Terms of Service

Last updated: April 2, 2026

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing or using the Material Innovation Initiative platform, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service and all applicable laws and regulations. If you do not agree with any of these terms, you are prohibited from using or accessing this site.

2. Description of Service

The Material Innovation Initiative provides a platform for connecting sustainable material innovators with fashion, automotive, and home goods brands. Our services include material listings, company profiles, certification verification, and platform visibility enhancement.

3. User Accounts

To access certain features of our platform, you may be required to create an account. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password and for restricting access to your computer. You agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password.

4. Intellectual Property

The content, organization, graphics, design, compilation, magnetic translation, digital conversion and other matters related to the Site are protected under applicable copyrights, trademarks and other proprietary rights.

5. User Content

You retain all rights to any content you submit, post or display on or through the platform. By submitting, posting or displaying content, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modify, publish, transmit, display and distribute such content.

6. Limitation of Liability

The Material Innovation Initiative shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages resulting from the use or inability to use the platform or for the cost of procurement of substitute goods and services.

7. Changes to Terms

We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to modify or replace these Terms at any time. What constitutes a material change will be determined at our sole discretion.

8. Contact Information

If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us at legal@materialinnovation.org.