Green Credentials

 


For the South East Asian market we have attained the highly regarded Green Label of the Singapore Environment Council. The Singapore Environment Council (SEC) was set up to promote environmental awareness is South East Asia. The ‘Green Label’ was set up to reward environmentally friendly products sold within the region with eco-labels that can only be obtained by compliance with the strict eco standards specified by the SEC’s scheme.

 
Accoya^® wood is one of the very few building products to have acquired Cradle to Cradle SM Gold Certification by MBDC. Cradle to Cradle Certification provides a means to tangibly and credibly measure achievement in environmentally-intelligent design and helps customers purchase and specify products that are pursuing a broader definition of quality. This includes using environmentally safe and healthy materials and instituting strategies for social responsibility.

 
The Future Build is a green building materials portal that helps architects, engineers and contractors – particularly in the United Arab Emirates and wider region – confidently select and source environmentally sustainable, third party certified products to meet the projects’ environmental objectives. Only products that have been assessed and selected according to standards and criteria set by Masdar City, Abu Dhabi, are listed. Accoya^® wood was rated as excellent or A in 2011.

 
Accoya^® wood won the prestigious International Wood Products Association award (IWPA) for innovative excellence in April 2011 at the annual conference in New Orleans, Louisiana.

 
The awarding body of the prestigious DUBOkeur^® certification, Nederlands Instituut voor Bouwbiologie, issues certificates only the most environmentally friendly products within a particular application, taking into account a range of stringent factors. This certification is of particular significance to our Dutch customers, unequivocally positioning Accoya^® wood as an outstanding environmental choice for window frames according to Dutch sustainable building regulations.

 
Accsys Technologies received the overall Dutch National Award for Sustainability Innovation, “The Columbus Egg”, and the Award for Sustainable Production Technology for Accoya^® wood. These awards are granted by the Dutch Government and are designed to reward sustainability innovation within businesses operating in the Netherlands.