MONDO SpA: sports surfaces and EPD coverage
MONDO is a household name on tracks and courts, from Olympic-level running surfaces to resilient rubber floors. Specifiers love the performance story. Procurement teams now ask a tougher question. Do the flagship systems come with product-specific EPDs that keep bids moving instead of bogging down in carbon paperwork. Here is a quick read on what MONDO makes, where EPDs are strong today, and where coverage gaps may leave room for a competitor to slide into the spec.
What MONDO makes
MONDO SpA focuses on elastomeric sports and contract surfaces. Think outdoor running tracks, multipurpose sport courts, and indoor resilient rubber flooring for education, healthcare, fitness, and recreation. That is a focused portfolio, not a single-product pure play.
Public SKU counts are not published, but the range spans multiple families that likely translate to dozens of distinct SKUs per region. Lines vary by thickness, texture, underlayment and performance layering, which matters for both playability and embodied carbon modeling.
Where EPD coverage is clear today
Recent, product-specific EPDs are available for MONDO’s outdoor synthetic rubber track systems such as Sportflex Super X, Super X 720, and MondoRun. These are published with major program operators and use the floor coverings PCR under EN 15804, which aligns neatly with spec workflows in Europe and North America. Several entries are listed with UL and IBU, with additional records in the French INIES database that cover outdoor sports flooring categories (UL, 2024) (IBU, 2024) (INIES, 2024).
Likely coverage gaps
Indoor contract flooring and weight room tiles appear less represented by publicly listed, product-specific EPDs as of November 21, 2025. Regional portfolios differ, so an individual market may see more coverage than another. If your sales team leads with rubber sheet or tile in healthcare or education, double check availability before a LEED-leaning RFP lands.
Why gaps matter in real bids
Many owners and design teams prefer products with third-party verified EPDs because they can document impacts without resorting to conservative default factors. LEED v4.1 awards at least 1 point for using products with compliant EPDs under MR Building Product Disclosure and Optimization, which nudges choices toward EPD-backed options when everything else is equal (USGBC, 2024).
If you sell indoor rubber, know these benchmarks
If an indoor rubber sheet line from MONDO lacks an EPD in a target region, specifiers will look for an apples-to-apples alternative. Interface’s nora rubber ranges are supported by multiple EPDs in IBU that are visible and easy to cite in submittals (IBU, 2024). Gerflor’s Taraflex and other vinyl sport floors have EPDs accessible through INIES that frequently show up in European tenders (INIES, 2024). Tarkett’s commercial resilient portfolio, including select rubber and PVC lines, carries UL-listed EPDs that are familiar to North American design teams (UL, 2024).
Competitors MONDO often sees across applications
- Outdoor tracks and athletic systems: Beynon by Tarkett Sports, Polytan and Rekortan by Sport Group, Conica.
- Indoor rubber and resilient floors: Interface nora, Tarkett, Gerflor, Forbo, Polyflor.
These are not one-to-one swaps in every spec. In practice, architects weigh surface performance, comfort, safety, maintenance, and the paperwork that proves it. An EPD turns the sustainability checkbox from a hurdle into a helper.
Fast route to fuller coverage
Pick the PCR your competitors reference, then collect plant data for a clean reference year. Align bill of materials to real formulations by thickness and system build, not marketing names. A strong LCA partner should handle data wrangling with your production and procurement teams, propose the most practical operator for your markets, and map SKUs into a minimal set of declarations without confusing the field.
What this means for MONDO right now
The track story is strong on both performance and paperwork. The indoor story can be made just as tight by extending EPDs to core rubber sheet and tile lines that drive day-to-day revenue. That move protects margin, shortens submittal back-and-forth, and reduces the chance a familiar spec gets swapped late because the paperwork was missing. It is a small shift that can definately punch above its weight in the spec race.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which MONDO products are covered by EPDs today
Public listings show EPDs for outdoor synthetic rubber track systems like Sportflex Super X, Super X 720, and MondoRun, published with UL, IBU, and INIES in recent cycles (UL, 2024) (IBU, 2024) (INIES, 2024).
Do MONDO’s indoor rubber floors have EPDs
Coverage appears limited in public operator databases as of November 21, 2025. Check the exact product and region since portfolios differ by market.
Who are typical competitors with EPD-backed alternatives
For indoor resilient floors, Interface nora and Tarkett often have EPDs that are easy to cite. In sports floors, Gerflor Taraflex and Sport Group brands also list EPDs in European databases (IBU, 2024) (INIES, 2024).
Why do EPDs help in bids
They streamline carbon documentation and can contribute to LEED credits that influence product selection, which can be the difference in tight comparisons (USGBC, 2024).
About the Author
With a passion for sustainability and a love for complex data, Toby helps manufacturers efficiently collect data from across their organization and get their EPDs done right. He’s especially interested in how AI can support human expertise, helping R&D and factory teams work faster, smarter, and with less friction.
