Material stewardship

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Material stewardship is an approach to source, produce, design, use, reuse, and recycle materials in a ecologically and socially most responsible way to achieve material sustainability. In this sense, material stewardship is closely connected to concept of a closed loop product lifecycle.[1].

## Contents

* 1 Stages of material stewardship
* 2 Categories for material stewardship
* 3 Material stewardship systems
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Stages of material stewardship[edit]

To classify the stages of material stewardship, the EN15804 (Sustainability of construction works - Environmental product declarations)[2] provides a useful structure:

* A1-A3 - Product stage
* A4+A5 - Construction process
* B1-B7 - Use phase
* C1-C4 - End of life
* D - Benefits and loads beyond the system boundary

A similar structure has been developed by Christopher D. Taylor e.a.[1]:

* Mining/Refining
* Manufacturing
* Service
* End of life

## Categories for material stewardship[edit]

The categories for assessing material stewardship are along the lines of the triple bottomline of sustainability with the ecological and social category in the first place, sometimes complemented by economy.

The Cradle to Cradle Certified Product Standard specifies the following categories[3]:

* Material Health Requirements
* Product Circularity Requirements
* Clean Air & Climate Protection Requirements
* Water & Soil Stewardship Requirements
* Social Fairness Requirements

## Material stewardship systems[edit]

Various material stewardship systems provide criteria, award and promote the responsible sourcing, use, reuse, recycling of materials.

One of the first has been the certification system issued by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), which has been established as an association in 1993[4]

With the rise of consumer awareness for sustainability in general and the growing number of green building labels in the construction sector in specific, various material stewardship systems have been established:

* Aluminium Stewardship Initiative - ASI[5]
* :de:Cradle_to_Cradle|Cradle-to-Cradle[6]
* Concrete Sustainability Council - CSC[7]
* Fair Stone standard|Fairstone[8]
* Forest Stewardship Council|Forest Stewardship Council - FSC[9]
* Natureplus[10]
* Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification|PEFC[11]
* Responsible Steel[12]

## References[edit]

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Christopher, Taylor (2016). "Towards Materials Sustainability through Materials Stewardship". MDPI Sustainability: 2.
2. ↑ DIN EN 15804:2020-03, Nachhaltigkeit von Bauwerken_- Umweltproduktdeklarationen_- Grundregeln für die Produktkategorie Bauprodukte; Deutsche Fassung EN_15804:2012+A2:2019, Beuth Verlag GmbH, retrieved 2021-08-01
3. ↑ "CRADLE TO CRADLE CERTIFIED® VERSION4.0 Product Standard" (PDF). 2021.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
4. ↑ "(PDF) A history of forest certification". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
5. ↑ "ASI Home". Aluminium Stewardship Initiative. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
6. ↑ "Home - Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute". www.c2ccertified.org. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
7. ↑ "Home - Concrete Sustainability Council". www.concretesustainabilitycouncil.com. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
8. ↑ "Herzlich Willkommen bei Fair Stone e.V." Fair Stone (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2021-08-01.
9. ↑ "Home Page | Forest Stewardship Council". fsc.org. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
10. ↑ "Homepage". www.natureplus.org. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
11. ↑ "PEFC - Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification". www.pefc.org. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
12. ↑ "Responsible Steel". www.responsiblesteel.org. Retrieved 2021-08-01.

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