DOMOTEX ECO-FLOORING THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO


ESTONIA WHILE CAPTURING CARBON DIOXIDE


Arnaud Marquis | Tarkett


a collaboration with the Swedish environmental company Ragn-Sells, aimed at developing carbon negative mineral fillers for vinyl flooring by 2025. The calcium is extracted from ash piles in Estonia and the calcium carbonate is produced using carbon capture technology. During the past 50 years, Estonia has incinerated oil shale rock to


produce energy. As a result, more than 600 million tons of oil shale ash have been disposed of in nature, heavily impacting the environment. Ragn-Sells has developed a patented solution transforming ash into useful mineral fillers using carbon capture technology. Several hundred thousand tons of mineral fillers, most of them calcium carbonate, are used by Tarkett for their vinyl flooring solutions every year. The calcium carbonate currently used by Tarkett is already carbon neutral. With the calcium carbonate produced by Ragn-Sells, it is expected to generate a carbon negative footprint. The partnership with Ragn-Sells will contribute to achieving its 2030 objective of reaching 30 per cent of recycled content in its raw materials. Arnaud Marquis, Chief Sustainability Officer, said: “This project has the potential to produce flooring with raw materials that contribute to the clean-up of the environment in Estonia while capturing carbon dioxide. “As a result, our vinyl flooring will have a lower carbon footprint and an increased amount of recycled content. This is exactly the kind of innovative and robust partnership that we believe will pave the way for a circular and carbon neutral society. Egypt’s Oriental Weavers is proving that good business doesn’t mean compromising


A NATION LEADING FROM THE FRONT


Germany, the third largest economy in the OECD, has long been proactive with developing ambitious environmental policies, both nationally and internationally. The country’s very strong environmental framework makes it a pioneer within environmental protection and sustainable development and represents a strong example of how a cleaner low-carbon economy is compatible with growth. In 2002, it adopted its National Strategy for Sustainable Development,


a strategy underpinned by its concrete targets and sustainability indicators, which are evaluated in regular progress reports. The country also launched major cross-cutting initiatives on biodiversity, climate change, energy and resource efficiency.


FOR MORE INFORMATION oecd.org/greengrowth


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on environmental stewardship. In each of their factories, awareness efforts


are underway to improve


eco-measures and reduce operating costs by installing more efficient equipment and new technologies. The company said: “Our holistic approach to managing our environmental impact and working to serve as a responsible company means that every member of the OW Group has the opportunity to join us on this voyage.” And Jaipur Living has become the latest business to earn the Nest Seal of Ethical Handcraft, the first consumer-facing seal that assures the artisans who work in homes and small workshops receive the same worker protections as their counterparts in socially compliant factories and the


products they


produce meet the highest degree of ethical production standards. Izzet Nalcakan, CEO of Nurteks Carpets, says the company accepts the task of raising environmental awareness of the people, institutions and organisation with which it interacts in the process of creating and presenting products, and fulfils its environmental responsibilities to its local and regional neighbours by effective use of the environment and natural resources all while ensuring their continuity.


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