Our Sustainability Journey

Lodge water is used on site to harvest rainwater for production.

Post-production vinyl is recycled.

ISO 9001 quality certificate attained.

Polyflor launches low maintenance PUR for reduced environmental impact.

Polyflor gains ISO 14001 environmental certification. 

Products are individually assessed by BRE Global, achieving A+.

First VOC emissions tests.

Polyflor joins Recovinyl.

Polyflor co-founds Recofloor, the waste vinyl flooring recycling scheme.

FloorScore^® VOC certification is achieved.

Products achieve Global GreenTag LCARate certification.

Polyflor’s new fleet has Euro V compliant engines for reduced emissions.

Polyflor joins Vinyl Plus.

Polyflor improves its carbon footprint, reducing energy use by 43% and reducing carbon emissions by 15,236 tonnes.

Expona Simplay is launched, a premium loose lay LVT that is adhesive-free reducing environmental impact.

SA 8000 certification is achieved.

BES 6001 certification for Responsible Sourcing and Sustainability is obtained.

Economiser installed on steam boiler increasing boiler water feed temperature to boiler, improving efficiency.

Winner of ‘Made in the North West – Green Company 2015’.

BS OHSAS 18001 is achieved.

Recofloor wins the Let’s Recycle Award for Excellence in Recycling & Waste Management.

All Polyflor’s HGVs are replaced with Euro VI engines for lower emissions.

Recofloor has a record year, recycling 570 tonnes of waste vinyl flooring from the UK. Recofloor Australia and New Zealand recycle 18.5 tonnes, more than double the previous year.

Modern, electric forklift trucks replace diesel ones.

Recofloor’s 10-Year Anniversary.

100% renewable electricity used.

11% reduction in GHG Emissions Intensity.

71% more post-consumer vinyl recycled.

• 7% less energy used
• 4% decrease in production’s GHG emissions
• 46% less water used
• 98% of total waste recycled or repurposed
• Singapore Green Building Product & Friendly Materials Eco Labels achieved
• Polyflor products listed on mindful MATERIALS
• GreenTag Product Specific EPDs for many of our products