Digital material passports - Forbo Marmoleum

Marmoleum is Forbo's main linoleum brand - a natural flooring renowned for durability, sustainability, high quality, and innovative design. All in all, it’s ideal for almost any type of application. Truly versatile, Marmoleum comes in over 300 colours and over 12 different structures. Available in both sheet and modular tile formats.

Due to its unique characteristics and with a proud heritage dating back over 150 years, Marmoleum is a superb flooring choice for almost any application space.

Created from up to 98% natural raw materials (including rosin, wood flour, linseed oil, jute and limestone), Marmoleum is one of the most sustainable floor coverings available.

The weighted average of the Forbo Marmoleum product range is climate positive (cradle to gate), without any need for carbon offsetting.

Key USP’s/fun facts

• Climate Positive cradle to gate without offsetting.
• Manufactured from up to 98% natural raw materials.
• Manufactured using 100% green electricity.
• Allergy UK approved.
• Manufactured using our Topshield Pro finish to ensure a long-lasting floor covering.
  
• Our Marmoleum Cocoa range contains post-consumer waste and cocoa husks recycled from the cocoa industry, containing 43% recycled content.
• Marmoleum is naturally bacteriostatic.
• Kirkcaldy, Scotland is historically known for its Linoleum factories, our facility proudly stands as the last remaining one.
• Offers a diverse pallet from bright colours to modern neutrals.

DIGITAL MATERIAL PASSPORT

Product Name: Forbo Marmoleum Tiles

Product Site: Linoleum Flooring | Marmoleum | Forbo Flooring Systems

Supplier: Forbo

Material Origin

• Raw Material Sourced:
  USA, Canada, Indonesia, China, Germany, India, Bangladesh, Netherlands
• Manufacture Site:
  Fife, UK
• Biogenic Content (i.e. natural material content/sequestered carbon info):
  88%
• Recycled Content:
  60%

Embodied Carbon

• Upfront Embodied Carbon:
  1.1 kgCO₂e/m² (including biogenic carbon)
• Product Lifecycle Embodied Carbon:
  7.1 kgCO₂e/m²
• Life Span:
  30 years

Product EPD is available online

Circularity

• Takeback schemes:
  Yes
• Reuse Potential:
  Yes
• Warranties:
  10 years

Health & Wellbeing

• Material Emissions:
  Minimal VOC emissions (third-party verified)
• Material Content:
  Not applicable
• Ingredient Transparency:
  Pulp, cellulose; Calcium carbonate; Tall Oil Rosin Ester; Linseed Oil; Gum Rosin; Ferric Oxide; IOX Y O2; Titanium Dioxide; PET; Acrylic Copolymer; Polyurethane Foam (self-disclosed)
• Hazardous Materials:
  None found (self-disclosed)
• Alignment with WELL:
  5/7 credits

Certifications

• ISO 9001 & ISO 14001
• Declare

What is a digital material passport?

A material passport is a digital document listing all the materials that are included in a product or construction during its life cycle in order to facilitate circularity decisions in supply chain management at the end of the building life.

At Cundall, we want to create a passport to materials/products that will also provide information before its use so designers and contractors are capable of making conscious decisions of products that could affect the embodied carbon and health well-being of a project, facilitating the inclusion of the best low carbon and/ healthy materials that align with their design.