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Carbon Impact

Our planet has finite resources. We aspire to give back more than we take and continually innovate on ways to address climate change.

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EcoSolution Q100™ Nylon

EcoSolution Q100™ is a high performance 100% recycled content nylon fiber* Products with EcoSolution Q100™ have low embodied carbon as reflected in the EC3 tool and are carbon neutral.

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Living Systems

This collection, featuring EcoSolution Q100™, is optimized for low embodied carbon and carbon neutral. Every square yard of Shaw Contract flooring with EcoSolution Q100 fiber reduces the carbon impact by 42%, versus traditional carpet tile.

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Our Product Carbon Footprint

We continuously innovate to find ways to lower our carbon impact. This includes optimizing operations, materials and products, to reduce our operational and embodied carbon footprint. Learn more about how we calculate our operational and embodied carbon footprint, as well as our efforts toward carbon neutrality.

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

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

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

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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.

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

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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.

*allocated from pre-consumer resources

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People Together, Planet Forever

When we talk about sustainability we join the causes of people and planet together, social and environmental concerns combined.