Cradle to Cradle®
In signing a partnership agreement with the Hamburg-based Environmental Protection Encouragement Agency (EPEA), Desso has become the first carpet manufacturer in EMEA to adopt the Cradle to Cradle® design. It marks Desso’s radical decision to move beyond ‘mere’ sustainability in producing its carpets and artificial grass, making a fundamental, sweeping advance in its already impressive environmental credentials.
Desso goes a step further with Eco Effectiveness = Cradle to Cradle®
Cradle to Cradle® design is about creating continuous cycles of both biological and technical ‘nutrients’. This means that products are made from positively defined1) components that are easy to disassemble, in order to create new products in both the biological and technical cycles. They will have been produced using manufacturing processes which rely on renewable energy, and which seek to conserve water, and to embrace social responsibility.
For more information, please download our Cradle to Cradle® brochure.
Photo: Prof. Dr. Michael Braungart (left) with Stef Kranendijk (right), CEO of Desso
1) Positively defined = all ingredients have been assessed as either Green (optimal) or Yellow (tolerable) according to the Cradle to Cradle® assessment criteria
