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SUSTAINABILITY OVERVIEW

Flooring designed for positive impact

CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY

Dedicated to a Better Future

We hold ourselves to the highest standards, designing flooring solutions that aim to reduce impact and support your sustainability goals. Through mindful manufacturing, we help create positive outcomes from planning to production.

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FLOORING BACKED BY SCIENCE

Health and Wellness

Our flooring solutions aim to create healthier, happier, and more productive environments. You can breathe easy knowing our carpet tiles are Verified Red List Free, low VOC, and certified for Material Health to Cradle to Cradle Silver standard. And with cushion backing that provides enhanced ergonomics and improved acoustics, we design more comfortable and less stressful spaces.

Climate Action

We’re committed to fighting climate change by investing in new technology to create flooring products that enable you to make better choices. In every detail and every design, we strive to help advance a circular economy that uses less new raw materials and creates less waste. Our flooring options are third party certified for low levels of emissions (VOCs), aligned with requirements for Green Building standards.

Ethics

We are one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies—recognized by Ethisphere for 19 consecutive years. With a GOLD EcoVadis rating, we rank in the top 5% for sustainable practices, labor and human rights, ethics, and responsible procurement. We’re committed to transparency and voluntary reporting because we believe in accountability for our sustainability promises.

THE STATUS QUO IS NOT ENOUGH FOR US

We design our floors to make a positive impact, and our processes are created with sustainability and wellness top of mind. We’ve earned the certifications to prove it. Our carpet tile is Cradle to Cradle Silver certified and verified Red List Free—two examples among many mindful and environmental certifications we hold.

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FLOORING SOLUTIONS THAT SUPPORT YOUR SUSTAINABILITY GOALS

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Oakland Airport

The Oakland International Airport partnered with Milliken and Hoem & Associates to update the flooring in Terminal 1, using our durable Motionscape carpet, a Cradle to Cradle certified product that contains 41% of recycled content.

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La Post Du Louvre

La Poste du Louvre in Paris underwent a major transformation, led by Dominique Perrault. With our Tracing Landscapes and Crafted Series carpet collections, the project earned multiple sustainability certifications, including LEED Gold and BREEAM.

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Deloitte, London

Deloitte’s new London office combines environmental sustainability and employee wellbeing. The project features our Color Compositions, Clerkenwell, Time Piece, and Dissident 2.0 designs—all carbon offset collections that use at least 60% recycled content.

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Built HQ

With help from our carbon offset flooring products, Built HQ was able to achieve 23% reduction in embodied carbon footprint. The project designers selected our Whale song collection, which features 63% total recycled content by weight.

OUR SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAMS

M/Pact Carbon Offset Program

Fewer Resources and Less Energy

Our carpet, resilient, and entrance flooring products are carbon offset everywhere in the world today—enabling you to meet your sustainability goals.

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N/XT Life™ Program

Giving Flooring a Second Life

We take actionable steps to advance the circular economy and mitigate climate change through our N/XT Life™ Program—where longevity, transparency, and circularity give new life to used carpet products.

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Works With WELL™

Healthy Spaces for Everyone

We have over 800 cushion and resilient flooring products aligned with Works with WELL™, the leading global standard for health and wellbeing. We support the WELL standard, adopting best practices for healthy, people-first spaces, designed with sustainability in mind.

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Carbon Disclosure Product

Transparency for Human Health

All of our carpet tile comes standard with our WellBAC® backing system—engineered for comfort, durability, and indoor air quality. It’s also Red List Free and third-party verified, meaning it avoids materials known to pose risks to human health. By designing with WellBAC®, we help you meet your sustainability goals without compromising performance or safety.

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SUSTAINABLY CERTIFIED FLOORING

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M/PACT™

Our M/PACT™ flooring products are carbon offset everywhere in the world today— enabling you to meet your sustainability goals.
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Red List Free

Red List Free is a commitment to significantly cut down on the output and use of harmful chemicals. Our products are verified to contain no Red List Chemicals at levels at or above 100 ppm or 0.01 percent.
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PVC-Free Resilient

Our PVC-Free, resilient flooring combines elegance and durability— with superior scuff and stain resistance.
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Low VOC Options

Our flooring options support healthy indoor environments and are third party certified for low levels of emissions (VOCs), aligned with requirements for Green Building Standards.

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