MFB AND THE RESPECT OF THE ENVIRONMENT

MFB has always focused its efforts on developing ecologically friendly products and activities while maintaining a high level of customer satisfaction. We believe that a sustainable business can work for the environment, the consumer and the employee. Nowadays the consumer is increasingly aware of the importance of preserving our natural heritage and is increasingly willing to take an active role in protecting the environment. More than ever the industrial sector is obliged to devise new strategies that encourage and develop environmentally friendly production. All man made objects have a positive and negative impact on the environment. It is up to us to extenuate the positive and minimise the negative. MFB has been researching innovative technologies that allow production with a low impact on the environment. In this way it has managed to create products that are dematerialised (reducing the quantity of materials and energy used to a minimum), recyclable (facilitating the reutilisation of discarded materials) and long-lasting (reducing the production of waste). MFB is constantly striving to improve production processes from both an economic and ecologic point of view. Simultaneously achieving growth and the conservation of our natural heritage. Using secondary materials involves substantial energy savings when compared with primary production. All the particle board panels belong to class E1 regarding the emission of formaldehyde. Therefore our furniture meets and exceeds the strict requirements of standard on formaldehyde emissions. The wood used has a natural origin, and does not alter the environment. Solid wood is a renewable raw material which does not damage the ecosystem, provided it is rationally collected. None of the veneers used by MFB are mentioned in the CITES lists (CITES: Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora: is an international agreement between Governments. Its aim is to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival).
Furthermore, an ever increasing number of the wood raw materials used by MFB are “ECOLOGICAL PANEL” and “PROGETTO ECOQUALITA” (eco-quality project) certified. Both organizations check the origins of the wood materials and make sure they come from forests and plantations that are managed in accordance with the Forest safeguard criteria. Literally the Ecological Panel is a recycled wood panel used in the manufacture of furniture. It is environmentally friendly and helps to save the environment, because it doesn't require tree felling. MFB fabrics are synthetic and recyclable. All our suppliers have achieved the highest ISO rating - ISO 14001. MFB has always demonstrated its concern for indoor health and security. We constantly monitor and improve our production methods, the management of materials and our staffs working environment.