Calhoun, Ga.–Mohawk Industries has released its seventh annual Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability Report.
Mohawk’s key achievements highlighted in the report:
- Exceeded the 2020 reduction goal for waste to landfill intensity
- Reached 95% of its 2020 water intensity reduction goal
- Recycled operational waste and purchased recycled material resulted in diversion of more than 7.4 billion pounds of material from landfills
- Expanded “Zero Manufacturing Waste to Landfill” program to a total of 44 sites
- Introduced Impressions utility floor-mat collection utilizing molded crumb rubber from recycled tires and a 100% recycled PET fabric top; the product category can use up to 10 million pounds of recycled tires each year
- Incorporated more than 44 million pounds of recycled PVC material into Moduleo Design Floors luxury vinyl tile (LVT) collections
- Awarded the Manufacturing Visionary Award from the International Living Future Institute for the company’s work with Declare and elimination of Red List chemicals
- Employed 16% more individuals than in 2014
- Delivered an historically low global safety recordable incident rate of 1.75, a 60% reduction from seven years ago
- Achieved highest placement by a manufacturing company in the annual Training Top 125 ranking of top training and development companies
The full report as well as a “highlights” version can be accessed by clicking http://mohawkind.com/MohawkSustainabilityReport.aspx.