TRANSPARENCY SUMMARY STEP SAFETY VINYL

Product catalog summary

Lifecycle Impact Categories
This section outlines the environmental impacts assessed throughout the product's lifecycle, including raw material extraction, transportation, manufacturing, packaging, use, and disposal. Key impact categories include:

Global Warming Potential: Long-term changes in global weather patterns caused by increased greenhouse gases.
Photochemical Ozone Creation Potential: Formation of smog due to sunlight reacting with hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides.
Eutrophication Potential: Excess nutrients causing algae growth that reduces oxygen and harms aquatic life.
Ozone Depletion Potential: Destruction of the stratospheric ozone layer by human-made pollution.
Acidification Potential: Increased acidity in water bodies from emissions, harming aquatic ecosystems.
Depletion of Abiotic Resources (Elements): Reduction of non-renewable elemental resources like metals and gases.
Depletion of Abiotic Resources (Fossil Fuels): Decreasing availability of non-renewable carbon-based fuels such as oil and coal.

Product and Certification Information
This section is intended to provide details about the company, product type, product name, product definition, product category rule (PCR), certification period, declaration number, and functional unit. However, specific data fields are placeholders and require completion.

Material Content
Material content is measured to 1% precision. The section includes component names, material availability, mass percentage, and origin. Specific data is not provided in the document.

Environmental Performance and Standards
This section covers:

Recycling or Reuse: Information on recyclability or reuse potential.
Standards and Certifications: Compliance with relevant environmental standards and certifications.
Pre-Consumer and Post-Consumer Recycled Content: Percentages of recycled content in the product.
VOC Emissions: Volatile organic compound emissions data.
Water Consumption: Water usage during the product lifecycle.
Additional Environmental Information: Any other relevant environmental data.

Specific values are not included in the provided text.

Energy Use
Energy consumption is divided into renewable and non-renewable sources, expressed as percentages and megajoules (MJ). Exact figures are not provided.

Manufacturer Contact Information
Includes fields for name, phone, email, and website to facilitate communication. No specific contact details are given.

Notes
The document is a summary of an ISO 14025-compliant Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) certified by UL. For full details, the reader is directed to visit www.ul.com/environment. The UL logo and certification marks are trademarks of UL LLC.

Catalog excerpts

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ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT DECLARATION L UL.COM/EPD EPD Transparency Summary COMPANY NAME PRODUCT TYPE PRODUCT NAME PRODUCT DEFINITION Forbo Flooring Systems Resilient Floor Covering Step PRODUCT CATEGORY RULE (PCR) CERTIFICATION PERIOD DECLARATION NUMBER Step is a resilient floor covering complying with all requirements of EN-ISO 10582: Heterogeneous polyvinyl chloride floor coverings - Specification and EN 13845: Polyvinyl chloride floor coverings with particle-based enhanced slip resistance -Specification. Flooring Carpet, Resilient, Laminate, Ceramic and Wood (NSF 2012) 6/19/2013-6/19/2018 12CA64879.106.1 LIFECYCLE IMPACT CATEGORIES The environmental impacts listed below were assessed throughout the product's lifecycle - including raw material extraction, transportation, manufacturing, packaging, use, and disposal at end of life. FUNCTIONAL UNIT The functional unit is one square metre of installed product and the use stage is considered for one year of service life.

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© MATERIAL CONTENT Material content measured to i%. Step disposal should comply with local regulations. Check with your local Forbo business unit as it pertains to material take back or reclamation. ENERGY STANDARDS CERTIFICATIONS RENEWABLE ENERGY NON-RENEWABLE ENERGY MANUFACTURER CONTACT INFO - ISO 9001 Quality Management System - ISO 14001 Environmental Management System The information presented herein is a summary of content contained in the manufacturer’s ISO 14025-compliant EPD certified by UL. Please visit www.ul.com/environment to download the full EPD. UL, the UL logo, and UL certification...

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