Forbo’s Eco-Legacy
Forbo focus on the environment is legendary.
In an evaluation of international companies, Forbo prides itself on its care for the environment. How products impact people, profits and planet, Marmoleum is meant to find the ultimate balance in a sustainable flooring product for the healthy environment of today and tomorrow.
Whether specified as flooring or furniture surfaces, Forbo environmentally friendly marmoleum is the most eco-friendly, organic and natural contributor to the forbo eco performance commitment. With constant process development and improvement, the Forbo companies constantly implement analysis of life cycles. From the extraction, mining, processing and production of raw materials into finished goods there is constant attention and demand for improvement. The LCA or life cycle analysis is a careful study of a products impact on our world.
Find the environmental balancing point is always done with durability, performance and cost in a constant readjustment. LImiting the use fossil fuels, using renewable materials, limiting the use of fertilizers for organic ingredients all while being mindful of global warming and the impact on the ozone layer, Forbo strives to generate zero waste.
As the only product in the world that will virtually completely decompose, marmoleum is tied with unfinished wood flooring as the world’s most friendly to nature flooring. Its long history as a flooring product that lasts for scores of years, anchors Forbo in today and tomorrow’s sustainable environment.