Environmental Statement

Fortune Contract is committed to the progress of sustainability. Being environmentally responsible is good business, and it’s right for our company and employees. We produce high quality goods with outstanding performance to extend the life of our carpets and strive to improve practices in our facility to manufacture as efficiently as possible. We work continually to reduce, reuse and recycle at every opportunity.

All Fortune products are certified by the Carpet and Rug Institute’s Green Label Plus Program for low VOC emission rates. To receive the Green Label Plus Certification, carpets are submitted for rigorous testing to insure requirements for low VOC emissions and are maintained in accordance with the program. Products automatically contribute one point toward LEED for Green Label Plus certification. Adhesives and seam sealers are certified by the Carpet and Rug Institute’s Green Label Plus Adhesive Program for low VOC emission rates. As active members of CRI’s Sustainable Issues Committee, we search for new ways to improve sustainability in the carpet industry.

We continually seek materials with recycled content to decrease our dependence on raw materials by creating products that incorporate recycled content fibers and recycled content backings for sustainable options in broadloom and modular tile.

Internally, our streamlined operation facilitates maximum flexibility with minimum waste. Carpets are manufactured with pre-dyed yarns and use only high pick backing to reduce carpet waste. The small amounts of overage yarn or backing is reused in sample production, or sent to a local facility for recycling. All boxes, yarn cones and pallets used in the manufacturing process are reused or recycled. Recycled content materials are utilized in all product folders and stationery.

As part of our commitment to the environment, we encourage the return and reuse of all sample material provided for the product selection process. Postage-paid return labels are enclosed with sample shipments to encourage the return of unused carpet. We recycle or reuse return samples in an effort to reduce the environmental impact of sample production.

We not only ask ourselves what we can do to reduce waste and recycle, but we ask this of our suppliers as well. Premier, our skein dyer, has installed state-of-the art systems to eliminate wastewater effluent and reuse treated water. Global and UTT, our backing suppliers, have aggressive programs in place to reduce pollution and recycle all waste yarn and carpet scrap.

Carpet products are available in a choice of fiber offerings. Ultron Nylon 6,6 by Solutia is MBDC certified as a preferred technical ingredient, deemed safe for human health and the environment and safe for recycling. Solutia is a founding member of the Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE) and utilizes their list of reclamation facilities for recycling products at the end of their useful life.

Products manufactured with Natiq Envirowork 30 Nylon 6 by Nylene contain a minimum of 30% post-industrial recycled content and carpets manufactured with Natiq are 100% recyclable at the end of their useful life. Carpets made with Natiq are eligible for the Natiq 360 Recycling Program, visit natiqnylon.com for details. Natiq Envirowork 30 and the Natiq 360 Recycling Program are certified by SCS.

Fortune has been manufacturing products in wool for over a decade. Our skilled design team translates colors and patterns to create high quality wool carpets. Wool is a biodegradable renewable resource, one of the purest ecological fibers in the world.

For more information on Fortune Contract’s environmental initiatives on recycled content fiber, sustainable backing options, and how our products provide credit toward LEED certification, refer to our white papers or visit our website at fortunecontract.com.