Armstrong’s key focus is minimising manufacturing waste and waste sent to landfills and seeking meaningful energy and carbon emission reductions through real business change and innovation. Armstrong Flooring utilise their unique local manufacturing position to make, reuse and recycle Australian materials and waste streams.

As Australia’s only manufacturer of sheet vinyl, Armstrong Flooring has the unique capability to locally recycle pre-consumer waste and offers a takeback program for waste generated as part of the sheet vinyl installation process. Armstrong Flooring is also currently exploring alternatives for recycling and diversion from landfill of post-consumer waste.

• Products are manufactured in factories certified to the ISO 14001 Environmental Standard and ISO 9001 Quality Standard.
• The key raw material in our product (PVC) is salt – a truly sustainable resource.
• Our products’ wear layers use high-quality 100% virgin PVC, with recycled PVC as part of the remaining layers.

GreenStar GreenTag™ Certified

The Armstrong Flooring ranges are fully certified to GreenStar GreenTag™. Based on environmentally verified manufacturing and the life cycle approach, the GreenTag™ certification means that Karndean products comply with the following environmentally critical areas:

• Indoor Environmental Air Quality
• Reduction of Energy and Greenhouse Gasses
• Life Cycle Sustainability and Lifetime Residential Warranties
• Recycled Content and 100% Recyclable Products
• GreenStar Rating for Building Professionals

See our GreenTag GreenRate and LCARate here

Green Building Council Australia & Green Building Council New Zealand

Armstrong Flooring is a member of the Green Building Council Australia (GBCA) and Green Building Council New Zealand (NZGBC). All Armstrong products and accessories are manufactured in facilities certified to the ISO 14001 Environmental Management and ISO 9001 Quality Management International Standards. Our approach is based on the use of recycled materials in our floor coverings and ensuring that the finished product is suitable for recycling if required.