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2025 Impact Report

Information

As safeguards and oversight evolve, protecting human health from harmful chemicals calls for decisive action grounded in science, integrity, and accountability.

MADE Banned List™

The MADE Banned List is a proprietary database of more than 15,000 substances associated with human or environmental health concerns.

MADE Ecosystem Approach™

The MADE Ecosystem Approach combines predictive modeling with the best available science to identify potential hazards early in product development.

MADE Standards

MADEWORKS Intelligence standards help brands replace harmful ingredients, strengthen supply chain practices, and create safer, more sustainable products.

What We Do

Rigorous science, practical guidance, safer products

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MADE Substance Database

Dynamic data

For more than 15 years, MADEWORKS Intelligence has tracked substances through the lens of the MADE Ecosystem Approach. Its proprietary intelligence platform brings together data on thousands of substances used in consumer products, giving brands actionable insight into ingredients, materials, and opportunities for improvement.

MADE Banned List

Scientific Research

Environmental health expertise

MADEWORKS Intelligence translates the best available environmental science into practical guidance to improve everyday products.

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MADE Certification Criteria

Advancing safer products

Every MADE Certification begins with the MADE Banned List and its more than 15,000 substances of concern. The standards strengthen supply chain transparency and advance responsible practices that support healthier people and ecosystems.

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Research & Advocacy

Healthier homes and lives

Individual actions create collective momentum. MADEWORKS Intelligence turns scientific insight, industry collaboration, and informed choices into progress at marketplace scale.

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The Mission

MADEWORKS Intelligence is working to transform how consumer products are made and eliminate more than 15,000 harmful substances from the marketplace over the next 15 years, advancing a healthier and more sustainable future for all.

  • Years of independent research

    15+

  • Substances listed

    15,000

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The science behind the standards

Research Hub

The Research Hub features practical guides and in-depth chemical profiles.

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Science

The science platform brings together a proprietary substance database, the MADE Banned List, and the MADE Ecosystem Approach.

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Support Us

MADEWORKS Intelligence is a nonprofit program of Nontoxic Certified Inc. Donor support advances research and helps build a safer, healthier marketplace.

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Get In Touch

MADEWORKS Intelligence welcomes questions about its Research and Standards. Brands interested in certification can contact info@madeworks.com.

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