Stego Sustainability Report

MATERIAL TRANSPARENCY AND HUMAN HEALTH

Safe Composition

Another significant step in our work toward continued material transparency and verifiable safeguarding has been certifying Stego accessories for low-VOC emissions. Through a leader in third-party VOC emis sion testing per CDPH v2.1, we have certified many Stego accessories as Clean Air GOLD. Many projects and project teams use third-party VOC emission information when specifying and selecting products. Educational and medical facilities, in particular, apply this information to certify under the LEED Rating System, where those project types include exterior building products within the Low-Emitting Materials credit. Although often applicable for interior building products within the framework of green building certifica tion programs, this VOC emission testing — and its underlying investment — demonstrates our continued commitment to verifiably safe products.

For the majority of Stego products, we have also been able to con firm Red List Chemical Free composition, which commonly applies to Living Building Challenge (LBC) certified projects. We are con tinuing to evaluate paths to eliminate Red List chemicals across our entire product offering.

The low VOC emission accessories that are part of our StegoCrawl (pictured above) and Pango brands, are especially critical in crawl space applications where the vapor barrier is included within the interior of the home or building. Stego barrier solutions help keep the crawl space air dry, clean, and safe!

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SUSTAINABILITY REPORT | 2023

OUR IMPACT

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INTRODUCTION

CREATING BETTER SYSTEMS

OUR RESPONSIBILITY