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INDUSTRY DRIVERS

AIA Develops Materials Pledge

The adoption of the Materials Pledge by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) put a holistic view of sustainability at the forefront of building product selection for design professionals and specifiers. Signed by an ever-increasing number of lead ing architectural firms, participating firms pledge to give preference to products that support five established “buckets” of sustainability:

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BUCKETS OF SUSTAINABILITY 5

SOCIAL HEALTH AND EQUITY

HUMAN HEALTH

ECOSYSTEM HEALTH

CLIMATE HEALTH

CIRCULAR ECONOMY

Even better, contractors, owners/developers, and product manufacturers across the globe heard this strong signal and made their own similar, public pledges. Finding, specifying, and selecting holistically sustainable building products is no longer an ambitious, long-term goal of the most green-minded design firms. Rather, project teams are committing to making sustainability a significant consideration in, or even the driving force behind, their decisions about more and more products.

Architecture Firms Can Sign the Materials Pledge Here

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SUSTAINABILITY REPORT | 2023

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