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The Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association has collaborated with NSF International's Center for Sustainability Standards, an independent certification organization for the commercial furnishing and construction industries to develop a Product Category Rule for the seating industry.
This seating PCR provides a science-based method for reporting the environmental impact of seating products throughout the entire life cycle. Product Category Rules define how to conduct a life cycle assessment for a particular product group and what to include in the resulting report, called an Environmental Product Declaration. This Environmental Product Declaration is a third-party-verified report that may function like a nutrition label to explain the data generated from a life-cycle assessment.
For more information on NSF Sustainability, visit nsfsustainability.org, or contact Dennis Gillan at 734.476.2543 or dgillan@nsf.org.