Bureau Veritas Certification Ege Carpets use Bureau Veritas Certification to certify our management sys- tems. Bureau Veritas Certification is the largest certification company in Den- mark. Globally Bureau Veritas Certification is the leading certification authority with accreditations from 35 authorities in Denmark (DANAK), England (UKAS) and USA (ANAB) among others. Bureau Veritas Certification audits Ege Car- pets' 2 manufacturing units 1-2 times a year, d epending on the management systems. ISO 9001 Quality management The system describes demands for quality management, including Ege Car- pets' capability of consequently delivering products that meet customer needs, present legislation and administrative demands, and aims at improving customer satisfaction through effective use of the system, including process- es for ongoing improvement of the system. ISO 14001 Environmental management The environmental management system is a management tool utilises to iden- tify and control the environmental consequences of our activities and prod- ucts, and to improve environmental qualities of our products. Furthermore, a systematic approach is obtained in setting up environmental objectives and goals, in achieving these and in demonstrating that they have been achieved. DS 49001 is the Danish Corporate Social Responsibility standard. It is based on the in- ternational standard ISO 26000. DS 49001 is a management system for cor- porate social responsibility which creates sustainable business processes. Certification requires to conform to a broad range of requirements related to good leadership, human rights, labour conditions, environmental conditions, sound business practices and consumer relations as well as local community development and involvement. ISO 45001 Working environment management is a management system within working environment and safety, where Ege Carpets strives to control and minimize safety and health risks for e mployees. The system also helps improve the effort in the working environmental area. DS 2403 Energy management is a system that provides a detailed overview of Ege Carpets' energy consump- tion in each process unit and building. The system provides a good basis for reductions of the e nergy consumption and thus CO 2 emissions. Ege Carpets has integrated the energy management system into the environmental man- agement system ISO 14001. Greenhouse gas account Once a year Ege Carpets develops a Greenhouse gas account, document- ing the CO2 emissions of the group. The Greenhouse gas account is calcu- lated in accordance with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, developed by World Business Council for Sustainable Development and World R esource Institute. The Greenhouse gas account makes visible where to intervene to reduce CO2 emissions. So far, the Greenhouse gas account is not verified by Bureau Ver- itas Certification. Cradle to Cradle Certified® Cradle to Cradle Certified® focuses on the limited resources on earth; they are not to be wasted. They need to be included in new contexts without harming people or the environment. The goal is to eliminate the concept of waste. To achieve the Cradle to Cradle® certification you need a special focus on the design of the product, the manufacturing as well as where it ends up after use. Cradle to Cradle® shows a way to better and more healthy ways of production through a system of standards as well as requirements for certain qualities and improvements over time. LEED Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design is a classification system for documentation of "green buildings" established by the U.S. Green Building Council. A selection of our products are tested for emissions and thereby qualify for the U.S. Green Building Council’s demands for emissions in "green buildings". Eurofins Indoor Air Comfort Eurofins Indoor Air Comfort product certification is an innovative tool to show compliance of a product with low VOC emissions criteria set out in Europe. The high level GOLD certification shows compliance of product emissions with the criteria of all legal specifications issued by authorities in the EU. On top, it shows additional compliance of product emissions of many of the vol- untary specifications issued by most relevant ecolabels and similar specifica- tions in the EU. Therefore, GOLD certified products are those with the best-in- class low emissions. BRE A number of Ege Carpets' products are life cycle assessed by the English BRE Certification Ltd. The analysis includes the entire life cycle from cradle to grave. The result is a carbon footprint of the products that classifies the products in the BRE system. Building product declarations For products marketed in Sweden a Building product declaration (BVD) ex- ists, describing the environmental profile of the products. The system is established by Golvbranchens Kretslopsmärkning in cooperation with the Swedish Kretsloppsrådet. EPD Environmental Product Declaration EPD is an environment declaration, in other words it is a brief document, which sums up the environmental profile of a product or service in a standardized and objective way. EDP means Environmental Product Declaration and is used in an international coherence. The demands, to which the EPD is made, are specified in accordance to the ISO standard 14025. An EPD is made on the foundation of a life cycle analysis (LCA). The standardised method ensures that the information is adapted to each product category making compari- sons from product to product possible regardless of borders from country to country. INSTA 800 is a Scandinavian system for assessment of the cleaning quality in a room. Among others, the system measures the cleaning quality through measure- ment of dust sediments before and after cleaning of carpet products. The measurements are expressed in a dust index from 1 to 5, 5 being the best. A number of Ege Carpets' products for the contract- and domestic market have been tested. IMO International Maritime Organisation A number of products from Ege Carpets fulfill IMO demands and are certi- fied by the Norwegian Veritas in accordance with Module B in the Directive Solas 74 and IMO FTP Code. This test includes fire spread, smoke formation and toxicity. The certification is about approval for use in passenger boats in accordance with the Council Directive 96/98/EC, and approval from the U.S. Coastguard. CE-marking CE is short, for "Conformité Européenne" which is a labelling system in accord- ance with EU d irectives. A CE-marked product meets all relevant demands within European legislation with the purpose of protecting health, safety and environment. The harmonised standard EN 14041 describes the demands and applies for certification of textile floorings, laminate floors and elastic floors. All products from Ege Carpets are CE-marked. BREEAM-NOR BREEAM-NOR is a Norwegian adaptation of the international BREEAM, which is short for BRE Environmental Assessment Method. BREEAM-NOR is a way to classify sustainable building materials. BREEAM-NOR analyses the environ- mental impacts of a product. It is adapted to national conditions meaning a greater focus on indoor climate, indoor pollution, acoustics, moisture protec- tion, energy efficiency and material specification. SundaHus SundaHus offers property owners security through a wide range of services for environmentally conscious material choices aiming at phasing out haz- ardous substances in a building's lifecycle. SundaHus supplies structured material data and consultancy services for sustainable development in the construction and property sectors. Selected Ege Carpets products are reg- istered in SundaHus after undergoing a thorough evaluation of the products’ environmental profile. Green Label Plus Green Label Plus is a higher standard for Indoor Air Quality. Carpet Rug Insti- tute (CRI) developed the program to ensure that customers are purchasing the lowest emitting carpet, adhesive and cushion products on the market. It's designed for architects, builders, specifiers and facility managers who want assurance that carpet, adhesive and cushion products meet the most stringent criteria for low chemical emissions. DGNB DGNB is a comprehensive tool to ensure a smooth process, guidelines and an overview in an often complex construction process. DGNB is based on the UN’s definition of sustainability. In the DGNB system, a construction project or urban area is evaluated on the basis of six main areas: environmental quality, economic quality, social quality, technical quality, process quality and area quality. The criteria are updated on an ongoing basis as the industry gains new knowledge and practice. EcoVadis EcoVadis is the world’s largest sustainability rating agency. More than 75,000 companies have been assessed for their efforts within CSR and sustainability. The rating is used by companies wishing to ensure that their suppliers take social responsibility. Ege Carpets has been part of EcoVadis for many years. The results of the more recent assessment are available at egecarpets.com. Ege Carpets inhouse 0921 – 8048147 – 5 th edition
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