is a comprehensive, science-based, three-in-one certification system that evaluates the environmental sustainability, health & wellness, and resilience of all types of commercial real estate.

provides a framework for healthy, efficient, carbon and cost-saving green buildings and is the most widely used green building rating system.

is a performance-based system for measuring, certifying, and promoting features of buildings that advance the health and well-being of the people who live and work within them.

certifies building components suitable for use in the building of Passive Houses.

is a powerful certification tool that facilitates decarbonization solutions for the built environment, real estate, and associated investments.

aims to incentivize and guide companies and cities on a journey through disclosure towards becoming a leader on environmental transparency and action by scoring them and creating a rating dashboard for climate, water and forests.

provides tools for real estates to reduce environmental impact is a priority for companies across the world. Commercial real estate owners, occupiers and businesses will likely need to develop plans to decarbonize portfolios quickly, and at scale.

is a free database of construction EPDs and matching building impact calculator for use in design and material procurement.

facilitates carbon optimization of both operational and embodied carbon, charting the course to zero-carbon buildings.

was created by CALRecycle to assist project managers and provide quick, direct access to helpful information and documents.

has defined the leading edge of healthy building practices that increase transparency in the building products industry, reduce human exposures to hazardous chemicals, and create market incentives for healthier innovations in manufacturing.

report presents market-leading circular principles and strategies in action, calling on the building and construction sector to accelerate the implementation of circular and regenerative principles.

manages and evaluates the carbon footprint of an organization’s emissions from their operations and value chain, offering life cycle assessments and carbon reduction strategies.

by Ramboll is a carbon assessment database for building projects.

Built Environment Additive Manufacturing is a network, annual symposium, and annual exhibition that brings together experts in 3D printing and additive manufacturing from industry, academia, design, and architecture.

is an AI-powered sustainability and compliance platform for commercial real estate. Their core use case is managing building portfolios, energy use, emissions, and retrofit planning.

BIM (Building Information Modeling) provides a rich API (Application Programming Interface) plug-in for automating repetitive, time-consuming tasks and extending core features without leaving the Autodesk Revit environment.

allows architects and engineers to calculate the environmental impacts of building material selections directly in an Autodesk® Revit® model.

is a BIM software that supports energy-efficient and sustainable building design. It helps in modeling and simulating building performance, including energy use and environmental impacts.

displays the global state of air pollution, its impacts on the climate and human health.

(Environmental Protection gency) provides information about how climate change can affect air quality, and certain air pollutants can affect climate change and provides a list of regulations actions and initiatices to help mitigate it.

manufactures 2 mm thick, 100% wool felt for upholstery, wallcovering, and window-covering applications. The material is low in VOCs, has no Antimicrobials, Flame Retardants, or PFAS, and ships carbon neutral from its German origin to customers’ sites.

connects brands and designers to farmers and ranchers who raise natural fiber with land stewardship practices that regenerate soil carbon.

manufactures felt from Merino wool which is a natural fiber and rapidly renewable resource that is 100% biodegradable.

describes the renewable wood composite development goals to replace fossil-based materials.

laminate composites are made from recycled paper and phenolic resin in rich, natural colors. FSC and NSF certified.

by Form has developed Woodflow, a fabrication technology that follows the natural form functions of trees. Their proprietary additive manufacturing process can create high-performance, ultralight, timber-based structural composites for the construction and mobility industries at a fraction of their environmental impact. They create lightweight structural solutions that fuse the sustainability of wood with the performance and productivity of advanced composites.

offers a searchable resource directory for FSC-certified solid wood and wood veneer.

sets standards for responsible forest management and certified products.

explores PERF and FSC wood certifications and commitments to sustainable forestry management practices.

maintains comprehensive databases to ensure easy access to relevant information about certificate holders, logo & label users, certified products, accredited certification bodies, and PEFC-endorsed national certification schemes.

offers a reliable supply of carbon-absorbing, naturally renewable building solutions.

describes cross-laminated timber benefits and its applications.

explores how mass timber buildings can be optimized for material efficiency.

makes cross-laminated timber and glulam using their innovative transformation technology called the Enviro-Lam process.

examines the innovation potential of wood constructions for their sustainability and efficiency.

manufactures insulation to solve acoustic/thermal challenges using recycled denim innovations.

is a regenerated material created from textile waste, reducing the dependence on Earth’s raw resources.

upcycled textile yarns utilize post-industrial and post-consumer textile waste.

makes recycled nylon products created from the waste collected from fishing nets, carpets, and other waste nylon.

is a fiber and yarn created from recycled plastic waste.

develops new materials from fibers that reduce the amount of waste on earth through recycling and upcycling processes to make insulation mats, mats for absorbing oil, solid board, or furniture.

transforms this narrative by repurposing millions of pounds of post-consumer and post-industrial textile waste into premium upcycled yarns and fabrics.

creates rigid panels, bricks and products in vibrant colors using textile waste born out of a desire to reduce the wood dependency while leveraging garment offsets and dead stocks using renewable processing techniques.

is a flexible, holistic design system for walls, panels, furniture, and windows by addressing pressing concerns of environmental sustainability and mental wellbeing.

has launched three textile patterns made from 100% post-consumer recycled polyester. The three contain a catalyst that makes them 91–93 percent biodegradable.

fabrics are made from 100% bamboo viscose, a rapidly renewable and biodegradable fiber, and compliant with GOTS, Global Organic Textile Standard, guidelines, Tenderness is part of the Brentano Green fabric label and available for possible LEED points.

provides practical information on a wide range of sustainable fibers, fabrics, and suppliers.

is developing a biosynthetic, indigo blue dye for the denim industry that is free of fossil and toxic chemicals.

is a plant-based blend of fibers developed as an alternative to animal fiber cashmere. Environmentally friendly and free of animal fibers, machine-washable, sensitive skin-friendly, UV and pest resistant. It can be used in applications such as apparel, home goods and footwear.

is a branded dissolving pulp technology that recycles 100% textile waste, such as worn-out jeans and production scraps. Fiber producers use dissolving pulp to make viscose, lyocell, modal, acetate and other kinds of biodegradable regenerated fibers.

cellulosic fibers are derived from renewable raw material wood and widely used to produce textiles.

is an insulation designed by Ponda, a biomaterials company developing novel textiles from truly regenerative fibers to keep you warm while regenerating some of our most precious ecosystems (wetlands), a carbon restoration practice.

is a durable, biodegradable, plastic-free fabric made from regeneratively grown Abacá banana plants. Strong yet soft and lightweight, it offers a fully circular, vegan alternative to traditional materials.

produces MYLO™, B-Silk PROTEIN™, and MICROSILK™ naturally renewable materials for fashion.

is developing Kelsun™, a seaweed-based yarn with a low carbon footprint for use by the textile industry.

is a material innovation company making biomaterials that are completely recyclable using the closed-loop ideology. Through recycling, redesign, and reuse, it fully realizes the potential of fruit waste and algae, transforming them into products with aesthetics and performance.

is a Cradle-To-Cradle Gold certified biodegradable polyester fiber and yarn that does not emit persistent microplastics, nor does it contain antimony.

is a circularity platform for plastic-free performance materials. Their multi-material platform serves a wide range of industries—from fashion and footwear to automotive and upholstery.

provides natural performance textiles using bio-based, recycled, and regenerative materials like banana agri-waste, seaweed, and cotton. Its certified, localized supply chain ensures traceability and minimizes environmental impact from fiber to fabric.

is commercializing a 1-step decarbonization technology with clean electricity to produce green steel.

is decarbonizing green steel production using intermittent renewable energy and low-grade iron ores.

delivers an iron and steel technology roadmap, part of their worldwide Energy Technology Perspectives.

has designed reduced, low, and zero-carbon products and steelmaking activities focused on achieving demonstrable progress towards carbon-neutral steel.

low-embodied carbon cold-formed steel is manufactured using steel coils from electric arc furnace (EAF) mills instead of basic oxygen furnaces (BOFs), commonly used in steel production. The EAF products include studs, tracks, clips, connectors, and floor framing systems, which result in 30% less embodied carbon than their standard counterparts.

is a global corporate initiative led by Climate Group that brings together over 40 ambitious businesses committed to driving the transition to a net zero global steel industry. Organizations that join SteelZero commit to buying and using 100% net zero steel by 2050 or earlier.

advances sustainability through waste reduction, supply chain optimization, and transparency, offering verified environmental and health declarations, including a Red List Free LBC Declare label and Type III EPD.

creates products using recycled materials ranging from 70–100%. It primarily offers hollow structural sections, which provide exceptional efficiency through higher strength-to-weight ratios, enabling a smaller footprint and reduced steel usage.

produces steel with an average of 77% recycled content, supports circular economy practices, recycles over 90% of EAF (electric arc furnace) dust, and targets net-zero emissions across Scopes 1–3 by 2050.

operates Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) steel mills, a less energy-intensive process, and utilizes a significant portion of scrap in its steel production.

is one of North America’s largest processors of ferrous and nonferrous metals, buying, selling, and recycling millions of tons annually through custom programs and broad logistics.

embraces sustainability through EAF (electric arc furnace) steelmaking, recycled materials, and innovation. With science-based emissions targets for 2030 and 2050, the company advances industry-leading, environmentally responsible steel production.

champions sustainability by recycling millions of tons of scrap into new steel, reusing 98% of industrial water, capturing co-products (secondary materials produced during steel production) for reuse, and preserving green spaces around its mills.

produces low-embodied-carbon steel using recycled content, renewable energy, and fossil-free HYBRIT technology. HYBRIT technology replaces coal with hydrogen in manufacturing, resulting in steel production that emits water instead of CO₂.

introduces a new type of resin derived from seaweed, used for making straws and cups. These eco-friendly products come from renewable seaweed farms, capture carbon, and easily break down, offering a sustainable alternative to single-use plastics.

materials come from responsibly sourced seaweed, a regenerative resource that decomposes into healthy soil. The materials are nontoxic & GMO-free, home & industrially compostable, and support healthy ecosystems & communities.

is an Eco-Friendly Textile Coloring made with Seaweed and doesn’t require fresh water, agricultural land, or chemicals to grow. It also purifies CO₂ and produces oxygen, making it a perfect sustainable solution for the fashion and interior industries.

is a plastic packaging alternative made from seaweed, including a bioplastic coating that provides a world-leading water barrier, offering a natural alternative to fossil-fuel-based plastics

market swot analysis by top key vendors, demand and forecast research to 2027

creates its specialty blend of plasters and masonry mortars using no artificial additives, no toxic chemicals, negative-zero-VOCs, and is completely natural.

has been developing and offering environmentally safe and sound paints.

use sustainable ingredients to make water-based, eco-friendly paints formulated without harsh chemicals.

is a breathable Claypaint in ultra-matt finish for interior walls and ceilings. Made using eco-friendly clay and natural ingredients and advanced manufacturing processes and formulations. They are water-based and use no oils or acrylics.

are eco-friendly and they blend every color by hand to ensure color depth, accuracy, and embrace ancient techniques with their exclusive Lime Wash coating and other specialty products. Their paint formulations are low odor and contain no VOCs.

is tinted and mixed using 100% natural pigments in North America.

are mineral based and made with high quality, natural ingredients that are toxin-free.

produces environmentally friendly, VOC-free, and child-safe paints and finishes. Their paint is 100% organic and is safe for kids and pets

clay plaster & paint contain a natural blend of clay, loam, sand and potentially fibres, clay plasters & paint provide a healthy, breathable finish for internal walls and ceilings.

creates objects and systems for interior space division that are 3D printed on-demand using recycled materials

is creating construction-grade building material made entirely from Repurposed, often un-recyclable plastic-waste. Byblocks are ideal for retaining walls, sound walls, sheds, privacy fencing, terracing, and landscaping, accent walls, furniture and more.

makes Decorative solid surface panels using recycled plastic.

'Polygood' panels are a distinctive surface material made from 100% recycled plastic, is 100% recyclable and made using low-carbon processes.

resin by LanzaTech and Plastipak Packaging reduces greenhouse gas emissions, and its production process does not require land or food resources making it the world’s first polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resin made from captured carbon emissions.

felt is made with 60% post-consumer recycled content from plastic water bottles and can be used for insulation, ceilings, and panels.

manufactures non-toxic, recyclable panels by upcycling industrial fibers into a sustainable material.

panels are made entirely from waste cardboard and packaging and can be remade indefinitely.

is a completely new type of interior board using bio-based raw materials like lignin, a renewable wood-based binder instead of a fossil-based binder.

is a fully home-compostable, 100% bio-based board material made with agricultural fibers without any chemicals or plastics.

by Impact Acoustic is a Cotton panelboard that is made from natural raw materials and enables a closed loop system through the use of cellulose.

Paper Based Panels are made from 98% of industrial paper waste and post-consumer cardboard. They are fully reusable or 100% recyclable

produces flax-based, carbon neutral surface materials for walls, ceilings, milllworks, furniture and automotive interiors.

is a material group that presses kraft impregnated with a biobinder, stacked in layers, into load-bearing fossil-carbon-free components. It’s designed to replace carbon-intensive, nonrenewable materials like aluminum, plastic, and fibre composites (GFRP).

is making the first carbon negative paper in the world by replacing conventional paper filler with CO₂ reacted olivine, the overall carbon dioxide emissions are 25% lower than that of ordinary paper.

provides listings of North American certified papers and printers.

offers a detailed guide to corrugated cardboard packaging grades and cardboard types.

provides listings of North American-certified papers and printers.

launches Enhancing Sustainability through Forest-Positive MMCF Sourcing: A Guide for Fashion Brands and Retailers - a comprehensive guide empowers fashion brands and retailers to embrace responsible sourcing practices for MMCFs (man-made cellulosic fibers) by emphasizing the importance of sustainable forest management.

has developed a technology that manufactures sustainable paper bags for everyday use from fallen leaves solving the problem of bio-waste and issues of the paper industry.

reports on consumer preferences, perceptions, and attitudes toward packaging.

is a Netherlands-based paper and cardboard recycling leader. Its Paper & Cardboard Information Center (IPK) is where consumers and companies can find information about paper and cardboard's sustainable aspects and usability.

describes olivine as one of the most promising natural materials in the field of carbon capture.

describes how olivine carbon-capturing rocks can counteract climate change.

describes olivine, a magnesium-iron silicate that absorbs CO₂ from the air.

promotes olivine applications to policy makers, governmental institutions, and companies

creates compostable packaging from mycelium and agricultural waste to replace polystyrene foam.

is a biomanufacturing company producing insulation from mycelium for the built environment.

research into mycelial materials for products, packaging, and new bio-fabrication applications.

harnesses the natural flexibility and strength of mycelium, the material structure of fungi, to grow protective packaging at any scale by combining it with agricultural waste such as hemp, cork, and sawdust.

leather is made from mycelium, the underground root-like system of fungi, this bio-based leather alternative is soft, supple, and less harmful to the environment.

patent-pending process improves the natural functions of fungi to transform construction waste into low-carbon raw materials for the built environment.