Radical transparency

By providing customers with EPD statements that highlight the environmental impacts of a product, we have already gone beyond the requirements of evolving building regulations and sustainable building certifications. EPDs are based on life cycle analysis and are central to our sustainability strategy as they allow us to identify ways to improve the environmental footprint of our products.
However, for non-experts they are often complex to understand, focus primarily on environmental, rather than health aspects, and do not disclose in depth detail about the health risks or impacts of individual ingredients. The Tarkett MHS bridges this information gap, providing accurate information on the hazards and risks of each material.

The Tarkett MHS is an independently verified, science-based declaration highlighting the health risks and hazards of materials in a particular product, down to 100 ppm (0.01%). By introducing the MHS, we are complementing the environmental data provided by our EPDs.
Easy to understand and unique in the marketplace, the Tarkett MHS also represents the first step towards Cradle to Cradle^TM certification and the continuous optimisation of our products. The third-party assessment of our materials is conducted by the Environmental Protection Encouragement Agency (EPEA). Since 2010, the EPEA team has assessed more than 3,000 Tarkett materials according to C2C criteria.