Mohawk Industries 2017 Sustainability Report | Believe in Better

Mohawk Industries' 2017 Sustainability Report outlines how business decisions rooted in corporate social responsibility have resulted in great dividends for the world’s largest flooring company, its customers, employees and communities. This year’s report, unified under a message that showcases how Mohawk is committed to “Believe in Better,” details how the company is driving innovation through more thoughtful product design and manufacturing.

Mohawk’s 2017 Sustainability Report is available exclusively online at MohawkSustainability.com.

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Responsible Production & Consumption

How Mohawk Group Takes Design Cues from Nature
The Lichen Collection became the first floor covering to achieve Living Product Challenge Petal Certification. Lichen can be found in every color of the rainbow and grows in nearly every ecosystem on earth, thriving on bark, leaves, soil and rock. You might even call it nature’s carpet. That idea inspired Jason McLennan, founder of the Living Product Challenge, who partnered with Mohawk Group to introduce the Lichen modular plank carpet system. The Living Product Challenge is a distinctive certification program by the International Living Future Institute (ILFI) that promotes a philosophy which defines the most advanced measure of sustainability in product manufacturing today. The program requires that products go beyond minimizing footprints to creating positive “handprints” on resources.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

VIDEO | Driving Mohawk’s Passion for Sustainability and Sustainable Business
As Mohawk’s VP of sustainability, George Bandy Jr. is uniquely in touch with how the flooring company’s capabilities and solutions can meet the needs of customers and help them further their sustainability objectives. In this clip, the former chair of the U.S. Green Building Council shares his perspectives and insights about how and why Mohawk and its employees around the world believe in better.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Remembering Harvey and Irma: Mohawk Sends a Deluge of Care
An extraordinary series of hurricanes last year prompted an extraordinary response by Mohawk employees.

Responsible Production & Consumption

How Mohawk Integrates Innovation with Purpose

Sustainable Development Goals

The Quest for Handprints Over Footprints
At one time, the world was focused on leaving a smaller footprint on our planet; we were encouraged to change our lifestyles to take less from Mother Earth. Today companies such as Mohawk, dedicated to making business decisions rooted in corporate social responsibility, talk not just in terms of footprints but in terms of handprints — of giving back more than we take.

Research, Reports & Publications

Partnering Together in Sustainability: A Message from Mohawk's Chairman & CEO
Mohawk’s Jeff Lorberbaum discusses how the flooring company supports customers and employees through our sustainability journey.

Green Infrastructure

A Better Approach to Sustainability Is a Better Approach to Business
Is sustainability really good for business? We at Mohawk have proven the answer is unequivocally yes. We have seen firsthand that being a leader in the flooring industry and being able to leave a handprint — or net positive impact — are not mutually exclusive.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Mohawk’s Commitment to Sustainability: Circular Economy
Why waste it when we can use it? The world’s leading flooring company views waste as an opportunity to create beautiful floor coverings

Research, Reports & Publications

Mohawk Industries 2017 Sustainability Report Showcases Company’s Ongoing Commitment to Believe in Better
The 2017 Sustainability Report released online by Mohawk Industries outlines how business decisions rooted in corporate social responsibility have resulted in great dividends for the world’s largest flooring company, its customers, employees and communities. This year’s report, unified under a message that showcases how Mohawk is committed to “Believe in Better,” details how the company is driving innovation through more thoughtful product design and manufacturing.

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