DALLAS—By reducing their carbon footprint 17 percent since 2018, leading tile company sister brands Daltile, Marazzi, and American Olean were key contributors to their parent company, Mohawk Industries, being named to USA Today’s recent “America’s Climate Leaders” list. This Daltile, Marazzi, and American Olean substantial reduction in carbon emissions is just one of many sustainability accomplishments the brands have achieved to date, providing their customers with tile that is not only attractive and durable, but sustainably and responsibly manufactured.
“As a company, we create beautiful tile designs responsibly,” said Paij Thorn-Brooks, Vice President of Marketing, Dal-Tile LLC. “Under our brands’ ‘Our Promise’ sustainability platform, we are focused on creating a more Climate Positive future by being dedicated stewards of our global impact, leveraging our resources to shrink our footprint and reduce our waste.”
The Daltile, Marazzi, and American Olean environmental sustainability efforts include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Over 99 percent of tile collections contain recycled or reclaimed materials.
- On average, North American facilities recover and reuse over 300 million pounds of recycled and/or reclaimed material per year.
- From 2018 to present, carbon footprint has been reduced by 17 percent.
- Overall, 84 percent of all process wastewater in U.S.- and Mexico-based facilities are recovered and reused.
- Measures have prevented over 125 million gallons of wastewater from entering local municipal water treatment facilities annually.
- Energy consumption has been reduced by 11 percent at all sales service centers and distribution facilities.
- Tiles are made from only natural materials: water, clay, sand, feldspar, and other minerals. Tiles contain zero VOCs, zero plastics, zero PVCs, zero allergens, and zero formaldehyde.
- Product-specific EPDs are developed, continued, and maintained. Product-specific HPDs are produced for each of the core companies.
- Over 341 tons of cardboard and office paper have been recycled, averaging 68 tons per year.
- Nine manufacturing facilities have achieved Mohawk’s internal Zero Landfill Certification.
- Six out of 11 of U.S.- and Mexico-based facilities are zero-discharge facilities (meaning they recover and reuse a full 100 percent of their process wastewater).
- Millions of pounds of materials have been sent to state-approved beneficial reuse programs.
