For more than 20 years we have invested in material health with our EcoWorx® PVC-free carpet tile backing, the first flooring product to be Cradle to Cradle Certified®.

And it is Shaw’s goal to have 100% of products Cradle to Cradle Certified by 2030.

Kilograms of materials assessed for Material Health in 2020.

Certification for EcoWorx® and EcoLogix® backing with EcoSolution Q® fibre

All of our resilient LVT products are 100% phthalate-free and Floor Score certified. We continue to invest in PVC-free resilient and hybrid flooring products and innovate new materials including bio-based and other PVCfree materials.

Sound Advisor is a patented tool developed by Shaw Industries to analyse and select the best product for clients’ environments based on acoustics. Good sound levels are essential for the health and wellness of people in the space.

Through the re[TURN]® Reclamation Program and recycling EcoWorx we can make our buildings our future source of raw materials.

That bottle that you recycled yesterday could be in our EcoLogix® backing tomorrow.

EcoLogix® is Cradle to Cradle Certified  Bronze and offers high post-consumer recycled content — from the green polyester needled pad, improved acoustics, and cushion underfoot.

PET Hybrid is a new flooring material, made from 40% post-consumer PET. This highly durable product is 4 mm thick and can be installed side-by-side with most EcoWorx® carpet tiles with no need for transitions.

We have a dedicated team of local staff to service each state in Australia. With no redundancies or reduced hours due to Covid, we're proudly human-centric as one of our key guiding principles

Supporting the Australian economy is extremely important to our business. We have two stunning local showrooms designed by leading Australian firms, local logistics inventory on an impressive scale, local testing and partnerships with Australian vendors, plus we're dedicated to upskilling our staff with award-winning global training resources.

With over 350,000 square metres of flooring options stocked locally within Australia, we’ll help keep your project on time, every time.

We love celebrating Australian design on the global stage. Our annual Design Awards program is our chance to recognise the spaces that shape and inspire new ways of working, learning, and healing. To date, Shaw Contract has awarded almost $40,000 (AUD) to Australian non-profit and charitable organisations as part of our annual Design Awards program.

World Green Building Council | Health & Wellbeing Framework Supporter | Global Day for People+Planet

Green Building Council of Australia, Living Future Institute Australia, 15 Trees, NSW Rural Fire Service, Animal Protection Society of WA, The Big Umbrella, Ronald McDonald House Charities, Every Little Bit Helps, Sydney Blanket Patrol, Australian Red Cross

EcoSolution Q100™ is a high performance nylon fibre with 100% pre-consumer content.* Products with EcoSolution Q100™ have low embodied carbon as reflected in the EC3 tool.

We also have reduced our greenhouse gas (GHG) intensity by 40% compared to 2010 (per pound of finished product).

As a result of Shaw’s investments to help reduce our energy and GHG impact, we have cut our Scope 1 & 2 emissions by more than half since our 2010 baseline.

Shaw has achieved carbon neutrality in our commercial carpet operations (since 2018).

Shaw Contract joined this momentous effort in September 2018, and we report our progress annually.

In 2013, Shaw installed a 1 megawatt solar array atop its carpet tile manufacturing facility in Cartersville, GA (Plant 15), which generates enough clean energy to power 100 homes in Georgia annually.