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After the successful “Cradle to Cradle” book, W.McDonough and M.Braungart take the next step:
The Upcycle – Beyond Sustainabililty – Designing for Abundance

Available Mid April 2013

published: 12.02.2013

Introducing PUMA InCycle, the industry’s first collection of recyclable and biodegradable footwear, apparel, and accessories. And as a bonus, the products are Cradle to CradleCM Basic Certified! Follow two InCycle products as they transform through these clever processes — the technical cycle and the biological cycle. After products are used, they may be deposited into a Bring Back Bin to be broken down or biodegraded into new raw materials.

To learn more about InCycle products and the Bring Me Back Program visit: puma.com/bringmeback

Cradle to Cradle CertifiedCM is a certification mark licensed by the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute.

Inside the Cradle to Cradle Institute
By Joel Makower
Published January 28, 2013
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Inside the Cradle to Cradle Institute

It’s been about two and a half years since the launch of the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute, the nonprofit chartered by architect and designer William McDonough and chemist Michael Braungart to “bring about a large-scale transformation in the way we make the things we make.” And it’s been just over a decade since the publication of McDonough and Braungart’s book, Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things, the inspiration and knowledge base behind the institute.

Over that decade, the concept of “cradle to cradle”— that things could be designed and manufactured using materials and methods that would allow them to be returned to manufacturing cycles, or to the soil as something benign or even beneficial — has been talked about increasingly. Indeed, the term itself is now used widely — misused, in some cases — by companies and governments around the world.

Of course, cradle to cradle — C2C for short — is more than a concept. It’s a certification standard, “a continuous improvement quality standard to guide product manufacturers and designers in making safe and healthy things for our world,” in the words of the institute.

Over the past two years, the organization, and C2C itself, has moved forward in fits and starts, seeking traction in the marketplace. A handful of leading companies — including Alcoa, Armstrong, Aveda, Dow, Eastman Chemical, Herman Miller, Method, Natureworks, Owens Corning, PPG, Shaw Industries, Steelcase, and the U.S. Postal Service — have certified their products against the institute’s standard, but the list has grown slowly, and most of these companies have certified relatively few of their products. The institute certified fewer than 100 products in 2012.

However, as 2013 gets underway, the institute seems to be finding its footing — moving out of the cradle and into maturity, as it were. Among other things, the institute has just certified its first external assessor (other than the two originators of the standard, McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry and EPEA Internationale): Washington, D.C.-based consultancy ToxServices. The institute also launched Version 3.0 of the C2C standard and rolled out a training module for a new generation of scientists, guiding companies toward basic, silver, gold, or platinum certification of their products.

C2C may be poised at last to become a force in the world of product design and manufacturing.

- On request of Diolen Safe Customers a quality statement for Cradle to Cradle Certification is available and can be issued by FR Safety Yarns GmbH & Co KG.
- In view of the assessment as “C” (tolerable) the Diolen Safe quality statement can be used in the criteria “Material Health” also for the definition of products to be certified on Cradle to Cradle Gold level.

Diolen Safe Qualitäts-Statement zur Cradle to Cradle Zertifizierung:

- Auf Anfrage von Diolen Safe Kunden kann ein Qualitäts-Statement zur Cradle to Cradle Zertifizierung von der FR Safety Yarns GmbH & Co KG abgerufen werden.
- In Anbetracht der Beurteilung “C” (tolareable) kann das Diolen Safe Statement im Bereich “Material Gesundheit” zur Produktdefinition für eine Gold Zertifizierung des Endproduktes Anwendung finden.

www.fr-safety-yarns.com
The DIOLEN® SAFE brand of FR Safety Yarns stands for durable flame retardant polyester yarns that meet all established international fire regulation standards. Fabrics made from DIOLEN® SAFE yarns offer clear advantages: they provide built-in-protection, high colour fastness, excellent hydrolytic stability, are free from heavy metals and halogens. A consistent high yarn quality is ensured by a sophisticated trademark licensing system for DIOLEN® SAFE fabrics with flammability test certificates.

FR Safety Yarns – an initiative of the well-known European companies TWD Fibres GmbH and Lauffenmühle GmbH & Co. KG. FR Safety Yarns is the competence pool for DIOLEN® SAFE polyester yarns.
FR Safety Yarns pulls the strings: International B2B customers in the FR home textiles contract business receive expert advice: from product and specialty development, comprehensive technical support to marketing and sales of the wide variety of DIOLEN® SAFE filament and staple fiber yarns in numerous yarn counts and yarn constructions.

C2CCertified_Product_Standard_V3_121112

The Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute approved 4 new certifications:

Support by EPEA Switzerland, assessed by EPEA Int.
Giroflex Office Chair 353 C2CPII Database

Support by EPEA Switzerland, assessed by EPEA Int.
K&R SAX upholstery fabrics C2CPII Database

Support and assessed by EPEA Int.
Gessner upholstery fabrics C2CPII Database

More information can be seen here.

Startklar heisst de 1. Cradle- to- Cradle Casual Kollektion der Schweizer Designerin Esther Bätschmann. Mit Unterstützung von EPEA Switzerland und den Firmen Gessner AG, Backhausen, Swiss Organic Fabrics, Trigema, Müller und Lombardi Grünbauer entstand im Rahmen des neuen Masterstudiengangs „Sustainability in Fashion“ an der Esmod Berlin eine tragbare Kollektion für Männer und Frauen.
Inspiriert von den Flugpionierinnen der 20er Jahre entwarf Esther Bätschmann eine puristische aber kraftvolle, zeitlose und farbenfrohe Kollektion. Das klare Design, die hohe Qualität und die Variabilität der Kleidungsstücke sind wie gemacht für die Ansprüche eines urbanen, mobilen Lebens.
Das verwendete, zentrale Material der Kollektion, sind kompostierbare Wollstoffe der Firma Gessner AG. Die Wolle/ Ramie – und Wolle/ Redesigned Lenzing FR Mischungen sind Cradle to- Cradle Gold zertifiziert und äusserst formstabil und pflegeleicht. In Verbindung mit biologisch abbaubaren Tencel Garnen und Knöpfen sind rückstandfrei kompostierbare Kleidungsstücke entstanden, die gleichzeitig sehr langlebig sind.
Für T- Shirts wurden Cradle- to- Cradle und GOTS zertifizierte, organische Baumwoll- Jerseys der Firma Trigema verwendet.
Im Sinne des technischen Kreislaufes / Für den technischen Kreislauf und somit vollständig wiederverwertbar, sind Hosen aus Polyester der Kollektion returnity, hergestellt von der Firma Backhausen, entworfen worden. Ergänzt mit Polyester Garnen, Reissverschlüssen und Knöpfen entsprechen sie den Vorgaben des technischen Kreislaufes.
Für Kleid und Hemden wurde die Kollektion erweitert mit GOTS zertifizierten Baumwollstoffen von Swiss Organic Fabrics.
Die Herstellung dieser Kollektion, war ein erster Versuch eine umfassende, tragbare Cradle- to- Cradle Kollektion zu entwerfen. Es sind sicher noch einige Herausforderungen zu meistern, bis sie allen Kriterien des Cradle- to- Cradle Konzepts entspricht und markttauglich ist.
Aber mein Ziel, Kleidungsstücke zu entwerfen und produzieren, die keine Abfall verursachen und die im Alltag tragbar und erschwinglich sind, bleibt klar vor Augen.

The name of my master project and collection is Startklar, which I have developed in cooperation with EPEA Switzerland, Weberei Appenzell, Gessner AG and Backhausen.
The 2013 autumn ready-to-wear collection exudes an ambience of clearness, power and authenticity; minimalistic, fashionable garments for men and women.

The collection is made out of Cradle-to-Cradle certified fabrics. The Cradle-to-Cradle design concept is the most known under the generic term of Circular Economy.
It is a radical different approach to design and produce intelligent, toxfree products.
It does not try to minimize the negative footprints, because it sill stays negative. The vision is to create solutions that have a positive, beneficial impact on people and environment. The model for this concept is nature, it considers that our industry should work like an organism processing, in which material flows are of two types: biological or technical nutrients, either to biodegrade naturally and restore the soil, or to be fully recycled into high- quality products. This material circulation in two separated closed loops eliminates the concept of waste.

My philosophy is based on freedom, happiness, intelligence and quality with contemporary influence. All garments are functional and easy to combine in a variety of different looks.

The collection is inspired by the female flight pioneers of the twenties.