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DESCRIPTION: Manufacturing companies are seeing an increased demand for product transparency. This course discusses what sustainability and Design for Environment are, how transparency documents are created, how they contribute to green building certification, and how investing in sustainability can produce process and operational efficiencies that benefit people, planet, and business. OBJECTIVES: At the end of this program, participants will be able to: 1) define sustainability and its benefits to people, the planet, and business, 2) explore examples of better product design through the use of Design for Environment strategies and examine the four environmental impacts associated with each phase of the product life cycle, 3) discover how manufacturers are responding to sustainability and product transparency and where you can go to fulfill green building requirements, and 4) dive into the steps a product manufacturer takes to create environmental product declarations and material health disclosures.