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This Environmental Product Declaratwith ISO 14025 for business to busine

The declared product Homogeneous 10 year warranty for floorcovering app

Polyflor is recognised globally aleading manufacturer of high quresilient floor coverings.

It specialises in stylish, durable low maintenance vinyl flooavailable in sheet, planks and tiles

In collaboration with industry partnPolyflor is working on developing products and technologies.

They continually evaluate new ideaalternatives to minimise environmeimpact.

The company strives to be environmentally and economisustainable business.

It reports annually on progress inareas including energy efficierecycling, packaging, freight andquality.

Low emissions of Volatile OrgCompounds (VOC) also enablhealthy indoor environment.

Polyflor is the founding membeRecofloor the vinyl flooring take-bscheme where used vinyl is colleand diverted from landfill to recyclin

Socially aware, Polyflor commitments to continuously implife quality of their workforce families as well as the lacommunity.

Polyflor’s factories are ISO 14Environmental Management Systcertified.

More information is http://www.polyflor.com.au

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Table of Contents

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1. Details of This Declaration .............

2. Product Characterisation ...............

3. Green Star® Certified Credits ........

4. Sustainability Assessment Scores .

5. Type 1 Ecolabel .............................

6. Verification of this Declaration .......

7. Packaging, Installation, Use & Disp

8. Whole of life Performance ..............

9. Base Material Origin and Detail .....

10. Life Cycle Impact Results ............

11. Supply Chain Modelling ...............

12. Life Cycle Assessment Method ....

13. Data Sources Representativeness

14. Supply Chain Modelling Assumpti

15. References for this LCA & EPD ...

16. Reviewers Report Conclusions ....

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1. Details of This Declaration

Program Operator

GreenTag Globawww.globalgreen

EPD Number PLF-008-V3-201

Date issue 9th April 2017

Validity 9th April 2020

Reference PCR Compliant with P

Time Made in and sold

Geography Made in UK. Use

Application Commercial and

Functional unit Polyflor Standard

2. Product Characterisation

Definition Standard XL by

Standard ISO BS EN 138coverings with p

3. Green Star® Certified Credits

Products are relevant to the Green required this EPD is evidence the dec

It may be used as evidence in Green

The product is certified by GBCA rcredits of Green Star®:

• Performance V1.1: Refurbish• Interiors V1.2: Sustainable Pr• Design and As Built V1.2: Sus

GBCA Disclaimer

Green Star® is a registered mark of th

Assessments shall not be reproducesubject to change by the GBCA.

This EPD provides Technical OpinionStar® Technical Manuals give technic


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al Pty Ltd hereafter called Global GreenTag noted at ntag.com

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CR: FC 2017

d from 2015 or 2016 for 20 years use

es are assumed as for Australasia.

residential building interior floorcovering

d XL® 2.8kg/m2 20 year use cradle to fate

y Polyflor Ltd for commercial and residential building

845: 2017 Resilient floor coverings. Polyvinyl chlorideparticle based enhanced slip resistance. Specificatio

Building Council of Australia’s (GBCA) Green Starclared product meets the following Green Star® cred

Star® submissions for those credits.

recognised Global GreenTag GreenRate to meet

ment Materials roducts, Responsible Building Materials stainable Product, Responsible Building Material

he Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA).

ed in part at any time. Rating Tools and Technical

n and as such is not endorsed by the GBCA or its acal details of credit requirements.

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4. Sustainability Assessment Sc

Table 1 lists Global GreenTag Susand then used to determine the Gre

Normalised GreenTag EcoPOINT &

Category Potential Building Synergy Health & Ecotoxicity Biodiversity LCA Score Greenhouse Emission Social Responsibility GreenTag EcoPOINT

SAC scores are normalised againfunctions under the same category r

Lower scores show better environConsidering sustainability:

• worst case BAU results = 1• neutral = 0.0 and • net positive benefit = -1.0

5. Type 1 Ecolabel

The declared product Type 1 Ecola

Global GreenTagCertTM

Gold PLUS G

6. Verification of this Declaratio

This EPD was approved on 9th April 2

Role Name

PCR Review Chair Murray Jon

LCI Developer Delwyn Jo

LCIA, LCARate & EPD Developer

Dr Judy Lu

3rd Party LCI Verifier

Shloka Ash

Internal EPD Audit David Bag

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stainability Assessment Criteria (SAC) scores priorenTag EcoPOINT1.

& SAC Scores

Results (-1 to +1) 1.00

0.25 0.59 0.43 0.35 0.50 0.48

nst business as usual (BAU) product performingrules.

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2018 according to requirements of ISO14025 8.1.3b.

Position Signature

nes Ecquate Pty Ltd CEO

nes The Evah Institute CEO

uo Global GreenTag Assessor

har Global GreenTag Lead Auditor LCI Verifier

gs Global GreenTag CEO & Program Director

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7. Packaging, Installation, Use &

Packaging Cardboard form

Service life Residential and

Health Safety & Environment

Apart from comenvironmental l

Residual Scrap Mill off-cuts are

Cleaning & Maintenance

The recommenhealth concerns

Scenario Weekly deterge

Recycling Home mill, fabr

Re-use This study assu

Disposal It assumes 30%

8. Whole of life Performance

Health Protection

The product dsubstances tha

It passed the issues or red lig

Effluent The LCI results

Waste Cradle to grave

Environmental Protection

Continuous imavoid toxics, w

Environmental Health Effects

Installed produIEQ VOC credi

No other poten

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ms & cartons, plastic wrap & strapping on reused pall

d commercial refits vary but 20 year life is assumed t

mpliance to occupational and workplace health safetyaws no additional personal protection is considered

reused. Installation scrap of 5% is assumed to land

ded cleaning and maintenance raises no ecosystems. Care and maintenance guides are on company we

ent spray, light mop, monthly wet machine scrub and

ication and installation scrap is reworked into new pr

umes 60% product is serviceable for reuse over 40 m

% is recycled. Incineration is rare in Australia so none

does not contain levels of carcinogenic, toxic oat warrant ecological or human health concern cradle

Ecospecifier Cautionary Assessment Process (ESght concerns existed for product human or ecologica

s and ESCAP raised no red light concerns in emissio

e waste to landfill was 1% hazardous and 99% non-h

provement under the maker’s certified ISO14001 aste and pollution plus reduce their material and ene

ucts are certified as having VOC’s compliant with its for indoor environment3 quality credits.

ntial in-use impacts on environment or health are kno

ECC Guideline For Fresh & Marine Water Quality (2000) practice

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9. Base Material Origin and Deta

Table 2 lists key components by fun

Table 2 Base Material

Function Component

Whiting Limestone

Binder SPVC

Plasticiser DINP

Recyclate PI Polysafe

Pigment White Titania

Stabiliser ESBO

Lubricant Ba Zn Soap

10. Life Cycle Impact Results

Table 3 shows Life Cycle Impact Asse

Table 3 Potential Impact Results

Evaluation Category

Product mass

EcoIndicator 99

Carbon Dioxide Equivale

Ecosystem Quality Dama

Human Health Damages

Ozone Depletion

Acidification

Eutrophication

Fossil Fuel Depletion

Mineral Resource

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nction, type, source, key operation and % mass share

Production Origin

Mine, Crush, Sieve & Haul UK

Extract, Chlorinate, Polymerise UK, Europe4

Drill, Distil, Extract, Polymerise UK, Europe5

Manufacture, Trim, Collect, Reuse UK

Mine, Digest, Precipitate, Coat

Farm, Press, Extract, Refine, Mill Global

Mine, Farm, Press, Refine, Mill UK

essment (LCIA) results for 20 years of product use.

Unit Result

kg/m2

2.80

ecopoint 0.58

ent Emissions6 kg CO2e 9.50

ages PDF*m2*yr 6.8E-05

DALY 7.2E-04

kg R11e 1.4E-09

kg SO2e 0.30

kg PO43-

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Press, UK.

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11. Supply Chain Modelling

Processes to acquire, refine, transpomasonry, ceramic, timber, glass, plas

• Mining, extracting and refining• Acquiring, cultivating, harvest• Fuel production to supply pow• Chemicals use in processing • Process energy, fuel and freig• Use, cleaning, recoating, repa• Infrastructure process energy

A flow chart in Figure 2 shows key known operations are included not all

Figure 2 Major Product Operations


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rt, fabricate, coat, use, clean, repair, reuse and disptic and composites are modelled. These include thos

g resources to make commodities and packaging; ting, extracting, refining produce and biomass; wer and process energy and freight; resources, intermediates and ancillaries;

ght of resources, intermediates and ancillaries; air, recycling, re-use and landfill, as well as y transformed and material wear loss e.g. tyres.

product supply chain operations from cradle to fa are shown.

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12. Life Cycle Assessment Meth

LCA Author The Evah Institute a

Study Period Factory data was co

LCA Method Compliant with ISO

LCIA method EcoIndicator 99 Life

Scope Cradle to Fate includPhases The LCA covered al

Assumptions Use is to typical Aus

Scenarios Use, cleaning, maintFacility Managemen

System Boundaries

The LCA covers all o

Processes

All known processesuse, power generatioscrap re-use, packinsignificant waste andmake, pack and inst

Figure 3 Phases and Stages Cradle

Evah industry databases cover allexclude scope 3 burdens from capincidental activities and employee global modelling and calculating eng

• Coverage of place in time with a• Consistency to Evah guidelines8

• Completeness of modeling base• Plausibility in 2 way checks of LC• Mathematical correctness of all c

Electricity supply models in active danew data is available the databases a

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s described at www.evah.com.au ollected from 2014 to 2016

14040 and ISO 14044 Standards Cycle Impact (LCIA) Assessment

ding all supply chain phases and stages depicted in Fl known flows in all known stages cradle to end of life

stralian Facility Management professional practice. tenance plus disposal and re-use were scenario-bast Association denoted and published typical operatio

operations in the system boundary depicted in Figure

s are included from resource acquisition, water, fuel on & distribution, freight, refining, intermediates, man

ng and dispatch, installation, use, maintenance and lad emission flows from all supply chain operations invall the product are included.

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known domestic and global scope 1 and 2 opeital facilities, equipment churn, noise and dehydratiocommuting. The databases exist in top zones o

gines. Quality control methods are applied to ensure

all information7 for each dataset noted, checked and 8 for all process technology, transport and energy deed on in-house reports, literature and industry reviewCI input and output flows of data checked for validitycalculations in mass and energy balance cross chec

atabases are updated annually. As each project is mare updated and audited by external Type 1 ecolabel

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13. Data Sources Representative

Primary data used for modelling the

• Technology sequences; • Energy and water use; • Landfill and effluent plus

Primary data is sourced from clientlogistics, technology use, market improved environmental performanc

• Supply chain mills, their technica• Manufacturing specifications we

Background data is sourced from Franklin Associates, Boustead 6, Plmodel databases. Information on op

• Library, document, NPI and web• Global Industry Association and

For benchmarking, comparison andbusiness as usual and worst practinfrastructure in Australia and overse

Such technology, performance and farming, forestry, freight, infrastructu

As most sources do not provide est95% confidence levels of Geometric

Table 5 Data Quality Uncertainty (U

Metric g U ±0.01

Temporal Post 2015

Duration >3yr

Data Source Process

Technology Actual

Reliability on Site Audit

Precision to Process

Geography Process

True of the Process

Sites cover of >50%

Sample size >66% trend

Cut-off mass 0.01%

Consistent to ±0.01

Reproducible >98% confidence

Certainty Very High

No data set with >±30% uncertainty is

Evah Institute data quality control system acc


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eness and Quality

state of art of each operation includes all known pro

• Reliance on raw and recycled materia• High and reduced process emissions;• Freight and distribution systems.

ts, Annual Reports and their publications on corporshare, management systems, standards and co

ce. Information on operations is also sourced from cl

al manuals, corporate annual reports and sector expbsites and factory site development license applicat

the International Energy Agency, IBISWorld, USGlastics Europe, CML2, Simapro 8, EcoInvent 3 and

perations is also sourced from:

b searches, review papers, building manuals and Government reports on Best Available Technology

d integrity checks inventory data is developed to reice options with operations covering industry sectoeas.

license conditions were modelled and evaluated aure and manufacturing and building industry sectors

imates of accuracy, a pedigree matrix of uncertaintyc Standard Deviation2 ( g) is used to define quality as

U) for 2017-18

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Australian building sector rules and E

Table 6 Scope Boundaries Assump

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Operational Company data

Logistics Local data is us

New Data Entry VliegLCA, Evah

Data Generator Manufacturers,

Data Publisher The Evah Instit

Persons input All contributors

Data Flow & Mix

System Boundary Earth’s cradle o

System flows All known from

Capital inclusions Natural stocks

Arid Practice Dry technology

Transportation Distance >20%

Industrial Company or ind

Mining All raw material

Imported fuel Mix is from nea

Finishes Processing inpu

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Accuracy 10th generation

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vah assumptions applied are defined in Table 6.

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ding Import and Export y practice with currently most common or best (BAT)or resource mapping, fuels, energy, electricity and lo

as collated from 2015 to 2017 ent, site, regional, national, Pacific Rim then Europeaent, their suppliers and energy supply chains back to ations by known given operations with closest proximustry Supply Chain Technology typical of 2015 to 20t usage with cleaning& disposal/m2 over the set year

ppliers mills, publications, websites, specifications & T 2018, Boustead 2013, Simapro 2016, IBIS 2018, Ec

renewable shares updated to latest IEA 2018 reportfor process performance, product share, waste and

sed for power, fuel mix, water supply, logistics share h Institute 2018; Global Green Tag Researchers 201Evah Institute 2018; GGT 2018; Meta: IBIS 2018, O

ute Pty Ltd to Global GreenTag and designated cliencited in Evah & Global GreenTag records or website

of all resource & emission flows to end of use, fitout oand to air, land, water and community sources & sin, industry stockpiles , capital wear , system lossesadopted, Water use is factored by 0.1 as for e.g. Mi than EU; >20% fuel efficient larger vehicles, load & dustry sector data for manufacturing and minerals invl extraction is based on Australian or Pacific Rim tec

arest sources is e.g. UAE, SE Asia, Canada or New Zuts with finishing burdens are factored in. If not that i

study is ± 5 to 15% uncertain due to some backgrouperations are tracked and documented from the crad

0% flows applies a 90:10 rule sequentially to 99.9% aducts on reaction stoichiometry by energetic or masse from & emissions to community air land, water are ecked and benchmarked against BAT, BAU & worst

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15. References for this LCA & E

Australian & New Zealand (ANZhttp://www.environment.gov.au/water/Basel Convention (2011) Control http://www.basel.int/portals/4/basel%2Boustead (2014) Model 6 LCI databasEcoInvent (2016) LCI Model 3 databaEvah (2016) LCA Tools, Databases &Franklin Associates (2016) US LCI DaGreenTag™ Certification (2016) http:/GreenTag™ (2016) Product CategoryJones D., Mitchell. P. & Watson P. Report 2001-006-B-15, Sustainable BJones D.G et al. (2009) Chapter 3: Design & Process Innovation in the BIBISWorld (2014) Market Research, h

International Energy Agency (2016) EISO 9001:2008 Quality Management ISO 14001:2004 Environmental manaISO 14004:2004 EMS: General guideISO 14015:2001 EMS: EnvironmentaISO 14020:2000 Environmental labelsISO 14024:2009 Environmental labelsISO 14025:2006 Environmental labellISO 14031:1999 EM: Environmental pISO 14040:2006 EM: Life cycle assesISO 14044:2006 EM: LCA: RequiremISO 14064:2006 EM: Greenhouse GaISO 15392:2008 Sustainability in buildISO 15686-1:2011 Buildings & constrISO 15686-2:2012 Buildings & constrISO 15686-8:2008 Buildings & constrISO 21929-1:2011 Sustainability in buISO 21930:2007 Building constructionISO/TS 21931-1:2010 Sustainability inISO 21932:2013 Sustainability in buildPlastics Europe (2016) Portal http://wPre (2016) SimaPro 8 Software, The Myhre et al, 2013, Anthropogenic andChange 2013, AR5 of the IPCC, CamRoache S. K. (2012) IMF Report WP/http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wpUNEP (2016) Persistent Organic PolluUSLCI (2016) Life-Cycle Inventory DaU.S. Geological Survey National MineUS EPA (2016) Database of Sources http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/recordis


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ECC) Guidelines For Fresh & Marine Water /quality/national-water-quality-management-strategyof Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wa20convention/docs/text/baselconventiontext-e.pdf se http://www.boustead-consulting.co.uk/publicat.htm

ase http://www.ecoinvent.ch/ EcoInvent, Switzerland & Methodology at http://www.evah.com.au/tools.html atabase http://www.fal.com/index.html Eastern Rese//www2.ecospecifier.org/services_offered/greentag_y Rules http://www.globalgreentag.com/greentag-epd(2004) LCI Database for Australian Commercial B

Built Assets, CRC for Construction Innovation Material Environmental LCA in Newton P et al., (euilt Environment, Taylor & Francis, UK

http://www.ibisworld.com.au/ IBISWorld Australia

Energy Statistics http://www.iea.org/countries/membeSystems Requirements

agement systems: Requirements with guidance for uelines on principles, systems & support techniques l assessment of sites & organizations (EASO) s & declarations — General principles s & declarations -- Type I Principles & procedures ing & declarations Type III EPDs Principles & proced

performance evaluation: Guidelines ssment (LCA): Principles & framework ent & guideline for data review: LCI; LCIA, Interpreta

ases: Organisation & Project reporting, Validation & vding construction General principles ucted assets Service life planning Part 1: General pructed assets Service life (SL) planning Part 2: predicucted assets SL planning Part 8: Reference & estimuilding construction Sustainability indicators Part 1: Fn: Sustainability, Environmental declaration of buildinn building construction: Framework for assessment, dings and civil engineering works -- A review of termww.plasticseurope.org/plastics-sustainability/eco-proNetherlands http://www.pre-sustainability.com/simap

d Natural Radiative Forcing Chapter 8 in Stocker et ambridge U Press UK. http://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar5/wg/12/115 China’s Impact on World Commodity Marketp/2012/wp12115.pdf International Monetary Fund utants http://www.chem.unep.ch/pops/ The UN atabase https://www.lcacommons.gov/nrel/search, Uerals (2016) http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/c

of Environmental Releases of Dioxin like Compoundsplay.cfm?deid=20797 p 1-38, 6-9, USA

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16. Reviewers Report Conclu

The independent LCA reviewer’s raddressed the EPD. The verifier, has no conflict of interests fromconclusions confirmed that documincluding evidence from the:

The Evah Institute, the LCA deve

a) Recipes of input and output data

b) Datasheets of measures, calcul

e) References to literature and dat

g) Notes on supply chain processe

i) Embodied Energy shares as use

j) Proof percentages or figures in c

k) Notes on proof of % and allocat

o) All operations covered Vs criteri

Product Manufacturer in:

c) Specifications used to create the

d) Citations, references, specificat

f) Specification demonstrating that

The Certifier Global GreenTag o

l) Notes and calculation of average

m) Substantiating additional enviro

n) Procedures for data collection, q

Requiring No Evidence:

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h) Substantiate a few stages as all

p) Substantiate alternatives when

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report confirmed that the LCA project report and addShloka Ashar, was not involved in developing the L their organisational position. While the report is

mentation according to set ISO Standard requiremen

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a of unit processes used for LCA calculations

ations, estimates and emails with sources as in Tab

tabases from which data was extracted as noted in T

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the building product can fulfil the intended use

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es of different locations yielding generic data

onmental information ISO 14025:2006, 7.2.4

questionnaires, instructions, confidentiality deeds

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l stages were substantiated

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