Living Product Expo 2018

Track: Social Equity + Supply Chains

We would like to introduce the ToxFMD Program, talk about its criteria for Pass/Fail, cover what information is needed to perform the review, and talk about how a ToxFMD review can open the path to formulation optimization.

Track: Social Equity + Supply Chains

This session delves into the trials and tribulations of how manufacturers consider what they put out in the world, and how to get it back. Three Living Product Challenge manufacturers will discuss how their businesses currently address healthy materials and access to those products, and circularity of their production. Each manufacturer finds themselves in a different stage of this process—come prepared to learn from their successes, and be a part of crowdsourcing solutions to as-of-yet unsolved issues.

Track: Social Equity + Supply Chains

Through its Pittsburgh Living Product Hub, ILFI teamed up with Bridgeway Capital to educate producers of the Monmade collaborative about ingredient transparency and support four makers to achieve a Declare label. This session will start with an overview of Monmade and the work it is doing in the region to encourage the growth of craft manufacturing. The speakers will then review the Declare platform through the lens of a craft business to understand the unique challenges, the business impacts, and the ability to fit within the LBC (specifically Red List and Living Economy Sourcing). It will be geared towards small manufacturers considering Declare, as well as project teams that want to ensure equitable opportunity for manufacturers of all sizes.

Track: Social Equity + Supply Chain

HomeFree is a national initiative supporting affordable housing leaders who are improving human health by using less toxic building materials. This workshop will connect the dots showing how this initiative uses product transparency data to enable effective product research, evaluation, and collaborative opportunities for scaled product innovation in this sector, including the Home Depot Chemicals Strategy to eliminate 12 chemicals of concern in 4 product categories. Participants will use data to engage in an analysis of Strategic Transformation Opportunities and help impact the agenda for the next phase of product innovation in this sector.