Flooring is the primary facet within any kind of architectural or residential design, planning, and building. Making for important grounds are also factors like: What materials make up your flooring? How durable and sustainable are your flooring products? What additional features or properties is your chosen flooring option engineered with?
Environmental impact is a huge concern, and your flooring options need to take that into account. While eco-friendly commercial flooring is a step in the right direction for your brand, it reflects well on your company, too.
Eco-friendly commercial flooring or sustainable flooring is a game-changer for several reasons, and it’s why we stress that flooring should be a part of every company’s ESG strategy. Getting your sustainable flooring right can help lay a clear eco-conscious road ahead, and the eco-friendly flooring your company invests in matters to your brand, clients, employees, and investors.
Let’s dive then into ESG for companies, and the areas of focus they highlight, when it comes to sustainable development goals in relation to sustainable flooring materials and sustainable flooring for businesses.
To reduce carbon emissions, whilst contributing to the circular economy, our Welspun Flooring designs feature eco-friendly backing layers, natural fibres, and recycled PET (Polyethylene Terephthalate, one of the most recyclable plastics in the world) in our tiling options. We use low-VOC and toxin-free adhesives too, which aid in improving indoor air quality.
Our Welspun Ecolite™, crafted out of lightweight PVC, ensures a 40% less environmental footprint than traditional carpets. Significant advancements like these aid us in reducing our carbon footprint whilst helping us craft lightweight and durable flooring solutions too.
Within the social aspect of the ESG code of ethics, a company’s position as a valuable leader is most evident through its care for its employees. Employee well-being covers several factors, and here, we talk about physical comfort in the workplace, i.e., flooring. Flooring with a superb underlayment can add to the air quality, improve acoustics, and provide excellent comfort, contributing to a healthy environment at work, in turn, boosting the productivity of your employees. Our sustainable commercial flooring with its integrated underlayment of IXPE backing provides such benefits, including the IXPE foam protecting our stone polymer composite tiling from potential moisture and water damage.
Safety can also be ensured by the features of your chosen flooring. Tiles that are enhanced with protective features can be an asset – our stone polymer composite tiles are crafted to be flame-resistant, impact-resistant, skid-proof, termite-resistant, and waterproof. They classify as low-VOC flooring that emits little to no volatile organic compounds that could otherwise trigger allergies, headaches, and other health-related issues.
Welspun Flooring’s Carpet Tiles, too, manufactured with a Highly Resistant Fibre called Ny6+™, are engineered with HealthyFloor™ technology. The HealthyFloor™ coating makes them anti-viral and anti-microbial; they absorb carbon dioxide, reduce air pollution, and improve air quality, making them a great non-toxic flooring pick for residential spaces.
Any company, old or new, should never underestimate obtaining certifications, including complying with respective standardised guidelines and practices for their business. Not only can these boost your operations - they give you credibility amongst your employees, investors, partners, suppliers, traders, vendors, and more.
Welspun Flooring holds several certifications, including:
- OEKO-TEX® STANDARD 100 for product safety: Our carpet, adhesive, and cushion products meet stringent criteria for low chemical emissions.
- Welspun Ecolite™ greenest flooring is CRI Green Label Plus certified.
- LEED BD+C v4: Our Welspun Flooring manufacturing facility is LEED BD+C v4 certified – this building certification is one of the highest we hold. It certifies that our practices reduce stress on the environment by lowering carbon dioxide emissions.
- Indian Green Building Council: This certification states that our residential property meets stringent criteria set by the IGBC – energy efficiency, environmental responsibility, and water conservation.
- FloorScore®: This is the most recognised Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) certification standard for adhesives, hard surface flooring materials, and underlayment layers.
- Zero Waste: Under this certification, our company minimises the amount of waste sent to landfills.
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ESG goals can build your brand’s credibility and value in the market, and amongst your networks too. From business practices to technological advancements to certifications, you can enhance your company’s corporate responsibility profile through meeting ESG goals and thereby, boosting your ESG rankings.
When you invest in our flooring products, you’re also investing in our ESG-focused innovations: Welspun Ecolite™, our IXPE backing, recyclable carpet tiles, and more. Planning your designs with Welspun Flooring can help you get on track to achieving your own business’s ESG goals. We also prioritise working with suppliers who align with our ESG goals.
Not only can meeting ESG goals help your company meet sustainability benchmarks, but it communicates credibility to the clients, organisations, and vendors you foster connections with. This helps you build long-term value, and gain more opportunities for your company’s growth and innovations.
