Supporting a sustainable environment for the planet and its people

SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTS AND PRACTICES

As a business, we can’t deny that the built environment is a major culprit of global emissions. To play our part in tackling climate change, we have re-thought our approach to what a ‘sustainable’ product or practice is, and it all starts with knowing how our materials and operational practices affect the planet and its people.

OUR VISION

Our purpose is to actively support a sustainable built environment for the planet and its people.

OUR MISSION

Create long term value for our planet, its people and business through robust Environmental Social Governance (ESG), actively operating for a circular economy and setting holistic sustainable development goals that support the built environment and textile manufacturing value chain.

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Sustainability Insights.

SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES

Converting waste into innovation.

A minimum of 80% recycled content is used in the backing of our carpet tiles. Recycled PET is sourced from bottles that would normally go to landfill, closing the loop on a valuable resource.

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Discarded bottles

Discarded bottles are cleaned and cut into flakes before being extruded into fibres of white colour.

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Regenerated fibres

Regenerated fibres are coloured and made into pellets.

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Recycled PET pellets

Recycled PET pellets are blended with virgin PET ready for processing to form a felt backing in varying thicknesses that will form the backing of our carpet tiles.

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Waste is utilsed

Felt backing made from a minimum of 80% recycled PET. 

Bottles Per Carpet Tile

Recycled bottles
per carpet tile

QUIETBACKTM 7MM
46 x 12G PET BOTTLES

QUIETBACKTM 8MM
46 x 12G PET BOTTLES

QUIETBACKTM 10MM
57 x 12G PET BOTTLES

SOFTSTEPTM 
17 x 12G PET BOTTLES

LAIDBACKTM 
17 x 12G PET BOTTLES

Carpet tile end-of-life

Acouflor is working with the industry on a recycling program that will keep our carpet tiles from landfill. In the meantime, we have partnered with ResourceCo who will process Acouflor carpet tiles into alternative fuels, giving the tiles a second use as an important energy source. For instructions on the program, download the PDF below. For more information on our Product Stewardship Program, click here.

OUR SPECIALIST INITIATIVES

Helping you meet your green building goals.

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Powered by Solar

The use of solar panels attached to key factory locations means that your carpet products are generated using around 30-40% onsite renewables – powered by the sun.

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Environmental Labels

To support green building projects and material transparency. Our label certifications indicate that our products are safe for people and the planet, and can be used to qualify toward green building ratings.

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Carbon Footprint Tracking

To deliver on our mission, 2023 will mark the base year for our carbon footprint, conducted across all areas of the global business. This will help us to set goals for the future, measure and benchmark effectively.

Transparency
through verification.

Download our latest documentation to discover our commitment to environmental verification and green building practices.

We ensure we have environmental labels to support our claims that Acouflor products are safe for humans and the planet.

Environmental Logos

Our verifications will help support green building rating system certifications like Greenstar, LEED, WELL, LBC and BREEAM. By specificing Acouflor carpet tiles you are working towards green building certification goals.

Green Building Certification Logos
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