Bentley Prince Street has adopted Mission Zero, a promise to eliminate any negative environmental impact of their operations by 2020. They are pursuing sustainability across their business through initiatives like waste reduction, renewable energy use, closed-loop manufacturing, and green building certifications. Their efforts have significantly reduced the company's environmental footprint since 1994.
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CELLUWOOD was a 4 years EU project, funded under the Eco Innovation research initiative. The project aims to develop a new range of structural elements made of wood by introducing innovative production elements and includes the use of cellulose instead of petroleum-based glue in the lamination of the timber products. The ‘physical’ results will be the strong eco-beams and columns and their most sustainable manufacturing technologies, in addition to significant environmental and cost benefits of the innovation. These are achieved by the introduction of the (new) technologies from other sectors (e.g. cellulose velvet, biocomposite reinforcement and bio-resin) for innovative uses in the defect removal and repairing, facilitating innovation in the use of nano/micro cellulose and bio-resin technologies in timber reengineering, and the development, testing and demonstration of the novel initiative products.
Coordinator and responsible of the project at AIDIMA: Miguel Ángel Abián
In the case of AIDIMA, this project is co-funded by IVACE (Instituto Valenciano de Competitividad Empresarial) and by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).
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Environmental Fact Sheet
Mission Zero® Mission Zero is our promise to the planet. Every creative, manufacturing and
Promise: building decision we make will move us closer to eliminating any negative impact
our company may have on the environment by the year 2020.
Moving toward Bentley Prince Street is rapidly becoming recognized for its industry-leading
Mission Zero: sustainability practices as well as for its design-leading products.
Bentley Prince Street’s continual journey to sustainable commerce means
examining, improving and innovating in every area of the business, including
manufacturing processes and product design. We promote sustainable practices,
within our community and in the products we make. Mission Zero is more than
surface appearance; it’s a belief that is built into our business model. It's an
underlying corporate value, ensuring that business decisions are weighed against
their potential impact on the economic, natural and social systems we touch. It's a
means for our associates to deliver superior value to our customers and to our
shareholders.
Seven Steps to Our efforts towards sustainability are guided by seven key fronts:
Sustainability:
1. Eliminate waste: Waste prevention and reduction by establishing QUEST
(Quality Utilizing Employees Suggestions and Teamwork) teams through
operations to identify, measure and reduce waste streams.
2. Eliminate harmful emissions: Pollution prevention through toxic chemical
elimination projects, air quality initiatives and water management strategies.
3. Use only renewable energy: The application of energy efficiency and
renewable energy strategies.
4. Create closed loop processes: A process using renewable or recyclable
raw materials that also bring back products at the end of their useful lives and
give them life after life, in a cyclical fashion.
5. Use resource efficient transportation: Utilization of resources to
minimize the movement of people and material.
6. Integrate sustainability into our culture: An approach to engage all
stakeholders in understanding nature’s strategies and limits and to deliver new
and better value to customers.
7. Redesign commerce: A commitment to pioneer new business models for
sustainability.
Sustainability Measurable Progress:
In Action: Through the Bentley Prince Street QUEST program, the Company has achieved the
following since 1994:
• Reduced water use per unit by 55%
• Reduced energy use per unit by 41%
• Reduced waste sent to landfill by 97%
• Reduced net absolute greenhouse gas emissions by 48% since 1996
• Reduced NOx emissions by 66% since 1996
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Renewable Energy: Bentley Prince Street leads the commercial interiors product industry in the
application of energy efficiency and renewable energy strategies. The Company
utilizes one of the first privately funded photovoltaic solar arrays in the industry to
provide a portion of electrical energy for manufacturing processes.
Currently, 100% of Bentley Prince Street’s electrical energy requirements are
made renewable through the purchase of Green-e certified renewable energy
certificates (green tags) derived from wind and biomass projects and electricity
generated by the solar array.
Recycled Content: Every product Bentley Prince Street manufactures contains recycled content, and
more than 45 include recycled content in the face fiber as well.
The company’s standard broadloom backing, High PerformancePC™, contains an
average 10% post-consumer recycled content from recycled carpet backing, an
important step in closing the loop. High PerformancePC backing complements
other recycled content backings, NexStep®, Optimum Barrier II, SelectRC,
Optimum BarrierRC™ II Cushion, and Prestige PlusRC™.
Bentley Prince Street products are designed with branded nylon face fiber, which
includes INVISTA’s Antron® Legacy recycled content fiber or Solutia’s Ultron®
Renew solution dyed fiber. These fiber systems provide the highest levels of post-
industrial recycled content nylon available. The Easy Street™ Collection features
solution-dyed yarns by Aquafil®. Each product contains a minimum of 15%
recycled content yarn including up to 10% post consumer recycled yarn. Using our
own ReEntry® 2.0 fluff, Aquafil is able to incorporate post-consumer carpet fiber
into the fibers we use for the Easy Street Collection. That is another big step
towards closing the loop.
Innovative Through the ReEntry® 2.0 reclamation program, Bentley Prince Street will find
Programs: the best solution for any reclaimed carpet whether it’s recycled, upcycled,
downcycled or repurposed. ReEntry 2.0 is the industry’s first closed-loop, Type 6,6
nylon fiber recycling system.
The Cool Commute program gives Bentley Prince Street associates the opportunity
to reduce the environmental impact of their commute to and from work through a
partnership with American Forest.
Product Cool Carpet™ is the Climate Neutral Carpet Program which is a standard attribute
Innovations: of all Bentley Prince Street products, meaning that the greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions (the primary contributor to global warming) emitted during the life cycle
of the product are offset or balanced through the purchase of certified carbon
offset credits.
The Company’s products, Scan!, UPC! and the Urban Tribe™ Collection are the
result of an innovative engineering process that re-purposes post-production
“waste” yarn to manufacture first-quality broadloom and carpet tile products.
Certifications: Bentley Prince Street’s California mill is the first carpet manufacturing facility in the
country to receive a silver rating from the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in
Energy and Environmental Design Green Building Rating System™ for Existing
Buildings (LEED®- EB).
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Environmental Fact Sheet
Bentley Prince Street's products utilizing High PerformancePC broadloom and
SelectRC tile backings are certified to the NSF 140-2010 Sustainability
Assessment for Carpet Standard at the Platinum level. In addition, Bentley
Prince Street’s NexStep carpet tile products as well as broadloom products using
the optional Prestige PlusRC and Optimum Barrier II backing are certified at the
Gold Level.
All products manufactured by Bentley Prince Street meet the requirements of the
Certifications Carpet and Rug Institute’s Green Label Plus test protocol, which measures total
(continued): volatile organic compound (TVOC) emissions as well as individual chemical
concentrations.
Bentley Prince Street is the first North American carpet manufacturer to receive a
third-party verified Environmental Product Declaration (EPD®) for a broadloom
product. An EPD is the only third-party verification system that takes into account
the complete life cycle assessment of a product’s environmental impact,
encompassing raw materials, production, installation, use and end of use. Fully
ISO-compliant, verification requires an unprecedented level of confidential product
information and analysis that has never before been made public or used to back
up environmental claims. Metrics reported include an analysis of renewable vs.
non-renewable energy use, material resources, water consumption and waste at
each stage of the product’s life. It also evaluates human health concerns,
emissions, hazardous substances and recycled content.
Environmental 2012 EPA Climate Stewardship Award for Excellence in Greenhouse Gas
Recognition: Management – The award recognized leadership in addressing climate change and
reducing carbon pollution and were presented by the US Environmental Protection
Agency, the Association of Climate Change Officers, the Center for Climate and Energy
Solutions and the Climate Registry.
2012 Participant in the Department of Energy’s Superior Energy Performance
Certification Program – Bentley Prince Street will be one of the first companies in
the country to certify to the new ISO 50001 Energy Management Standard. ISO
50001 is designed to help companies manage their energy use and continuously
improve their energy performance.
2011, 2008 & 2001 GSA Evergreen Award – A panel of employees from the U.S.
General Services Association (GSA) Integrated Workplace Acquisition Center (IWAC)
selected Bentley Prince Street as an environmentally-conscientious business partner
among all the applicants because of its efforts in recycling, affirmative procurement
and waste reduction, setting an example for all IWAC vendors to follow.
2011 California Waste Reduction Award Program (WRAP) Award – Bentley
Prince Street received this reward for waste reduction programs and successes
annually since 2003.
2008 CalRecycle Sustainable Business Award – The California Integrated Waste
Management Board has honored Bentley Prince Street, Inc., for the extraordinary
measures to reduce waste by cutting the amount of trash it produces, conserving
resources and reducing waste disposal in landfills.
2006 Climate Action Champion Award – Bentley Prince Street was recognized for
its leadership in addressing climate change and making significant commitments to
reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.
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2005 Most Valuable Pollution Prevention Award – The National Pollution
Prevention Roundtable is the largest membership organization in the United States
devoted solely to pollution prevention. Bentley Prince Street recently was the recipient
of this organization’s 2005 Most Valuable Pollution Prevention Award.
2004 GEELA – Bentley Prince Street was the recipient of the Governor’s
Environmental and Economic Leadership Award for the State of California, the state’s
highest and most prestigious environmental honor.
EPA’s Green Power Partnership – Recognition for exemplary green power
procurement.
Company Beauty. Service. Quality. Partnership. For over 30 years, these tenants have driven
Overview: Bentley Prince Street® – California’s largest carpet design and manufacturing
corporation. Our award-winning broadloom and carpet tile products exude high
performance and have earned superior Textile Appearance Retention Ratings (TARR),
Green Label Plus certification and NSF-140 Platinum and Gold certifications.
Bentley Prince Street manufactures in a LEED for Existing Buildings Silver certified
facility, is a multi-year recipient of the GSA Evergreen Award and hosts programs like
Cool Carpet™ and ReEntry® 2.0 to help keep carpet climate neutral and out of
landfills. Our Mission Zero® philosophy is the goal to eliminate any negative impact our
company may have on the environment by the year 2020. Having published the first
Environmental Product Declaration in North America for broadloom carpet, we’re
moving toward 100% EPDs for Bentley Prince Street manufactured products in 2012.
With the industry’s most comprehensive vertical carpet manufacturing facility, the
company maintains third-party certification to the ISO 9001 Quality Management
System and the ISO 14001 Environmental Management System.
Bentley Prince Street is a division of Interface, Inc., a global provider of floorcoverings
for commercial and residential interiors.
Corporate 14641 East Don Julian Street
Office: City of Industry, California 91746
800.423.4709
www.bentleyprincestreet.com
Information Holly DeBrodt LEED AP, Director of Sustainability
Contact: 503.866.2066
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