Sustainable Solutions: Gerflor Commitment
Committed to Sustainable Development: less speaking for more actions.
COMPOSITION
COMPOSITION
Healthy and sustainable materials
- No heavy metals
- No solvent
- No formaldehyde
- 100% REACH compliant
RECYCLABILITY
RECYCLABILITY
- 100% recyclable materials
- Eligible to Gerflor Second Life Program: post-consumer waste recycling
Target: 2000T collected in 2025
- The only building material which is 100% recyclable
RAW MATERIALS
RAW MATERIALS
- 25% average recycled content
- Target: 30% recycled material by 2025
INSTALLATION
INSTALLATION
Innovated installation systems:
- Adhesive free
- Tackifier
- Permanent adhesive
Target: 50% of products to be free-laying in 2025.
INDOOR AIR QUALITY
INDOOR AIR QUALITY
- No formaldehyde emission
- No carcinogenic emission
- TVOC (Volatile Organic Compounds) after 28 days
<10 μg/m3 for homogeneous products
< 100 μg/m3 for heterogeneous products
VOC emissions 70% lower than international standards - Floorscore, AgBB, Blue Angel and M1 compliant
LCA - Life Cycle Analysis
LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS
- Eco-designed products: reduced environment impact during all their life cycle
- ISO 14001 and 50001 certified production sites: for continuous improvement of the environmental and energy performance of products and plants.
- Innovated installation systems: adhesive free, tackifier, permanent adhesive
- Ongoing maintenance: patented surface treatments (Evercare TM, Protecsol TM, Sparclean TM) to reduce the use of chemical product and water and ensure the best financial outcome
- Gerflor vinyl flooring quality for credits under many internationally accredited Green Building Schemes (LEED, BRE, HQE, BREEAM…)
- EPD (Environmental Products Declaration): 100% of Gerflor contract products have a FDES and an EU EPD
- 80% of sales produced locally
