Times are changing and now as we all know, not always in a good way. For today, we need to think about tomorrow more than we did yesterday. We owe it to our generation, and we have to do it for future ones: consider the way we eat, the way we travel, how we relax, work and think or in other words: we have to change the way we live.
Over the last 125 years we have been on an inspiring, Marmoleum path. With ups, downs, and the most amazing colors and textures. A climate positive path through millions of buildings around the world. A path that's still unfolding, because it hasn't reached that fully sustainable future. Which is why we invite you to join us... choose most consciously...
LIVE FORWARD
Marmoleum floor coverings are created out of natural raw materials, with no use of synthetic materials like PVC or Polyolefin. This makes Marmoleum the sustainable flooring choice for every indoor environment.
Discover the ingredients we use for the production of Marmoleum floor coverings
Because Marmoleum floors are made from natural raw materials we depend highly on humans who guide the process of harvesting and preparing the raw materials for further transportation and preparation. Only when this process is perfectly organized, our craftsperson in the factory can make high quality Marmoleum out of it.
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A natural winner! Our linoleum floor coverings with the Marmoleum brand are natural floors associated with sustainability, durability, high quality and innovative design.
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Marmoleum, Forbo brand for Linoleum, is phthalates free, alllergy approved and is climate positive (cradle to gate). Find out more about all special characteristics of Marmoleum.
Learn more about the characteristics of Marmoleum
The craft of manufacturing linoleum has evolved over the last 150 years. Forbo has been driving this development through its Marmoleum brand. Making Marmoleum flooring is an art, which is not learned at any trade - or craft school. In fact, only a handful of people know how to make Marmoleum.
Find out how we make Marmoleum
Marmoleum, Forbo's brand for linoleum, is a floor made from natural raw materials. This makes Marmoleum the sustainable flooring choice. Find out more about the ingredients we use to make our Marmoleum.
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With the enormous variety of floors, we can imagine that it's not always easy to know the difference between different flooring types. We explain what the difference is in build up of linoleum and vinyl, PVC, synthetic and rubber flooring solutions.
Marmoleum and other flooring types
All Marmoleum collections offer you endless possibilities to mix and match, even with other Forbo flooring products such as our entrance flooring solution Coral, Flotex flocked flooring and Impressa naturally PVC free flooring.
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Floor coverings are an intrinsic part of the built environment, they are omnipresent in every square meter of our schools, health care institutions, workplaces, leisure centers and our home. Forbo’s Marmoleum floors are designed to have a contribution to a safe, hygienic and comfortable environment, contributing to your health.
Why is Marmoleum so healthy?
The weighted average of our Marmoleum product range is climate positive (cradle to gate) without offsetting, which does not affect the worldwide climate change. It combines ecological values with contemporary design and offers an important contribution to a sustainable world.
Offset means that the CO2 emission is not reduced in the production of the floor but by taking other initiatives like planting trees to compensate for the emission. The manufacturing of Marmoleum is climate positive (cradle to gate) by itself.
Discover why Marmoleum is CO2 neutral (from cradle to gate)
In line with our sustainability strategy, we use various transparent certification systems from independent third parties worldwide to have our floor coverings regularly checked and evaluated.
This is positive for Forbo Flooring Systems, because it helps us to draw attention to our sustainability strategy and identify opportunities for improvement.
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The restoring capacity of natural resources is the bases for the circular economy. In essence linoleum is a bio-cycle product, this means that the natural raw materials basically could be composted and returned to earth as nutrients to the new grown rapid natural raw materials.
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Social Accountability is one of the sustainability pillars of Forbo Flooring Systems. To support social equity and fair treatment of workers in our supply chain we adopted the Social Accountability standard – SA 8000. This standard reflects labor provisions contained within the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and International Labor Organization (ILO) conventions.
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From how they’re made to how they perform, we make truly sustainable floors that are good for people, good for buildings and good for the environment.
Are you new to Marmoleum? We offer you the opportunity to discover our Marmoleum products for free. If you are already familiar with Marmoleum we offer you the opportunity to order a free Marmoleum color sample of a specific collection. Browse our collections and explore Marmoleum.
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"The path to a real climate positive building is made from Natural Raw Materials, NOT PLASTIC"
Forbo’s installation and maintenance support is offered through the sales subsidiaries and customer service departments of Forbo Flooring. Clear descriptions and manuals are available for our linoleum flooring coverings. Installation material and installation tools can be obtained from Forbo. Following the guidelines will assure lifetime performance of the floor and offer you a lasting appearance retention.
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Do you have any questions about Marmoleum? Take a look at the Marmoleum FAQ or get in contact with us.
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Innovator & artist, Daan Roosegaarde, and CEO of the World Green Building Council, Cristina Gamboa, shared their inspirational outlook at the first Forbo Flooring Systems international webinar, entitled A vision for a CO2-neutral future, which took place last week. During the webinar, the two guests also urged for change to start sooner rather than later. Gamboa: “Constructing a world that destructs, is no longer valid.”
Watch the full webinar here
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