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Which company offers the Which company offers the

greenest CABINET and greenest FLOORING products?

SHELVING products? Armstrong 27.5%

Cali Bamboo 18.1%
IKEA 27.0%

KraftMaid 13.2% Mohawk 15.2%
Timberlake 11.3% Shaw 7.4%

Advanta Cabinets 9.8% Interface 54 5.4%
Merillat 8.3% Milliken 54 5.4%

Echelon Cabinetry 6.4% Tiles of Italy 49 4.9%

Wood-Mode 54 5.4% Crossville Tile 4.4%
MasterBrand 54 5.4% Forbo 4.4%

Neil Kelly 4.4% Mullican 39 3.9%
Merillat 39 3.9% Lauzon 2.9%

Executive Cabinets 34 3.4%
Slow motion. Like cabinetry in the U.S., most flooring is not
especially sustainable. The top four brands, in similar
Default leadership. Once again, IKEA grabbed the top position to last year, have each made efforts to improve
brand position in the cabinet category, but that’s not as durability, switching to more-sustainable materials, and so

notable a feat as it sounds. Cabinet brands in the U.S. on. The challenge is that durability is the primary attribute
typically lack a substantial green narrative. They rely on the of a floor. It takes a beating and has to last. Tile is always a
fairly weak Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association strong option, but not always the buyer’s first choice. For
certification to prove their green credentials. It’s time for a now, the best way forward is probably to increase the ease
U.S. brand to pull away from the pack and offer cabinet and availability of recycling of carpet and engineered
options that are free of offgassing and are made flooring products.
sustainably, with genuine environmental commitment and

process. Armstrong 27.5%
IKEA 27.0%

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