Paper products - FSC or USGBC approved equivalent

Phyllis, there are no approved equivalents yet. SFI is definitely not approved—USGBC membership has opposed use of SFI in LEED for quite a while, and that has not changed recently.

Hi, I would like to know if there's an update on the SFI Certificate. Does the USGBC still opposes the use of SFI? I found a document in their webpage, from 2016, claiming USGBC now does but I can't find anything in the USGBC webpage to back-it up. Thanks

Hi Roberto, the Legal Wood Pilot Credit (https://www.usgbc.org/node/10146834) does appear to allow SFI products. It's not obvious in the credit language but if you download the associated calculator (from the Resources tab, or at this direct link https://www.usgbc.org/resources/legal-wood-pilot-acp-calculator) you can see SFI is included in the drop-down menu options. You'd have to adopt the full Pilot Credit, though, to take advantage of SFI products, so I think it'd be good to thoroughly review what else is entailed in the Pilot Credit to make sure you can still achieve the point.