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Collaborating with Industry Partners on Climate Action and Biodiversity

“With this guide in hand, landscape architects can ask industry partners the right questions and move the conversation forward. Getting on the same page will lead to deeper collaboration on how to reduce our collective impacts and improve benefits." — ASLA CEO Torey Carter-Conneen

“The guide will enable us to expand the dialogue on embodied carbon in materials, the sustainable use of products in landscapes, and supporting equity goals in communities.” — April Phillips, FASLA, Chair, ASLA Climate Action Committee

ASLA and the ASLA Fund have developed:

Collaborating with Industry Partners on Climate Action and Biodiversity: A Guide to Conversations Among Landscape Architects, Vendors, and Product Manufacturers
  

CONVERSATION GUIDE (PDF)

The ASLA Climate Action Committee and Corporate Member Committee curated more than 70 questions landscape architects can ask vendors and product manufacturers about:

• Product:
  • Carbon data
  • Low-carbon material content
  • Recycled material content
  • Hazardous material content
  • Biodiversity protections
   
• Use of products in landscapes
• Location of product manufacturing
• Manufacturing facilities
• Company operations
• Equity programs
• Advocacy efforts

There are also additional questions for plant and tree nurseries.

The guide was jointly authored by landscape architects, vendors, and product manufacturers. It incorporates goals outlined in the ASLA Climate Action Plan and Field Guide, the Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES), and by the International Living Future Institute (ILFI).

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