<P> In 2007, MBDC and the EPEA formed a strategic partnership with global materials consultancy Material ConneXion to help promote and disseminate C2C design principles by providing greater global access to C2C material information, certification and product development . </P> <P> As of January 2008, Material ConneXion's Materials Libraries in New York, Milan, Cologne, Bangkok and Daegu, Korea started to feature C2C assessed and certified materials and, in collaboration with MBDC and EPEA, the company now offers C2C Certification, and C2C product development . </P> <P> While the C2C model has influenced the construction or redevelopment of many smaller buildings, several large companies, organisations and governments have also implemented the C2C model and its ideas and concepts: </P> <Ul> <Li> The Lyle Center for Regenerative Studies incorporates cradle to cradle systems throughout the center . The use of the term C2C is replaced with Regenerative . </Li> <Li> The Chinese Government is constructing many cities like Huangbaiyu based on C2C principles, utilising the rooftops for agriculture . </Li> <Li> The Ford River Rouge Complex redevelopment . Cleaning 20 billion US gallons (76,000,000 m) of rainwater annually . </Li> <Li> The Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO - KNAW) will make its laboratory and office complex completely cradle to cradle compliant </Li> <Li> Several private houses and communal buildings in the Netherlands </Li> <Li> Fashion Positive, an initiative to assist the fashion world in implementing the cradle - to - cradle model in five areas: material health, material reuse, renewable energy, water stewardship and social fairness . </Li> </Ul>

Cradle-to-cradle differs from the traditional sustainability model by its focus on