4. Mohawk - The Five Key
Sustainability Factors
Transparency
Healthy Products
Innovation
Recycling
Community
5. 5
Produces up to 628,000 kilowatt-hours a year
1,400-panel solar array
Powers around 55 homes annually
6. 6
Mohawk:
North America’s largest recycler of plastic bottles!
We recycle 5.5 Billion/yr of all
PET bottles collected! More
than ANY OTHER flooring
company!
Mohawk diverts
17x more waste
than generated!
(180 truckloads
every day!!!)
17X
5
7. 7
Zero Waste Facilities
Zero Waste Goal for all facilities; 31 Mohawk, 2 Dal-Tile and 4
Unilin and counting! …
Caradon (Chatsworth, Ga)
Antioch Road (Dalton, Ga)
McFarland Road, (Dalton, Ga)
8. 8
• Nationwide Network of
Recyclers – minimizing
transportation impact
• Toll Free 877-3RE-CYCL
(877-373-2925)
and we take care of the
rest
• Mohawk accepts all
carpet
Mohawk’s Carpet
Recycling Program
9. April 2, 2015: Inaugural Manufacturing Visionary Award
(for leading the entire building products industry in transparency!)
12. M O H A W K P R O D U C T S
C O M P E T I T O R P R O D U C T S
WITH HEALTH
IN M IND
MOHAWK HAS
THE MOST RED-LIST FREE
DECLAREDPRODUCTS
IN THE ENTIRE
BUILDINGPRODUCTS
INDUSTRY
,
Red list free is the
most important
sustainability
differentiator in
commercial flooring
products today.
Mohawk is leading
the entire building
products industry in
red list free Declare
products!
13. Competitors – LBC Compliant
Proprietary Exemption
(Not full transparency)
Mohawk- Red List Free
No Exemptions
(Full Transparency)
Compare these Two Declare labels
14.
15. Design Center opening: Dalton(April 21)
LBC Collaborative Programs:
• Sacramento: May 7, May 21
• Portland: Aug 20, Sept 9
• St. Louis: Sept 2, Dec 10
• Austin: Sept 10, Oct 5
Mohawk – Events, ILFI Partnership
Gaia = Mother Earth
16. LIVING BUILDING CHALLENGE – THE MOST STRINGENT AND
AMBITIOUS BUILDING CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
Finally… a framework that
validates our environmental
values and will propel us
toward a sustainable future
17. • First Living Building Challenge project registered in the southeast
• Certification expected May 2016
Mohawk’s Light Lab comes to life!
18. Commercial Realities
• Mohawk believe in Declare as it is the
Right Thing to Do
• However:
– Having done this Mohawk have seen sales
increase as a direct result
– Market size has improved as more clients and
more specifiers come on board
– Return on Investment, although not a driver,
has been very good
– The experience for Mohawk has been
excellent
– Never before has Doing the Right Thing
become such a great business decision