COP 22/23 - Report - Side 26
PRODUCT CERTIFICATIONS
FSC® - Forest Stewardship Council
To ensure that our wood-based materials is manufactured under conditions, that respects both the environment, wild life and people along the supply chain, all our solid wood and chipboard procurement, and to the extent possible laminate surfaces, are
FSC® certified while our waste streams to Denwood by HORN have also been certified to establish full transparency.
FSC® is an international organization that sets standards for responsible forest management, supported by a broad range of
stakeholders. The certification protects indigenous people, maintain community relation and enhance the rights of forest workers,
through strict rules for chain of custody and an overall perspective of maintaining both the community and biological systems.
As an extension of our FSC® certification, HORN is furthermore a membership organization while our CEO, Jakob Bressendorf,
for many years were part of the FSC® board in Denmark, as we wish to work holistic with sustainability, support the promotion
of the mark, and contribute to a broad anchoring of sustainable wood procurement throughout our markets of influence.
The Nordic Swan Ecolabel
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Nordic Swan Ecolabel certification ensures that
Wood complies with strict environmental requirements, is produced using a limited energy consumption
Quality and properties are documented
The products come from sustainable forestry
The products fulfil chemical and emission requirements that contribute to a healthier indoor climate.
The certification was established in 1989 by the Nordic Council of Ministers as a voluntary ecolabelling scheme for the Nordic
countries; Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. As we perceive the Scandinavian countries to be our ‘homemarket’, we find this official ecolabel of the Nordic Countries to be the most effective tool to improve our sustainable solutions – and
thereby enable consumers and professional buyers to choose the environmentally best goods and services.
Working with the Nordic Swan Ecolabel have been an important part of HORNs development towards becoming more sustainable and implementing a holistic agenda, as it certifies the entire product’s life cycle and the environmental problems that may
arise along the way.
The Indoor Air Comfort
The Indoor Air Comfort – Gold certificate ensures the end-user that our certified countertop solutions, deduce even less than the
strict market specification requires.
The certification method is applicable to the European market as a total, which in other words, guarantee that the collection
complies with all current standards, laws and requirements in the European market.
As a further mark of quality to the Indoor Air Comfort certificate, we opted for the ‘Gold’ edition, meaning that all certified solutions have went through a Factory Production Control, guaranteeing that the countertops is produced from the highest internal
standards.
Thereby our Indoor Air Comfort - Gold certified products comply with requirements to VOC emission from among others;
BREEAM, BREEAM-NOR, LEED, M1 including criterias from private certification labels, such as the European Ecolabel; ”The
flower” and the international, German; ”Blaue Engel”.
It is our ambition to ensure that all our products hold an indoor air certification to protect our end-users from any potential harmful chemicals.
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