Environmental Goals & How We Can Help
An ecosystem functions because it is a community. A complex network, ripe with different systems that interact with one another, each driving the success and wellbeing of the whole.
It’s incredible to think about and identify the multiple ecosystems at work within our company and within our industry. But the most significant ecosystem lies within our partnerships—the coming together of multiple teams and ideas which so greatly impacts the progression of our industry, and our shared responsibility and care for the environment.
Sustainability is not just an initiative, but an intrinsic value within Universal Fibers®. We’ve adopted a philosophy we refer to as EnLIST®, which drives every decision we make. You see, our goal is not only to design products, but to design systems, communications, and transparency tools that help us share our knowledge and shape a more eco-conscious world.
EnLIST® guides us as we track our key impacts in the following areas:
Energy Reduction: reducing carbon and energy with dedicated operations and processes
Polymer Conservation: promoting product life cycle responsibility
Waste Reduction: conserving land and reducing waste through education
Water Conservation: pioneering solution dyeing processes and ongoing water projects
When innovation is driven by these guidelines and ideas, we create products and processes we can truly be proud of. We continuously invest in R&D for sustainable improvement and innovation in pre/post-consumer recycled content, bio-based materials, high bulk | low weight technology, and Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) knowledge.
Of course, it is not our effort alone that raises the bar for our industry, but a collective one. An ecosystem of people, teams, and projects that work together to move the needle. Which again, brings us to partnership.
In a sea of information, a sea of choices, Universal Fibers® can support our customers to achieve various ratings and certifications that simplify the decision-making process when pursuing sustainability in your work.
Our partners and clients have access to unlimited reporting options as we track Product, Process, and Ingredient Supply. Reports include:
Universal Fibers® Value Chain Chemical Management or VCCM® is a process wherein we take stock of our chemical data, screen the chemical ingredients against Restricted Substance Lists, assess the data for hazards, assess the exposure potential, and explore possible alternatives and/or enhanced ingredient transparency. VCCM® analysis allows us to continuously improve on our own innovations.
We’re truly excited to offer our partners in the European market our strength of knowledge in sustainable technologies and green rating systems. And we believe in aligning ourselves with partners who are equally interested and invested in the ever-evolving journey of environmental stewardship. As we continue into this new year, we will continue to share our research, and we promise to:
Produce sustainable products.
Offer transparency tools (and easy roadmaps to follow).
Simplify the decision-making and certification processes.
Anticipate our client’s needs (which in “sustainability-speak”, are all of our needs).
Provide our clients with multiple ways to achieve their goals or vision.
FEATURED INTERVIEW
This week we are thrilled to feature an exclusive video interview with LEED Fellow, WELL AP and Senior Sustainability Advisor for Tengbom Architects. Sue is also Interim WELL Manager at Sweden Green Building Council and a member of SGBC's LEED Advisory Committee.
Beginning in 2006, Sue worked extensively with the Canada Green Building Council, leading one of CaGBC’s LEED certification assessment teams and serving on multiple volunteer groups including CaGBC’s Technical Advisory Group for Sites and Water. After moving to Sweden in 2011, Sue brought her expertise in LEED to Sweden Green Building Council, where she organized the Council’s LEED Advisory Committee, LEED working groups and multiple taskforces to address issues of implementing LEED in Sweden. As a LEED Consultant, Sue has participated on more than a dozen LEED projects across Canada. In Sweden, she led the LEED consultancy on Mästerhuset, Stockholm's first LEED NC Platinum project. Now working with Tengbom, Sue joins the firm's sustainability group implementing ambitious goals for a better-built environment in Sweden and beyond. As the first WELL AP in the Nordics and a WELL Faculty member, Sue works to support and educate the WELL system with individuals and organisations interested in applying better health and well-being practices to the built environment.
View a 5 min PREVIEW of the interview now…
For the FULL INTERVIEW with Sue Clark, where we talk more about Circular Economy, ‘tricky’ sustainability projects, and carbon offsets, you can view the full video interview HERE.
To contact our Sue Clark, please connect with her via LinkedIn here, or you can contact her at tengbom.se
To connect with our Global Sustainability Leader, Ranae Anderson, please contact her directly here.
Be sure to join us February 9th as we highlight our RESIDENTIAL carpet fibre!
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For assistance, or to learn more about how Universal Fibers can help you with your environmental initiatives, or to explore our sustainable product offering, feel free to connect with our team via the contact page.
