Chinafloors confirms its commitment to the environment

 

After being the first flooring manufacturer to receive both FSC and PEFC Chain Of Custody in China , Chinafloors confirms its commitment to the environment by living up to internationally accepted standards for responsible and sustainable forest management.
As a new member of China FTN which is part of the WWF Global Forest & Trade Network (GFTN) , Chinafloors is supporting responsible forest management and the appropriate certification bodies.

The Chinafloors slogan ˇ°Covering Your Worldˇ± was created based on the idea of sustainability.   Therefore, one of the mission statements of Chinafloors is ˇ°to be a leader in the domain of responsible sourcingˇ±.  Despite the challenges, Chinafloors continues to surpass its ambitions in the sourcing channel year after year.
2005 - Partner of FSC 2006 - Partner of PEFC

Chinafloors feels that responsible forest management and trade are an increasing concern of its customers and is becoming more and more crucial for a long-term sustainable business.

Chinafloors is working towards more responsible use of forest products.  Within the new partnership, Chinafloors commits to tracing all its timber and paper products back to the forest source and to using raw material from certified forests.

Responsible sourcing
Chinafloors believes that the main objective in responsible sourcing is creating a profound awareness of the significance of these efforts - not only among the suppliers in China , but to our Customers worldwide as well.   
Together with GFTN, Chinafloors has set up an ambitious plan to make sure that all of its material comes from known and legal sources in the near future.  Therefore, Chinafloors is proactively encouraging and educating the members of its entire supply chain to do the same.
In a recent new audit performed by GFTN, the positive results are already very clear, with more than 97% of the sources of Chinafloors are identified.
For wood products, the main supply of material is coming from Europe .
Due to European legislation, processes are very strict and forests are managed closely.

 
 

Chart 1: Environmental Status of Current Chinafloors' Raw Material Purchases for Imported White Oak

For chipboard products like laminate and engineered wood, in general the supply source is much more difficult.  However, also here Chinafloors has proved to put its mission into practice, with over 96% identified.

Chart 2:  Environmental Status of Current Chinafloors Raw Material Purchases for Domestic

Chinafloors wants to thank its suppliers, FSC, PEFC, and certainly of the people of GFTN China.   Also, we want to thank our Customers, who appreciate the challenges of this goal and support our efforts.