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2025-2027 Strategic Plan<\/h1>\n\n\n

A Note From CEO Lindsay Baker<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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To read Lindsay Baker\u2019s letter framing Living Future\u2019s work over the next three years, please read our Strategic Plan<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At Living Future, we hold a vision and a commitment to transforming the building industry in ways that are deeply and urgently needed. We are proud to have created tools and resources that are actionable, accessible and evolving to support the growth of our movement as we make these ambitious shifts. As industry leaders, the community of Living Future practitioners and champions have a key role to play: this takes all of us, using our unique voices in our unique communities, to really achieve the transformation we need in the next decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We aim to have regenerative, resilient solutions adopted as the common practice for everyone creating and maintaining buildings by 2030. <\/strong>We have plans for every area of our current work and are embarking on several areas of new growth to provide the inspiration, support, and community to expedite the journey towards a regenerative building sector. We will be pushing for ambitious goals and measuring our industry\u2019s progress towards them. We hope you will join us.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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A Summary of Our Goals<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

As an organization, Living Future undergoes a strategic planning process every three years. We’ve developed ambitious goals and tactics to achieve them in collaboration with our staff, Board of Directors, Affiliates, and partners in the industry. Here is a high level summary of our targets in each area of our work. For more information about how we plan to get there, take a look at the strategic plan<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our Buildings Work<\/h4><\/div><\/div>
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The Living Building Challenge, issued 18 years ago, remains the north star for defining what regenerative impact (health, environmental and social) looks like in the architecture, engineering, design, and construction (AEC) industry. Our plans for our buildings work include:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

1.1 Inspiration<\/strong>: Facilitate 15 million visitors to buildings certified under our buildings programs. Reach 300,000 people with stories of Living Buildings through support and attendance at industry events. Engage with 50 professional organizations globally to increase our influence in the building industry.

1.2 Support for those on the path to regenerative buildings and systems<\/strong>: Support 35 million square feet of diverse projects in our building programs on their path to certification, an increase of over 400% from the 8 million square feet certified to date. Register 50 million square feet of project area. Increase the diversity of registered project types, with a focus on supporting community resiliency projects.

1.3 Refining Pathways to Regeneration<\/strong>: Complete the Equity in the Built Environment Initiative. Make substantial and public progress towards LBC 5.0.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Our Products-Related Work<\/h4><\/div><\/div>
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At Living Future, we inspire and support a positive tomorrow: shifting from mitigating negative impacts to creating positive outcomes through regenerative product design and manufacturing practices. Our plans for our products-related work include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2.1 Scaling the regenerative materials economy<\/strong>: Strengthen our efforts to accelerate market adoption of our materials programs, doubling the number of participating manufacturers from 375 to 750.
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2.1 Supporting Manufacturers<\/strong>: Increase the total number of published labels by 50% from 1,500 to 2,250 with 20% of products achieving two or more labels.
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2.3 A New Structure for our Products-Related Work<\/strong>: Successfully develop a world class materials program, rolling out two new labels and revamping our existing frameworks, with the goal to answer the market need for inspiration, scaling, rigor, affordability, and alignment<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Our Organizational Equity Work<\/h4><\/div><\/div>
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We launched Just 3.0 in 2024 after a robust research and development process. Over the next three years we intend to focus our energies on enhancing the Just community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n