Shaw Industries Group, Inc. (Shaw) has released its 2023
corporate sustainability report, the company's 16th annual
reporting of its efforts focused on people and the planet. The
report details the company's progress toward its 2030 goal to
optimize all products in alignment with Cradle to Cradle® design
principles and showcases Shaw's commitment to creating a better
future.
DALTON,
Ga., May 1, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/
-- Shaw Industries Group, Inc. (Shaw) has released its 2023
corporate sustainability report, the company's 16th annual
reporting of its efforts focused on people and the planet. The
report details the company's progress toward its 2030 goal to
optimize all products in alignment with Cradle to Cradle® design
principles and showcases Shaw's commitment to creating a better
future.
"Being a leader in flooring and surface
solutions means more than just providing products and services –
it's about prioritizing people." - Kellie
Ballew, Shaw Chief Sustainability & Innovation
Officer
"Being a leader in flooring and surface solutions means more
than just providing products and services – it's about prioritizing
people," notes Kellie Ballew, chief
sustainability and innovation officer at Shaw. "Our
sustain[HUMAN]ability® strategy puts people at the center of all we
do because we recognize that it takes a focus on people and the
planet to create the better future we all seek."
Shaw's historic strength in flooring and emerging expertise in
adjacent markets allow the company to provide customers with
differentiated solutions through a range of products, services, and
technologies. Shaw President and CEO Tim
Baucom shares, "One example of our continued diversification
is our controlling interest in Watershed Geo, and its innovative,
patented renewable energy solutions. Their branded PowerCapTM
technology supplies low profile, high output solar arrays on top of
landfills, coal ash closures, and rooftops — turning liabilities or
underused sloped spaces into renewable energy assets."
Other key progress noted in the report includes:
- As Shaw's portfolio of products continues to evolve, almost 90
percent of the products the company makes are Cradle to Cradle
Certified®.
- In 2023, thanks in large part to Shaw's commitment to Cradle to
Cradle, the company became the first flooring solutions provider to
obtain Works with WELL™ – for its EcoWorx® products worldwide.
- Shaw continued to reduce its operational carbon footprint -- by
57 percent compared to 2010.
- Shaw's investment in wind and solar energy aims to further
minimize its Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions.
- Shaw has recycled almost a billion pounds of carpet since
2006.
- More than 75 percent of the company's allowable spend is with
small and diverse businesses – up from an already impressive 60
percent in 2022. Allowable spend is domestic (U.S.) spend in
categories in which there are domestic small or diverse suppliers
available to meet Shaw needs.
- Shaw provided more than 1 million hours of training and
education to our associates and customers yet again in 2023.
- Shaw and its associates donated approximately $6.9 million to charitable causes last
year.
The full report can be read or downloaded at
https://shawinc.com/2023sustainabilityreport.
ABOUT SHAW
Shaw Industries Group, Inc. is a leader in flooring and other
surface solutions designed for residential housing, commercial
spaces and outdoor environments. Leveraging strengths in design,
innovation and operational excellence, the company takes a
people-centered, customer-focused, and growth-minded approach to
meet diverse market needs. It creates differentiated customer
experiences through its expansive portfolio of brands: Anderson
Tuftex, COREtec, Shaw Floors, Patcraft, Philadelphia Commercial,
Shaw Contract, Shaw Sports Turf, Shawgrass, Southwest Greens,
Watershed Geo and more.
Headquartered in Dalton,
Georgia, Shaw is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire
Hathaway, Inc. with more than $6
billion in annual sales and 18,000 associates
worldwide.
Media Contact
Dana Hartline, HL Strategy,
770-823-9717, dana@hlstrategy.com
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