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Materials Matter Standard

The consolidated standard the material-specific standards in this family are expected to fold into. A voluntary certification standard, not a test method. Compliance is demonstrated by third-party audit of a site and by transaction certificates following the material through the chain, rather than by a laboratory result on a specimen.

Number

Materials Matter Standard

Edition

Materials Matter Standard Pilot Version 1.0

Status

draft

What this standard is for

Why it matters

If it lands as published, it changes what the other eight records here mean, which is why a register that tracks those eight has to track this one too.

What to watch for

A draft on purpose. The publisher gives a Version 1.0, but calls it a pilot, describes it as currently being pilot tested, and puts the effective date at 31 December 2026 with mandatory application from 31 December 2027 - the criteria were released on 12 December 2025, which is not the same as the standard being in force. Kept without an acronym because the publisher never abbreviates it.

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