Everyone at Carpet Call agrees that timber, or hardwood flooring if you like, is one of the most environmentally friendly flooring materials. There is no one more passionate about timber and the environment than Carpet Call’s Timber Manager Bill. I cornered him in the office and asked him “Is timber flooring environmentally friendly or is it just sustainability marketing gone mad?"
Carpet Call’s timber guru leaped into action and painted an impressive picture. From the moment it is planted a tree is absorbing carbon and releasing oxygen into the atmosphere. Environmental tick number one! Carpet Call sources its timber from FSC and PEFC certified forests. This is a very important environmental tick number two! Forest Stewardship Council accreditation means that you can be confident Carpet Call are not contributing to the destruction of the world’s forests and advocates for well managed forests that protect against the displacement of indigenous peoples, water pollution and forest worker’s rights.
Bill added that Carpet Call supports the role the FSC and PEFC play in the supply of timber globally encouraging regular audits of our accredited forests. Carpet Call goes one step further and has worked with Universal Flooring on the development of Engineered Flooring using recycled wood Hevea. Historically, when a tree no longer yields sufficient latex it was burned by farmers releasing excessive amounts of CO2 into the atmosphere. Carpet Call and Universal flooring recycle the trees manufacturing them into multilayer flooring boards. Carpet Call not only sells exclusive beautiful timber engineered hardwood floors but can put hand on heart and say they have helped to dramatically reduce CO2 emissions and protect the environment