Go4cork Plus by Amorim Underlay | Amorim
Go4cork Plus by Amorim underlay is produced using a mixture of cork with other by-products, based on the best principles of the circular economy.
The underlay makes a decisive contribution to the performance of the flooring solution. According to an analytic study conducted by the consultancy firm, EY, the underlay Plus Go4Cork by Amorim has a negative carbon balance of -8.1kg CO2 eq/m².
By promoting carbon sequestration in the cork oak forest that is superior to the CO2 emissions resulting from production, underlays are an excellent option for customers who seek to strike a balance between performance and environmental sustainability.
By including cork - a 100% natural, recyclable, and renewable raw material - in the composition, Amorim Cork Composites can reduce possible environmental impacts, especially when compared to underlays that use raw materials exclusively of a synthetic origin.
Furthermore, the combination of cork with surplus products from other industries ensures optimal performance of the flooring solutions in which it is incorporated. We thereby reinforce our commitment to a sustainable circular economy, which avoids waste.
The environmental footprint study of the underlay Go4cork Plus by Amorim was conducted by EY using a Life Cycle assessment methodology. In other words, it considered the sequestration of the cork oak forest, and adopted a cradle-to-gate approach, contemplating the environmental impacts of all activities, from extraction of the raw material, through production of all components, until departure from the factory gate. The methodology underpinning EY's studies was based on the ISO 14040/44 standards, complemented with the guidelines of the International Reference Life Cycle Data System (ILCD). Data associated with production were provided by Amorim Cork Composites, while the general production processes associated with the production of raw materials, energy, transport, and waste management were obtained from the ecoinvent 3.5 database.
The Characteristics
Go4cork Plus by Amorim underlay was developed respecting the nature and considering nature as the starting point for a sustainable future.
Respect for nature is the essence of our existence. By promoting cyclical extraction of cork, without damaging the cork oak trees, Corticeira Amorim's activity ensures the viability of the cork oak forest, which is a natural and renewable resource, that offers numerous environmental, economic and social benefits. Studies indicate that for each ton of cork produced, the cork oak forest can sequester up to 73 tons of CO2, and thus helps to reduce the Global Warming Potential. But Nature is just the starting point. Our mission involves trying to go further and applying the best sustainability principles.
Circular Economy
More than 50 years of circular economy principles. Striving continuously to reach zero waste and to optimize the added value of all raw materials
Underlay Go4Cork Plus has a negative carbon balance of – 8.1 kg/eqCO₂ per m²*, when taking into account the CO₂ sequestered by the cork oak forests and the emissions associated with the industrial process.
Up to 34 times less Greenhouse gas emissions than PU Foam (Polyurethane) solutions*
*These Amorim Cork Composites conclusions (outside the scope of the EY study) were based on the ecoinvent version 3.5 database (2018) but have not been verified by a third party.
Go4cork Plus by Amorim underlay also has the Ü mark certification (Z-158.10-239), which ensures that the product is in conformity in the context of national technical approvals in the German market. The European Construction Products Regulation (CPR) describes the fundamental requirements on hygiene, health, and environment protection. In Germany, these were specified, especially in terms of emissions behavior, as approval principles for health-evaluation of construction products by German Institute for Structural Engineering.
Corticeira Amorim continues to work on its Sustainable by nature program, which sets out its ambition for 2030. In 2018, 2019 and 2020 it established its ambition, principal areas of intervention and a plan for 2021-24. In 2021 it established the following quantitative goals by 2030:
100% cork valorization - Based in our driving motto “Nothing is wasted, everything is transformed”, we value 100% of cork.
In 2021 the Corticeira Amorim achieved:
Amorim Cork Composites:
500 applications for various sectors, allying innovation and circular economy practices.
Alongside its leadership activity in the cork industry, Corticeira Amorim promotes its fundamental role in building resilient Communities, with the fundamental objective of being an agent of change and value creation. It's generates economic value for the Communities where it is present at an international, national, regional and local level, directly, indirectly and induced, namely as a major employer, investor, taxpayer and local business partner.
Supporting culture and knowledge
Corticeira Amorim has been developing a broad plan of actions that make cork available to society, in its most diverse forms, the know-how and technical expertise of the team, encouraging their knowledge and enabling the development of educational, research and arts aimed at its employees and families, as well as at the wider community.
Fostering social equilibrium
The concern for social balance is one of the characteristics that accompany the Amorim Group's more than 150 years of activity – it was one of the first companies to provide workers with a cafeteria and a doctor, even in 1938. Currently, it is an active agent in interventions of a social, humanitarian and first-aid scope, through collaboration with institutions of social inclusion, shelter for minors at risk and support for the elderly, fire brigades, the Portuguese League Against Cancer, among others.
Strengthen entrepreneurship, creativity, and innovation Innovation is at the heart of Corticeira Amorim's strategy, which aims to extend the concept of innovation to all BUs and improve areas such as portfolio diversification, process efficiency and quality and the circular economy.
Due to the investment, it makes in RDI, Corticeira Amorim disseminates knowledge and innovation throughout society directly (when the Company voluntarily gives access to knowledge and certain innovations) or indirectly, the development of new applications for cork, the communication of the benefits of cork and the dissemination of good practices of circular economy.
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