Sustainability

We take our responsibility to help protect the planet. But it doesn’t stop there. Because there is more to sustainable entrepreneurship and actions. We also want to make a positive impact on our customers and employees by offering them a higher quality of life and a sustainable work environment. And our impact reaches even further. We actively engage with the local communities around our sites and collaborate with our suppliers to create lasting, positive social impact wherever we operate. One Home – our sustainability strategy – illustrates our sustainability goals and details how we go about pursuing them.

News: Unilin achieves EcoVadis Gold!

Unilin has been awarded the EcoVadis Gold Medal, placing us among the top 5% of companies assessed by EcoVadis worldwide. EcoVadis is one of the world's leading sustainability assessment platforms, evaluating companies on topics such as environment, labor & human rights, ethics and sustainable procurement. This Gold rating provides independent validation of our sustainability performance and reinforces our commitment to responsible business practices, continuous improvement and long-term value creation for customers, employees and stakeholders alike.

 

Our official recognition by Ecovadis

One Home. Three pillars. One goal. 

Unilin’s sustainability strategy One Home is built around three pillars.

Planet Home

Our impact on the planet

Your Home

Our impact on our customers

Our Home

Our impact on our employees and community

In numbers

70%
renewable energy
66%
renewable raw materials
25%
recycled materials

One Home explained. 

Curious about what One Home stands for? Watch this short video to be right up to speed. 

One Home animation video

Our sustainability publications. A look at our company’s sustainability efforts. 

Every year, we share insights into the progress we've made in our sustainability journey. At group level, the official Mohawk Impact Report outlines the broader environmental and social impact of Mohawk Industries, Unilin's mother company. In addition, our One Home Sustainability Update zooms in on Unilin in specific, showcasing the local projects, innovations and milestones we achieved in the past year. These publications allows us to make adjustments where necessary. 

Third parties such as the Science Based Targets initiative and Cradle to Cradle® verify our claims.

Download the Mohawk Impact Report 2025 here

Download the One Home Sustainability Update 2026 (on 2025) here

Why we have such great belief in wood

Wood is more than just our main raw material. It is a sustainable product. A material for the future - when used responsibly, that is. And that is precisely what we do here at Unilin. 

Discover how sustainability is central to everything we do.

InnovationSustainability
October 6, 2025 • 2 minutes reading time

From waste to resource: how Unilin recycles MDF and laminate floors

What happens to your old laminate floor? At Unilin, the answer is clear: collect and recycle. Through the Recover programme, we collect old floors and a technological world first allows us to recycle them into new MDF and HDF panels, the core of laminate flooring. “For years, recycling the panels seemed impossible,” says Geert Coudenys, R&D Director at Unilin Panels.

Innovation
August 27, 2025 • 3 minutes reading time

How Unilin became the first to succeed in chemically recycling PIR insulation boards

An industry first and a major step towards circularity: Unilin is the first to develop a process for the chemical recycling of PIR insulation boards. The new installation is the result of years of experimentation, fine-tuning and perseverance. “Turning waste into something valuable again, there’s no better idea to work on”, says production manager polyol Thomas Scheers.

Sustainability
April 29, 2026 • 2 minutes reading time

Unilin fully commits to sustainable and independent energy

Unilin’s ‘One Home’ sustainability strategy signals a firm commitment to renewable energy. Through smart investments in our own energy sources, we are building a climate-friendly, efficient and independent energy supply.
Sustainability
June 21, 2024 • 2 minutes reading time

Wood at Unilin

Our main raw material and so much more.