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Sustainability

The Environmental Impact of Carpet

The Carpet Institute and its members believe taking care of the environment throughout the carpet’s life cycle is of fundamental importance to our industry and this has been a major priority for us over the past decade.

To provide a focus for our activities, the Carpet Institute developed an Environmental Policy statement:

‘To encompass environmental guidelines encouraging sustainable outcomes within the industry from manufacture to carpet disposal and a Code of Practice requiring CIAL members to develop and implement environmental management systems for carpet manufacturing; installation, maintenance and disposal.’

To give effect to the policy, CIAL carried out a range of initiatives aimed at increasing our understanding of the issues and promoting g ood environmental practices in our industry:

These activities and others are an indication of our collective commitment to ensure carpet has a low impact on the environment.