April 13, 2011, Valley Forge Fabrics is honored with third Emerald Award recognizing environmental success.

Ft. Lauderdale, Fl. For the third year in a row, Broward County has selected Valley Forge Fabrics to receive one of the County’s 2010 Emerald Awards in the Recycling category for environmental excellence. The Emerald Award is given annually by the Broward County Board of County Commissioners and Environmental Protection Department to honor businesses for exceptional commitment to protecting the environment.

Valley Forge Fabrics, the leader in sustainable textiles and the largest producer of decorative fabrics for hospitality, launched its FRESH initiative more than five years ago. FRESH is an acronym for Fabrics Redefining Environmental Standards for Hospitality. The company has lived up to the its initiative’s roots by “redefining” itself with the latest product innovation Tencel+Plus™Upholstery fabric collection. Tencel+Plus™Lyocell products are the only certified textiles from Eucalyptus verified by Lenzing Fibers for both commercial performance requirements and fiber origin. Every fabric in the Tencel+Plus™ Upholstery collection will have a unique certification number from Lenzing Fibers to verify the chain of custody within the supply chain.

• Valley Forge’s reclamation program has taken effect as the company has begun to redistribute bedding products from hotels to global organizations such as The American Red Cross and local organizations such as The Broward Outreach Center in Pompano Beach, Florida.
• Valley Forge is the first and only textile company to offer a textile that may garner LEED points within USGBC’s LEED Rating System. Valley Forge’s LIVING FRESH with Tencel+Plus™Lyocell products may help earn LEED points in three areas as this collection is made from a Rapidly Renewable Resource (Eucalyptus), will be picked up at the end of their life through Valley Forge’s established reclamation program and the Eucalyptus is harvested from FSC managed forests.
• More than 75% of the company’s running line items are now FRESH or LIVING FRESH Tencel+Plus™Lyocell Eucalyptus.
• As of April 1st, 2011, Valley Forge diverted 3,052,895 plastic bottles from landfills.