Sustainability The Future of Resilient Flooring

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1 Sustainability The Future of Resilient Flooring

2 CONTENTS Introduction Sustainability Green Tag Total System Warranty

3 BACKGROUND TO POLYFLOR Founded in 1915 Manchester textile manufacturer Pioneered homogeneous vinyl floor coverings 100 years - Manufacturer in Manchester

4 BACKGROUND TO POLYFLOR International organization Covering the World Market leadership in UK Listed on AIM stock exchange Further business growth through investment in facilities

5 SPECIFICATION OF VINYL FLOORCOVERINGS - SUSTAINABILITY

6 Sustainability LCA Life cycle analysis (LCA) should be used for identifying all areas of potential environmental impact: Materials Production Distribution Installation In Use End of Life - Closing the loop

7 Sustainability KEY BENEFITS Performs well in LCA Up to 85% sustainable material & REACH compliant Low energy to produce Low maintenance Low VOC Durability 25 years Recyclability or reusability

8 Sustainability END OF LIFE - RECYCLING Vinyl flooring is 100% recyclable Recycled content can be up to 60% (Average figure typically around 25%) Post production & post consumer material recycled A good manufacturer should have an effective & efficient recycling scheme

9 We are a founding and funding member of Recofloor, the industry s vinyl take-back scheme for recycling end of life post consumer vinyl flooring We recycle installation off-cuts, uplifted flooring and old stock roll-ends and samples We recover and recycle into new flooring or other useful products such as traffic cones Industry scheme in UK, Ireland, Australia & New Zealand UK s leading facilitator for efficiently reclaiming vinyl flooring Won Gold Award in the International Green Apple Environment Awards 2013, for Environmental Best Practice

10 Recofloor Recofloor - Award Winning Scheme 2010 CIWM awards for Environmental Excellence 2012 BCE award 2013 Green Apple award for environmental best practice 2014 MEN Environmental Business of the Year

11 Recofloor Recofloor - Award Winning Scheme 2015 MRW National Recycling Awards Resource Management Business of the Year 2016 Zero Waste Awards Construction 2016 Let s Recycle Awards Excellence in Recycling and Waste Management

12 Key Credentials Certification First manufacturer to achieve BRE Global A+ rating certification, now across 27 key ranges (ENP427, ENP415 & ENP429) EN EPDs (written to standard ISO 14025) verified by IBU Passed the most stringent international VOC tests, including AgBB, Indoor Air Comfort Gold, Afsset and FloorScore Polyflor is working with the Carbon Trust s Energy Management programme - reduced energy by 43% in 10 years 96% water recycled on site Low VOC Emissions FloorScore & AgBB certificated

13 GREEN TAG

14 Green Tag ECOSPECIFIER GREEN TAG Polyflor becomes the first flooring organisation to achieve Green Tag certification from Ecospecifier, Dec 10 Polyflor achieves a GreenRate Level A, scoring max. points in the Materials Flooring Calculator and Floor Coverings

15 Green Tag GREEN TAG Polyflor achieves Gold LCA Rate certification. Gold indicates an excellent product and puts Polyflor in the top 15% of products Polyflor homogenous, safety and acoustic products have achieved Green Tag Gold

16 Green Tag

17 Green Tag polyflor.co.nz polyflor.com.au

18 TOTAL SYSTEM SPECIFICATION Manufacturers Of Commercial Resilient and Safety Flooring Moisture Barrier s, Floor Preparation Compounds and Installation Adhesive's

19 TAKE A BREATH OF FRESH AIR! Three Major sources for emissions from flooring installation materials Source 1 VOC emissions by the material itself Source 2 Microbial Interactions Source 3 Material Incompatibilities The Okatmos System by Kiesel stands for: Advanced, solvent free and very low emission flooring installation materials.

20 POLYFLOR TOTAL SYSTEM SPECIFICATION Prepare the Total System Specification Manage the installation process Manage the correct materials for the project

21 POLYFLOR 15 YEAR TOTAL SYSTEM WARRANTY Using our Total System Specification will result in an extended warranty of up to 15 years. Polyflor will provide a written warranty at the completion of the project The completed written warranty is signed off by the Managing Director in New Zealand and backed by Polyflor UK

22 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME