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SFI

The Sustainable Forestry Initiative® (SFI) on-product label provides customers and end users of wood and paper products an assurance that products are produced in accordance with their environmental expectations. The Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) program states it has the most comprehensive approach to wood supply monitoring of any forest certification program in the world and can help provide this assurance with several options for chain of custody and on-product labels.

Solar

Products described as solar-powered use the sun as an energy source, converting sunlight into electricity.

Sustainable Material

Materials described as ‘sustainable’ fulfill our current needs without draining the earth of resources that will be needed in the future.

Sustainable Textiles

Textiles are considered sustainable when materials and process inputs are safe for human and ecological health in all phases of the product life cycle; energy, material, and process inputs come from renewable sources; materials are capable of returning safely to either natural (biological nutrient) or industrial (technical nutrient) systems; and all stages in the product lifecycle actively support the reuse or recycling of these materials at the highest possible level of quality

Sustainable Wood

Wood harvested from carefully managed forests or reclaimed from old buildings or furniture. A number of programs can ‘certify’ wood as sustainability – the most well known internationally is the FSC.

Sustainably Sourced

Products sourced with environmental and social impacts in mind

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