Georgia Public Service Commission Vice Chairman Tim Echols recently presented Shaw Industries with an Energy Matters Award in the Best Sustainability by a Manufacturing Company category.

“Shaw’s leadership in sustainability is a model for companies across Georgia,” said Echols. “We are proud to have them in our state and look forward to further innovations.”

Shaw is being recognized for its long-standing commitment to sustainability – including recycling carpet and using recycled content (carpet, plastic bottles and more) in its manufacturing processes. Since 2006, the company has reclaimed almost 1 billion pounds of carpet, including its EcoWorx backed carpet tile, which is made and recycled in Bartow County, Georgia – at manufacturing facilities in Adairsville and Cartersville. 

EcoWorx was one of the first products in the world to be Cradle to Cradle Certified, and in 2021 became the first product in the world to achieve Cradle to Cradle Certified Silver under the new, more rigorous version four of the standard. Additionally in 2021, Shaw Industries introduced a new flooring platform constructed with 30 percent post-consumer recycled bottles, taking waste bottles and recycling them into flooring. Each square yard of this product, known as ReWorx, contains an average of 61 post-consumer plastic bottles and is recyclable back into itself.

“Sustainability is about people and the planet," said Kellie Ballew, vice president of global sustainability, Shaw. "Recognizing the connection between the ingredients that go into our products and the health and wellbeing of the planet and its people, our sustain[HUMAN]ability strategy puts people at the heart of all we do.”

For more information, visit sustainHUMANability.com.