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# MANAGED SERVICE
Consider us your outsourced sustainability department.
**We work alongside your company just like a member of the team.**
As a managed service, we work with organizations operating without an internal sustainability department or we play a specific role within the in-house sustainability team. Whether you need a specific technical expert or sustainability generalist, WAP’s Managed Service is an affordable way to scale up without the headache of hiring.
## ESG MINDED COMPANIES
As an ESG minded company, sustainability is becoming more important each year and continual improvement is becoming a market expectation.
Our team understands sustainability and becomes your partner to help improve your organization’s environmental impact.
Each year you are faced with ever-increasing challenges including:
* Distributors or partners requesting sustainability information
* Institutional investors and stakeholders requesting ESG information
* Aggregators of ESG Data like RobecoSam, Sustainalytics, and other online repositories ranking or indexing your performance.
* Rankings, Indexes or customer requests from programs like EcoVadis, Newsweek Green 500, Ethisphere, or the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI).
## SUSTAINABILITY DIRECTORS
As a sustainability director, there is a lot on your plate. In addition to the demands of your growing company, it is challenging to hire and retain quality sustainability talent, while also keeping up with the everchanging sustainability landscape.
We handle the technical heavy lifting so you can focus on the work that actually matters. Together we will look at the metrics that are important to you, and together we will implement a course of action to improve those metrics.
Whether you need added support or recently lost a sustainability staffer, our managed services allow us to support you in various capacities, create efficiencies, and hopefully even lower your operating income.
**Sustainability is becoming more important each year and continual improvement is becoming a market expectation.**
We’re all trying to do our best towards this, but the reality is you’re busy. Finding the time or expertise to dedicate towards sustainability can be difficult.
You could hire a staff member full time, but recruitment and training take time. In addition, it is hard to find one person with all of the ESG skills necessary for the role needed.
**This is where we can help.** This is where our team becomes your partner in sustainability.
We work to help you understand sustainability, strategize goals, and make an impact in your organization.
Let us take some of the burdens off your shoulders and help you make a larger impact in your organization.
**Here are just a few of the tasks that we can take off your plate:**
* GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORIES
* LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT
* SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING​
* DATABASE MANAGEMENT​
* MATERIALITY + MARKET RESEARCH​
* INTERACTIONS WITH STAKEHOLDERS​
## MANAGED SERVICES VS HIRING A TEAM MEMBER
When sustainability demands grow beyond your current capabilities, you have two choices.
You can either hire a full-time employee or hire the WAP Sustainability team as a managed service.
When you hire an employee:
* You have to recruit the right people Interview multiple candidates
* Handle HR and legal
* Train the employee
* Retain the employee
* Understand that it’s often hard to find one person with the full suite of expertise that you need
WHEN YOU HIRE THE WAP SUSTAINABILITY TEAM AS A MANAGED SERVICE:
* You save time and avoid the hassle associated with recruiting and interviewing candidates
* You save the time and monetary investment required for training.
* Our WAP team has training and skill sets to handle a wide variety of support roles.
* Move faster. All that time saved, means you’ll be able to get to the tasks at hand without delay. We are an extension of your team.
* We’re here to serve you. Our collective skill sets make us more effective than any single employee
**Regardless of your sustainability needs,
WAP Sustainability is here to help..**
Consider us a friend, a co-worker and a partner in sustainability.
**Contact WAP Sustainability to learn how we can be your partner in sustainability.**
## Contact Us!
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# PRODUCT TRANSPARENCY
**Product Transparency means working within certification programs like LEED, and that requires knowledge and expertise.**
**It can be a lot.** We can help you navigate through all of these programs and their associated processes with ease and peace of mind.
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As a building product manufacturer, you are often asked for product transparency documentation as part of specifications and RFPs for green building certification programs like USGBC’s LEED, IWBI’s WELL, and ILFI’s Living Building Challenge (LBC).
These green building certification programs include manufacturer-specific items such as: (link to HPDC, Declare, Product Lens and C2C)
* Environmental Product Declaration (EPDs)
* Health Product Declarations (HPDs)
* Declare Labels
* Cradle to Cradle Certification
By participating in these product transparency programs, your products will contribute to credits in LEED v4, LEED v4.1, WELL 1.0 and Well 2.0, LBC 4.0 (link to standards) and many more globally. At WAP Sustainability, we help your team comply with these programs and earn maximum contributions in these green building certifications.
Environmental Product Declarations (EPD)
## Environmental Product Declarations (EPD)
The purpose of an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) is to publicly disclose the environmental impacts of a product including its embodied carbon (EC) number.
EPDs combine the practice of life cycle assessment (LCA) with product transparency. At WAP Sustainability, we help companies create life cycle assessments (LCAs) and develop Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) that help you meet customer requirements.
**We provide a turn-key service that helps companies manage LCAs and EPDs affordably.**We are partners with all the major program operators (UL, NSF, SCS, ASTM etc.), have Certified ACLCA Life Cycle Assessment Professionals on staff, and have been approved by the International EPD System (EnvironDec) as Individual and Systems EPD Verifiers.
If you already have existing LCAs and EPDs, WAP Sustainability can help identify ways to reduce the embodied carbon footprint of your products through our Supply Chain LCA Services or help create LEED compliant EPD Action Plans and/or EPD Optimization documents.
**Our EPD Services include:**Get in touch with us to see how we can help with your Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs).
* Project kick-off meeting to strategically categorize products for optimal EPD disclosure
* Collection of quality conformance disclosure requirements
* Collection of relevant non-life cycle environmental data and programs
* Collection of graphical requirements of EPD
* Development of copy for full EPDs
* Development of summary EPDs
* Internal review of EPDs with core stakeholders
* Collection of quotes from third party program operators
* Finalization of EPDs and submission to program operator (Unbiased third party)
* Management of the verification process from initial submission to final validation
* Educational Support and Training for Sales Teams
* Website and Marketing Material Copy announcing the EPD(s)
* Embodied Carbon and Product Transparency Database Management (EC3, Declare labels, mindful Materials, Better Materials, etc.)
**Embodied Carbon Reduction**
LEED Zero, ILFI Zero Carbon EC3, Buy Clean California Act, AB262, Washington HB 2412, Declare Labels with Embodied Carbon are voluntary or regulatory programs that nudge manufacturers to reduce the Embodied Carbon of their products.
WAP uses a combination of proprietary tools like our Supply Chain LCA Program paired with experience in LCA interpretation to strategize embodied carbon reductions.
**WAP Sustainability works with manufacturers to identify the most effective pathways for reducing the embodied carbon of products.**
**EPD Optimization**LEED Compliant EPD Optimization Documents are used to show life cycle assessment reductions against EPD Baselines, Industry-Wide baselines, or Product to Product Baselines. WAP Sustainability partners with Program Operators, LCA Verifiers and Critical Reviewers to develop EPD Optimization Documents and EPD Optimization Summary Reports that highlight GWP Reductions of 10%, 20% or any percentage for the LEED v4 and v4.1 Building Product Disclosure and Optimization (BPDO) Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) – Option 2 Optimization Credit.
**EPD Action Plans**WAP Sustainability can also help Manufacturers create LEED compliant Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) Action Plans that interpret LCA results and document strategies of reducing embodied carbon of products in accordance with the LEED v4 and v4.1 Building Product Disclosure and Optimization (BPDO) Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) – Option 2 Optimization Credit.
Health Product Declarations (HPD)
## Health Product Declarations (HPD)
Health Product Declarations (HPDs) publicly disclose the substances and ingredients in your final finished products.
**WAP Sustainability has been approved by the Health Product Declaration Collaborative (HPDC) as an Approved Third Party Preparer and Approved Third Party Verifier.**
While EPDs disclose environmental information, HPDs disclose information related to your products ingredients and potential toxicity.  HPDs screen substances using the GreenScreen for Safer Chemicals which is a transparent, open standard for assessing chemical hazard that supports alternatives assessment for toxics use reduction through identifying chemicals of concern and safer alternatives.
**WAP Sustainability is a leader in helping manufacturers collect hard to access material ingredient information from suppliers throughout the supply chain using its Value Chain Chemical Management (VCCM®) System.**
We have engaged over 3,500 suppliers to collect material ingredient information and manage transparency relationships with leading chemical producers to enable the rapid sharing of material ingredient data.
The process of an HPD and EPD are similar, the difference is in the output of the results.
**WAP Sustainability’s HPD Services include:**
* Support categorizing products for optimal HPD disclosure
* Collection of available product raw material data (MSDS, supplier contacts, relevant product testing results)
* Ongoing Management of Supply Chain Data Collection through WAP’s Value Chain Chemical Management System (VCCM®)
* GAP assessment of available HPD data compared to data required to meet LEED v4, LEED v4.1 or WELL requirements
* Collection of additional information deemed optional, yet strategic, to disclose in HPD
* Entry of data into HPD generation software (i.e., the HPD Builder or ToxNot)
* Internal review and finalization of HPD
* Website and Marketing Material Copy announcing the HPD(s)
* Third-Party Verification
* Product Transparency Database Management (Origin, mindful Materials, Better Materials, Ecomedes, Building Material Scout etc.)
**Contact WAP Sustainability for your Health Product Declarations.**
**Value Chain Chemical Management (VCCM®) System**
WAP Sustainability recognizes that HPDs are not the only format of Chemical Transparency reporting a manufacturer may be asked to participate in. Reporting materials and ingredients via Cradle to Cradle Material Health Certificates, Declare Labels, Product LENS are all chemical transparency programs additional to the HPD.
**WAP Sustainability has developed a custom Software as a Service (SaaS) called the Value Chain Chemical Management (VCCM®) System to help manufacturers manage these requests.**
Our proprietary approach aggregates chemical transparency requirements from over a two-dozen chemical transparency systems into one common reporting framework.
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**WAP Sustainability assists manufacturers in the collection and management of chemical information from the Supply Chain to support chemical transparency reporting.**
WAP Sustainability is a leader in helping manufacturers collect hard to access material ingredient information from suppliers throughout the supply chain using its Value Chain Chemical Management (VCCM®) System.
The VCCM**®** system also helps manufactures establish processes and procedures to collect and manage chemical transparency information to support faster chemical transparency reporting to meet market requests.
**Chemical Assessments using GreenScreen® for Safer Choice**
Declare Labels
## Declare Labels
Declare Labels publicly disclose critical information about your product using terminology such as Red List Free, Red List Approved, Living Building Challenge (LBC) Compliant or Declared.
Declare Labels require a significant amount of transparent disclosure of substance with little room for proprietary ingredients. Substances are compared to ILFI’s Red List which contains twenty-two classes of chemicals prevalent in the building industry, which ILFI has designated as worst-in-class.
WAP Sustainability can work together with your team on the preparation or third party verification (3PV) of a Declare Label. Manufacturers who need help collecting material ingredient information from suppliers can take advantage of WAP’s Value Chain Chemical Management (VCCM®) System to streamline and manage supply chain material ingredient information.
The process of an HPD and Declare are similar, the difference is in the output and look of the results.
**WAP Sustainability’s Declare Label Services include:**
* Project kick-off meeting to strategically categorize products for optimal Declare Label disclosure (Red List Free, Red List Approved, LBC Compliant, etc.)
* GAP assessment of available Declare data compared to data required to meet Living Building Challenge 4.0, LEED v4, LEED v4.1 or WELL requirements
* Collection of additional data necessary to meet Declare requirements, including supplier outreach
* Collection of additional information deemed optional, yet strategic, to disclose in Declare Label (such as Embodied Carbon)
* Entry of data into ToxNot software
* Internal review and finalization of Declare
* Development of press release or internal memo highlighting Declare completion
* Third Party Verification
**Value Chain Chemical Management (VCCM®) Approach**
WAP Sustainability recognizes that Declare Labels are not the only format of Chemical Transparency reporting a manufacturer may be asked to participate in. Reporting materials and ingredients via Cradle to Cradle Material Health Certificates, Health Product Declarations, Product LENS are all chemical transparency programs additional to the HPD.
Our proprietary approach aggregates chemical transparency requirements from over a two-dozen chemical transparency systems into one common reporting framework. WAP Sustainability assists manufacturers in the collection and management of chemical information from the Supply Chain to support chemical transparency reporting. The VCCM® system helps manufactures establish processes and procedures to collect and manage chemical transparency information to support faster chemical transparency reporting to meet market requests.
Database Management for Mindful Materials+
## Database Management for Mindful Materials+
Manufacturers with EPDs, HPDs, Declare Labels and other certifications should consider making those product transparency and certification documents available in one of the more than 30 sustainable product databases currently available.
WAP Sustainability recognizes that these databases take time and effort to set up and manage over time.
As such we offer Sustainable Product Database Management Support with options for annual, semi-annual, or quarterly updates.
**WAP Sustainability can help you manage your sustainable product database needs from beginning to end.**
**WAP Sustainability’s Database Management Process:**
* Identify relevant Databases
* Collect Product Specific Information
* Create Database content
* Managing Database content
* Provide Database Analytics
Get in touch with us to discuss how we can help with your Database Management needs.
Sustainability Certification Support
## SUSTAINABILITY CERTIFICATION SUPPORT
Managing sustainability certifications can be a significant time burden for already stretched sustainability teams. Managing the data collection and data preparation efforts, coordinating with auditors, managing corrective actions, and navigating confusing certification standards could be and is sometimes a full-time job.
**WAP Sustainability helps organizations manage certifications of all kinds in a coordinated, turn-key, service-oriented capacity. We help manufacturers obtain product certifications that help differentiate products, build brand, and earn consumer trust.**
**Certification Expertise:**
* Environmental Product Declarations
* Health Product Declarations
* NSF 332
* NSF 343
* BIFMA level
* Safer Choice
* B Corp
* 1% for the Planet
* FSC
* SFI
* Okeo-Tex
* Blue Sign
* Carbon Neutral
* NSF 140
* Green Squared (G2)
* BREEAM
* Global GreenTag
* C2C Certified
* ILFI Living Product Challenge (Approved Assessor)
* GreenScreen Certified (Approved GreenScreen Consultant)
* Zero Waste to Landfill Certification
* Almost any other reputable Multi-Attribute Standard
Consider us your partner in sustainability.
**Regardless of your certification needs, we are here to help.**
**Responsible Supplier™**
WAP Sustainability Consulting developed the Responsible Supplier™ program as a Supply Chain Management Program. As a sustainable business solution, Responsible Supplier™ helps manufacturers and brands communicate their performance as a Responsible Supplier. Managed exclusively by WAP Sustainability, the Responsible Supplier™ Program utilizes a defined consulting platform to determine a supplier’s eligibility against the Responsible Supplier™ criteria.
**To learn more about Responsible Supplier, contact WAP Sustainability.**
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