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Sustainable Furnishings Council eNewsletter August 2018 The Mission: to establish standards, provide education, and promote best practices within the home furnishings industry. Follow SFC!! EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES presented by SFC Sustainability Essentials Webinar Thursday, August 16, 2018 Noon EST Flame Retardants in Home Furnishings: What They Are & How They Got There Tuesday, August 15, 2018 Rancho Mirage, CA 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Learn More Register Now! --------- Become an Accredited Green Professional 2 Live Classes on the East Coast Early registrants get great Discounts! Click Here for Course Details October 4, 2018 Miromar Design Center

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Sustainable Furnishings Council eNewsletter August 2018

The Mission: to establish standards, provide education, and promote best practices within the home furnishings industry.

Thank You to our Generous Sponsors!

Follow SFC!!

EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES presented by SFCSustainability

Essentials Webinar

Thursday, August 16, 2018Noon EST

Flame Retardants in HomeFurnishings: What They Are

& How They Got There

Tuesday, August 15, 2018Rancho Mirage, CA4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Learn More

Register Now!

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Become an Accredited Green Professional

2 Live Classes on the EastCoast

Early registrants get great Discounts!

Click Here for Course Details

October 4, 2018 Miromar Design Center

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"One Good Deed SpawnsAnother One: Tales of

Inspiration on the Quest forSustainability"

David Mahood's quest forsustainability led him on a wide

ranging and introspectivejourney that included

encounters with a diverse groupof people including SFC's

Susan Inglis. Join David in adiscussion of the many

exceptional indivduals heencountered in his journey

toward sustainability and themany green deeds that are beingenacted minute by minute and

day by day.

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Sustainable Luxury at TheRug Show

Monday, August 27, 2018New York, NY

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

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Lunch & Learn at ClodaghDesigns with Susan Inglis,SFC Executive Director

Tuesday, August 28, 2018New York, NY

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

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Estero, Florida 9 AM - 5 PM Register Now!

November 9, 2018 University Center

New York City 9 AM - 5 PM Register Now!

Wood Furniture ScorecardThe Wood Furniture Scorecard is an initiative of National Wildlife Federation (NWF) and Sustainable FurnishingsCouncil (SFC.) Its goal is to encourage furniture retailers, the industry’s greatest influencers, to implement robust

policies that drive responsible wood sourcing practices through their complex supply chains. We assessed 57companies, focusing on the largest furniture retailers in North America.

See the Scores | See the Methodology

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2018 #GetYourGreenOn Interior Design Competition

The competition that awards designers and design firms for projects that specify sustainable and healthful homefurnishings is open for entry submissions. All interior designers and design firms are eligible, both SFC members

and nonmembers. Qualifying projects are residential interior design projects completed between April 1, 2017,and March 31, 2018. The three categories are Shared Spaces, Private Spaces, and Outdoor Spaces. The two total-project-cost ranges are up to $30,000 and $30,001 and above. Projects must include at least one product from

an SFC member company. Deadline for Entries is August 15, 2018.

CLICK HERE for details on the #GetYourGreenOn Competition and a link to your entry form.

Are you asking "What's it made of?"

The "What's it made of?" Initiative is a joint initiative of SFC, AmericanSustainable Business Council, Center for Environmental Health, Healthy Materials Lab at

Parsons School of Design, and others to encourage transparency in supply chainsand stimulate innovation for harmful chemical reduction in furnishings.

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Member NewsWelcome To Our Newest Members

Paul Robert Dickinsonhad the vision to

manufacture furniturewith exceptional

styling andcraftsmanship at

affordable pricing.

Learn more

Elworthy Studio is anenvironmentally-conscious

textile and wallpaper companythat takes inspiration from the

beauty of the natural world andthe raw energy of urban life.

Learn more

City Furniture is proud to have built sixLEED Certified City Furniture and Ashley

Furniture HomeStore showrooms, morethan any other retailer. They recycle over

95% of their waste cardboard, paper,plastic, and EPS/Styrofoam.

Learn more

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Furniture World Magazine invites you to TELL YOUR SUSTAINABLE, ETHICAL, HEALTHY & SOCIALLYRESPONSIBLE STORY in a special advertorial section of their 2018 High Point Market edition. Special rates

apply! Download the details, and contact [email protected] to participate.

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Knowing what’s in your products is important. Hohenstein can help you find out. Takeadvantage of this SFC member discount for 10% off chemical testing for harmfulsubstances - contact Casey today!

Add your voice to the growing number of home furnishings businesses that havemade a corporate commitment to

sustainability and transparency. Click here to view all SFC Members on our website!

Click here for Membership Benefits!

Membership MattersLet’s be social! SFC is on facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, & Twitter. Are you? We follow all

members and love to see sustainability stories in action, from environmental, to social, to success.Be sure to tag us in your posts and share ours as well! For more on getting the most from

membership, ask Member Service Manager Joan Malloch.

24 Hours of RealityWe are at an important moment in the climate movement. As the first truly global accord, the Paris Agreement

was monumental. And yet with it came numerous questions about how each nation – and each of us individually– can create the continued change that is required. The inflection point at hand is about the transition from debate

and denial, to action and sustainable growth for all.

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On August 1, ASBC President and Co-founder David Levine spoke in a live video stream to highlight EarthOvershoot Day 2018, the annual date when more of earth’s resources have been depleted than can be renewedin

one year. Earth Overshoot Day organizer Global Footprint notes that the day moved past December 31 in theearly 1970s and has moved continuously earlier since then.

Speaking in the apt location of Times Square, Levine said that, as businesses have had a large part in thedepletion of earth’s resources, they can take a big role in addressing it. "Businesses can take the lead, in a

complete makeover of the practices within their business,"

Levine said. "They can also speak out in public to help drive policy change at the local, state, national andinternational levels." Levine said, "We’re asking all businesses to take action now: Address the issues that we’re

exposing with Earth Overshoot. That’s where the future lies – in the opportunity to make a difference."

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13th Annual Prop. 65 Conference

Julia Morgan Ballroom San Francisco, CA

September 24, 2018

REGISTER NOW

The full conference schedule is posted atwww.prop65clearinghouse.com

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This year's Prop. 65 Conference program willinclude government, industry, and plaintifforganizations giving hands-on advice for yourbusiness and clients. Panels will continue thediscussion on the impact of OEHHA's changesto the Prop. 65 Warning Regulations, hownew chemical listings affect your business,and the use of litigation to regulate chemicals.

FSC BY THE NUMBERS - July 2018 2,633 CoC Certificates, US 3,880 Companies CoC certified, US

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35,869 CoC Certificates, Worldwide 35.8 MILLION ACRES Certified forest area, US169.3 MILLION ACRES Certified

forest area, US & Canada498 MILLION ACRES Certified forest

area, Worldwide

Join us in making 2018 the year we tell the world America is stepping up its climateefforts because we are still in and committed to

America's Pledge on climate. ASBC has just launched a new platform for US businesses, states, tribes, universities, faith groups and cultural

institutions to commit to new climate actions, enhance existing actions, connect with the most up-to-date resourcesand showcase their existing climate efforts.

Take a look at the new “US Climate Action Contribution Platform.” Get started by creating an account using theemail address on file. The portal will walk you through the process step by step and takes less than a minute to getstarted.

Your leadership has ensured that America’s emissions continued to decline in 2017, even with federal policiescurtailing progress. But, America needs new commitments and scaled up climate action if we are going to deliver

on America’s Pledge.

Ahead of the premier climate event in 2018, the Global Climate Action Summit (September 12-14, San Francisco,California), the signatories to We Are Still In have an opportunity to accelerate progress towards the US climate

targets under the Paris Agreement by submitting a 'contribution' through the portal. This toolkit gives youeverything you need to know about this platform and provides resources to share your climate commitments across

your channels.

Federal Carbon Pricing Bills Are Considered: Both Pro and Con

Last week, the House of Representative voted on H. Con. Res.119, a non-binding resolution denouncing carbonpricing, calling it "detrimental" to the U.S. economy. Unfortunately, it passed, 229-180. This vote revealed

additional insights into the Climate Solutions Caucus, a bipartisan group of 86 legislators committed to exploringpolicy options to address climate change. As expected, all but one Democratic caucus member voted against theanti-carbon pricing resolution. Yet of the 43 Republican members of the caucus, only 4 voted against it: Reps.

Carlos Curbelo (FL-26), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL-27), Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-8), and Mia Love (UT-4).

The timing of this resolution vote is interesting because Rep. Curbelo released his long-anticipated carbon pricinglegislation this week. The MARKET CHOICE Act (H.R. 6463) would eliminate the gas tax and implement aninitial $24/ton fee on carbon. Seventy percent of the revenue would go into the Highway Trust Fund to pay for

infrastructure improvements, while the remaining revenues would be used to help low-income families, displaced

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workers, and coastal communities severely damaged by flooding. The proposed act also would provide amoratorium on the development and enforcement of federal Clean Air Act regulations that would continue if

emissions reductions targets are met.

While we do not agree with everything in Rep. Curbelo's legislation, it is encouraging that a Republican is puttingspecific ideas on the table. We look forward to working with Rep. Curbelo and others to further develop carbonpricing legislation. To join ASBC in this work, please sign on to our growing coalition of business leaders who

support a carbon price.

Click to Tweet: @RepCurbelo's #carbonprice bill is a step in the right direction for a federal carbon tax. Thesignificance of a Republican leading this effort is promising for future bipartisan discussion. Sign on with

@ASBCouncil to support a federal carbon price here: https://bit.ly/2tcQ0Jj

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