Mohawk Releases 2016 Sustainability Report

Calhoun, GA, April 25, 2017—The 2016 Sustainability Report released by Mohawk Industries online paints a comprehensive picture of the company’s innovation, passion and commitment to a better tomorrow.

In 2016 alone, process improvements, product re-engineering and equipment upgrades positively impacted Mohawk’s productivity by $140 million.

The report notes Mohawk’s progress in corporate responsibility and sustainability. The company:

• Recycles 7.1 billion pounds of waste a year.

• Has reduced its use of water by 277 million gallons since 2015.

• Since 2010, has reduced its greenhouse gas (GHG) intensity by 12.8%, its energy intensity by 1.9% and its water intensity by 35%.

• Recycles 5.4 billion plastic bottles annually.

• Recycles 25 million pounds of tires into doormats.

Many of Mohawk’s achievements in sustainability come from the company’s continuous journey to decrease the environmental footprint of its products and operations. The report details an environmentally friendly approach to cooling water at Mohawk’s vinyl flooring plant in Belgium; how the Glasgow, Virginia carpet tile plant is tackling the global pollinator crisis; and a mobile material recycler that can process up to 30 tons of scrap material per hour for ceramic tile plants in Tennessee, Alabama and Texas.

The report also highlights Mohawk’s sizeable product portfolio that leads the industry in sustainable technology. Mohawk is the world’s largest ceramic tile producer, and more than 450 of the company’s beautiful and durable tile products—ceramic, porcelain and mosaic—contain pre- and post-consumer recycled content. Similarly, as the largest laminate flooring manufacturer in the U.S. and Europe, Mohawk’s products are made with predominantly recycled wood fiber and chips from sustainable sources. In commercial flooring, Mohawk Group has the industry’s largest portfolio of Red List-free products.

Notable innovative sustainable solutions in Mohawk’s portfolio include:

• Airo: Introduced in late 2016, Mohawk’s exclusive new soft floor covering category with unified backing is manufactured almost entirely from recycled polyester and is already winning awards for design and innovation. Airo reduces the physical stress on installers with its ease and speed of installation, provides long-lasting performance for consumers, contributes to a healthy home and can be completely recycled at the end of its life cycle.

• SmartStrand: Because soft, stain-resistant SmartStrand carpets are made with renewably sourced polymers, they require less energy to manufacture than other fibers.

• EverStrand: Mohawk is one of the largest recyclers of PET soda and water bottles in the country, and billions of those bottles end up in Mohawk’s EverStrand carpets. EverStrand carpets minimize the need for fossil fuels and help reduce plastic in landfills.

• Moduleo: Every year, Mohawk’s IVC vinyl manufacturing group reclaims up to 20,000 tons of PVC materials destined for landfills—and transforms the material into the backing for beautiful Moduleo luxury vinyl tile (LVT) flooring.