Environmental Commitment

PLANTING FUTURE FORESTS

Flexiteek offers you the lustrous looks of real teak without the environmental dilemmas associated with tropical hardwoods.

Like any product, Flexiteek has an environmental footprint. We have taken steps to minimise its impact by using a bio-attributed PVC in Flexiteek 3 and using REACH compliant phthalate-free plasticisers.

PROUD TO PARTNER WITH WORLD LAND TRUST

Flexiteek - World Land Trust, an environmental charity.

HERE’S WHAT WE ARE DOING IN 2024

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WORKING WITH WORLD LAND TRUST

We are proud to support World Land Trust (WLT), an international conservation charity that protects the world’s most biologically significant and threatened habitats, acre by acre.

For every 10m² of Flexiteek that we sell, we donate £5 to fund reforestation of vital habitat through WLT’s Plant A Tree programme. This is currently supporting WLT partners in Borneo, Brazil, Kenya and Ecuador.

Find out more at The World Land Trust

WHAT IS BIO-ATTRIBUTED PVC?

Since the launch of Flexiteek 2G in 2014 we have been working to develop a more sustainable synthetic decking product. The result is the use of bio-attributed PVC which is derived from the use of tall oil (from trees) which has similar properties to fossil-fuel based PVC but without the environmental dilemmas.

The tall oil is produced from sustainable locations in Sweden, Finland and the USA and is certified by the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) to meet the standard for advanced products. It also produces up to 80% less greenhouse gases when compared to fossil-fuel based PVC.

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THE BIGGER PICTURE

We’ve been using recycled water in our UK manufacturing process for many years, helping to reduce our water use by over 80%. Along with a policy to recycle our waste in our territories (up to 70% in the UK in 2023) and using kinder plastics, we are striving to do more in 2024.

UK Certifications

Our UK manufacturing operation has been awarded ISO:14001 and ISO:90001 certifications to underline the work they are doing to manufacture Flexiteek and our marine products with a focus on quality and in a more sustainable way. We have also gained another coveted EcoVadis ‘Committed’ certification in 2024 which underlines our commitment to improve how sustainable we are.