Sustainability - CFL Flooring

Sustainability is the utmost important objective throughout our operations and innovation efforts.

Thomas Baert

President
Tseng Chih-Wen

Co-CEO
Tom Van Poyer

Co-CEO

Leading Flooring Innovation

Despite everyone having a floor, not everyone dreams of revolutionizing the flooring industry. Most people do hope to leave the world better than how we found it though. We strongly believe innovation, whether technological, whether it's adapting our production models, or it's creating new customer experiences, is also what will allow us to take our Environmental, Social and Governance initiatives to new levels.

Innovation will take our CSR initiatives to new levels

Our commitment to Sustainability is embedded in our strategy and integrated in all our activities, and we are fully committed and aligned with United Nations Sustainable Development Goals:

GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING

From a safe work environment to a decent health care, the well-being of our employees and their families matters to us

GENDER
EQUALITY

Commitment to equal opportunities across all of our operations

INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE

Commitment to a continued development of products and technologies with focus on improved sustainability and reduced environmental impact

RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION

Commitment to continuously improve our operations, specifically Waste and Energy management

CLIMATE ACTION

Commitment to a Circular Economy and a continued reduction of our impact

SUSTAINABILITY IN OUR CORE

TRANSPARENCY

We ensure that

our products not only comply with relevant regulations but exceed them.

Integrated Quality Systems

CFL Flooring has an integrated Quality Management System achieving international standards encompassing facilities, people, training, services and equipment.

Quality Management
Material Safety
Supply Chain risk management
Product transparency and safety
Customer Satisfaction

Quality Management
Material Safety
Supply Chain risk management
Product transparency and safety
Customer Satisfaction

Abundant and Renewable Materials

Cork

Many product lines incorporate cork - a high-performance, versatile material that is an exceptional pre-attached underlay offering improved acoustic performance, mold resistance and a softer, more comfortable underfoot.

About cork

Once the cork oak trees are about 25 years old the bark is traditionally stripped from the trunks every nine years. The trees live for 200 years.
Limestone

Limestone is a natural, abundant mineral calcite that we incorporate in our rigid core products. By replacing traditional LVT with rigid core solutions, we are able to dramatically reduce the use of PVC and Plasticizers.

LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT

Through Life Cycle Analysis’, we evaluate the environmental impact of our products throughout their entire lifespan. This analysis encompassed every stage, from raw material extraction to manufacturing and eventual end-of-life disposal. The insights gained from the LCA enabled us to issue Environmental Product Declarations (EDPs) for our Rigid Core Floors, providing transparent information to our customers regarding the environmental attributes of our products.

Products designed for recycling
In-House closed-loop recycling
Virtually all of the vinyl manufacturing waste is recycled to ensure almost no vinyl is wasted.
Incorporated recycling content

Maximal Use
of Raw Materials

Virtually

all of internal vinyl waste reused via internal recycling system

110,000

Avoided 110,000 metric tonnes of virgin materials avoided only in 2021 alone

≈30%

around 30% of our Rigid Core-based products are made from pre-consumer

Incorporating
Pre-consumer waste

Incorporating Post-consumer Waste

Up to

of carton packaging made with post-consumer waste.

Net Plus is a sustainable, hard-surface flooring underlay, fully made of recycled PET bottles, that comes pre-attached on certain CFL products lines. It is specially designed to not only reduce sound transfer and provide additional insultation and comfort, but also to be resistant to mold & fungus and be 100% recyclable at the end-of-life stage.

Principles of the Circular Economy

We are working on continuously reducing our impact in terms of GHG, waste and resource consumption, with an ultimate goal of having Zero negative impact on the environment.

Energy intensity reduction

Greenhouse gas emissions

Waste intensity reduction

Water intensity reduction

R&D focus on
post-consumer waste

Sustainable Technologies

CFL's patent portfolio is made up of hundreds of patents granted and filed that include technologies that optimize the sustainability of our products and production models.

CFL's award-winning Be-Lite Technology focuses on lightweight construction without compromising on durability and performance. This technology not only reduces material consumption but also contributes to lower transportation emissions, ultimately reducing the overall environmental impact of our products.

Eco-Composite Flooring is made from up to 50% post-consumer recycled content while also boasting exceptional surface performance.