The beauty of hardwood flooring is timeless. But times change, and today, design and building professionals seek flooring choices that are not only elegant and durable, but also that ensure a healthier future for people and the planet.

At Southern Traditions, we are 100% committed to delivering the responsibly manufactured flooring today's professionals covet and businesses like yours seek to offer. Let us outline our commitment to creating a better and more beautiful world.

Sustainable Wood Sources

Unlike flooring choices ranging from ceramic tile to carpet, wood is a renewable resource. A recent study conducted by The National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA) and the Decorative Hardwoods Association (DHA) shows that both solid-wood and engineered-wood floors offer the lowest Global Warming Potential (GWP) scores of any flooring choices. This carefully derived environmental criteria is becoming an accepted standard in the flooring industry.

Southern Traditions builds upon this advantage by making sure all of our hardwood comes from certified green, self-renewing sources. Our wood is farmed, responsibly harvested and replanted according to long-term sustainability plans—ensuring there is no net wood - land loss or negative impact on the environment created by Southern Traditions floors.

In addition, Southern Traditions uses exclusively natural wood as raw material for all our engineered hardwood flooring. This helps us not only comply with existing standards, but to raise renewable source reliance every time we create a beautifully engineered floor.

Responsible Manufacturing

With renewable wood sourced for raw material, we painstakingly oversee a CARB II/EPA-compliant and Floorscore Certified manufacturing process, adhering strictly to stringent environmental protections as well as the federal Lacey Act. Nothing is wasted in our efforts:

• Tree bark is processed into mulch and soil conditioners
• Sawdust fuels the boilers that operate dry kilns, and is used in animal bedding
• Trimmings are chipped and processed into paper and other products
• Small wood pieces are recovered for use as products such as finger-jointed wood components

And since minimal off-gassing is the key determinant of positive indoor air quality, we work only with ultra-low formaldehyde, compliance-certified adhesives.

Finishing as Strong as we Start

Our partners in creating finishes for Southern Traditions floors are Sherwin Williams/Valspar and other established leaders–those setting the standard for eco-friendly finishing products that exceed the highest environmental, durability as well as aesthetic standards.

Together with our partners, we set in place stringent processes ensuring one of the lowest VOC emissions in the industry. All our flooring products are Floor Score Certified for Indoor Air Quality and are recognized by over 20 environmental programs, including the USGBC's LEED Rating Systems, BREEAM, Green Globes, ASHRAE/USGBC/EIS 189.9 Standard for High Performance Building Green Buildings, Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS), NAHB Green Building Standard and US EPA Tools for Schools.

Continuous Testing and Assurance

By establishing one of the greenest manufacturing systems anywhere in the flooring industry, Southern Traditions firmly supports your business desire to lead the flooring industry in responsible practices. And we continue to rigorously test our product to ensure it is meeting intended levels today as well as tomorrow. We take great pride in delivering flooring that homeowners can live with and love for decades to come.

If you'd like to learn more about our green commitment, please reach out to us at customerservice@evolutionsfloors.com or call 1-866-599-7999. We are happy to answer any questions.