Environment * Health * Social justice · Take the most comprehensive…

Environment * Health * Social justice


· Take the most comprehensive view of
  what it means to be a green buiding
  material.
                                                         Principles
· Search for the best products with the
  lowest impacts.                          Comprehensive - The Pharos Project
                                           relies upon quantifiable, multi-attribute
                                           data, addressing environmental, health and
· Evaluate manufacturer claims.            social practices to the maximum extent
                                           practical, and accounts for data gaps and
· Discuss with other users.                uncertainties by reference to best
                                           professional practices, social policy and the
                                           precautionary principle.
Make sure that the materials with
                                           Empowering - Pharos tools will be easy to
which you build projects reflect your      use, developed in collaboration with
priorities for building occupant,          product specifiers and purchasers that
community and global health.               empowers them to select building materials
                                           that embody best environmental, health
                                           and social practices.
The Pharos Project is developing web-
                                           Transparent ­ Transparency in evaluation
based tools for collecting data on the     protocols is required to align with
attributes of building materials and       sustainability ideals. Pharos will show its
scoring their progress toward health,      own assumptions, methodology, data and
environmental and social justice ideals.   analysis.

                                           Transformative ­ The Pharos Project will
                                           enable a culture that rewards
Register now for more information:         transformational innovation toward ideal
                                           environmental, health and social practices.
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 Pharos at a glance
                                                 Products are scored for progress toward ideals in 16 categories

     Sector              Category                            Goal                                                 Indicators
                                           Eliminate content and emissions that
                         IAQ/User                                                       Use phase VOC emissions, TVOC content, IAQ certification
                                           may endanger the health of building
                         Exposure                                                       programs, chemical of concern content
                                           occupants and neighbors
                                                                                        cradle-to-cradle use, production and content of chemicals of
                                           Eliminate the use or creation of
                       High Hazard                                                      concern (POPs, PBTs, halogenated compounds,
                                           persistent, bioaccumulative, toxic,
    Health &              Toxics                                                        carcinogens, reproductive toxicants, mutagens, endocrine
                                           and/or untested chemicals
    Pollution                                                                           disruptors, highly acute toxicants and untested chemicals)
                          Global           Eliminate creation of climate
                                                                                        cradle-to-gate global warming gas emissions
                         Warming           changing gases
                                           Eliminate criteria pollutant releases to
                        Air Quality                                                     in development
                                           the air
                                           Eliminate criteria pollutant releases to
                      Water Quality                                                     in development
                                           the water
                                           Utilize only refurbished or recycled         Reused, refurbished, salvaged, recycled, agricultural, and
                        Renewable
                                           materials or sustainably harvested           forestry content, GMO free, organic and sustainable
                         Materials
                                           bio-based materials                          certifications. Product and packaging.
                        Embodied
                                           Minimize total energy use                    cradle-to-gate embodied energy
                         Energy
                       Renewable           Utilize or produce energy only from          manufacturing and cradle-to-gate renewable energy use
 Environment             Energy            sustainable, renewable sources               and projects, offsets, supply chain projects,
 & Resources            Embodied
                                           Minimize water use                           cradle-to-gate water use, water conservation projects
                          Water
                       Solid Waste         Eliminate the generation of waste            in development
                                           Extract and harvest raw materials in a
                         Habitat
                                           fashion that protects and restores           in development
                       Restoration
                                           sensitive habitats
                                           Protect the safety, health, and well-        worker injury violations, training, safety audits, public
                      Occupational
                                           being of the workers who produce the         reporting, worker committees, safety engineering & design
                         Safety
                                           products                                     program supply chain work
                        Consumer           Minimize inherent hazards to
                                                                                        in development
                         Safety            consumers in products
                                                                                        forced & child labor, discrimination in hiring & worker
                                           Provide fair compensation and non-           practices, benefits, living wage, union interference,
                        Fairness &
                                           exploitative conditions with equal and       involvement in countries with bad labor practices, supply
   Social &               Equity
                                           equitable opportunities for all workers      chain practices, diversity in workforce & governance,
  Community
                                                                                        diversity tracking, workforce engagement, labor policy
                                           Actively contribute to the overall
                       Community
                                           welfare and sustainability of affected       in development
                      Contributions
                                           communities
                                           Provide transparency and leadership          violations of worker safety, waste & discharge regulations &
                        Corporate          in reporting and improving corporate         treaties, EMS, sustainability report, political activity,
                        Leadership         impact on environment, health &              leadership in: green chemistry, innovative manufacturing,
                                           social justice                               supply chain management & environmental stewardship
 Social & Community sector measures are addressed on a company wide basis for the primary manufacturer of the product.
 Many of the Health & Pollution and Resources measures are currently evaluated on a cradle-to-gate basis, with cradle-to-cradle measure under development


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