Designed with an environmental legacy
As early as 1989, Amtico International recognized the importance of acting with integrity towards our environment. So today, when this issue is a corporate requirement, we’re proud to say that doing business responsibly is second nature to us.
Throughout our business we are committed to providing a high level of safety and protection for our employees, customers, neighbours and the natural environment.
So we continually monitor and review our processes and products to improve their environmental performance. We’ve done this quietly and effectively for many years, long before sustainability became a global corporate issue.
1989: All stabilizers and pigments containing heavy metals are removed from our production process
1991: Our own Environmental Advisory Panel is established, publishing our first environmental improvement plan
1993: An energy saving program is established to halve CO2 emissions
1994: Systems are established to recycle our processed scrap, dramatically reducing waste to landfill
1995: We are the first company in our field to achieve the ISO14001 Environmental Management System certification at our UK plants, following our earlier achievement of ISO9001
1997: We launch Stratica, our eco-polymeric PVC-free flooring product, containing no chlorine or plasticisers and requiring no caustic maintenance chemicals, minimising both its lifetime cost and environmental impact
2000: We receive ABBs special award for energy saving in our UK plants
2000: Stratica receives Millenium Products status from the British Design Council
2002: Increased efforts on recycling post-production PVC back into the base layers of our floors
2006: We gain Floorscore certification
2007: We gain both Greenguard Indoor Air Quality and Greenguard Children & Schools certification
2008: We introduce our first carbon footprint project in the UK, allowing us to better monitor the impact our activities have on the environment
2008: All packaging is now 100% recyclable