Stego Sustainability Report

MATERIAL TRANSPARENCY AND HUMAN HEALTH

Although there are a number of other disclosure options for manufacturers, Stego has gravitated to the HPD as an easy-to use, recognizable, and consistent ingredient and health hazard reporting tool. We were a Pilot Manufacturer of the Health Prod uct Declaration ® Collaborative (HPDC) during the initial develop ment of the HPD reporting tool in 2012.

Ingredient Disclosure

Stego has been at the forefront of the industry movement to provide material ingre dient and health hazard disclosures so that we can show the safety and sustainability of our products for homes and buildings.

After the release of the HPD Open Standard, Stego became one of the first manufacturers in the industry to publish an HPD. We now have more than 20 compliant HPDs across Stego brands , and our flagship product, Stego Wrap Below-Slab Vapor Barri er, is the first and only below-slab vapor barrier that provides chemical inventory disclosure to a 1,000-ppm threshold. This al lows Stego Wrap to contribute directly to the LEED v4.1 Material Ingredients credit. 1 1 “LEED is a green building rating system and the Material Ingredients credit is intended “to encourage the use of products...for which life-cycle information is available and that have environmentally, economically, or socially preferable life-cycle impacts.” https://www.usgbc.org/credits/new-construction-core-and-shell-schools-new-construction-retail-new-construction-data-20 The Health Product Declaration ® logo is a registered trademark of the HPD Collaborative.

As a Health Product Declaration ® Collaborative Member, Stego utilized the Health Product Declaration ® (HPD) Open Standard which provides building product

manufacturers with a standard specification to report material in gredient content and potential associated health hazards. It also of fers building designers, owners, and contractors a consistent tem plate to review and consider the potential human health impacts of products. HPDs have become one of the most used industry-estab lished reporting tools for ingredient disclosure of building materials for these reasons.

Stego Wrap Below-Slab Vapor Barrier contributes directly to LEED v4.1 Material Ingredients credit.

Stego barrier films are inert, safe products that will not pose a health hazard risk to building occupants or construction teams when used as intended.

Many Stego accessories are Certified Clean Air GOLD for VOC Emissions.

Stego barrier films contain zero VOCs and are Red List Chemical Free.

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SUSTAINABILITY REPORT | 2023

OUR IMPACT

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INTRODUCTION

CREATING BETTER SYSTEMS

OUR RESPONSIBILITY