agricultural products to comply with Option 2, does the manufacturer still have to provide documentation of third-party verification?

Is there any way around the requirement that no more than 30% of the materials used to meet Option 2 be structure and enclosure items?

The credit language says “Products meeting recycled content criteria are valued at 100% of their cost for the purposes of credit achievement calculation.” How much recycled content has to be in a product for 100% of its cost to count toward credit achieve

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