Green with our Business Partners

Producing a truly green product involves every link in the chain.

We regularly visit suppliers and customers up and down stream from our product to talk about their environmental policies. We have hired people who can rethink our processes and products all the way to the molecular level. In so doing, we can share our environmental knowledge and learn from our green business partners.

 

Maintenance Products

The best maintenance program starts with a product that requires little of it. Our flooring is made to last a long time. How green is a floor that does not last very long? These factors are basic but their value is significant. When you do need to clean the floors we provide some great alternatives. Our standard cleaning systems utilize SC Johnson products. In addition our Clean Green program has products with low VOCs and no zinc. CENTI Strip, CENTI Clean, CENTI Maintain, and CENTI Finish meet SCAQMD's 1113 plus the third party certification of Green Seal™.

Changes in Their Processes

We have sought green business partners who share our interest in the environment. We work together and do so most closely on environmentally friendly production. It’s really a sharing of green knowledge. This includes examining how their products are made and what effect those products will have on our products. In some instances this has meant paying more to have things done the best way, The Green Way.

Transportation

The last link in the chain is just as important as the first. We’ve taken a comprehensive look at how we ship our product to you. Manufacturing inside the US is a great start. By choosing freight carriers that are members of the EPA SmartWay™ Transport Partnership system, Centiva becomes part of an alliance to improve environmental performance of our freight operations. US manufacturing and SmartWay make meaningful differences to the fuel used to distribute our products.

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