Mohawk Joins Climate Pledge
Commercial
flooring manufacturer Mohawk
Group has joined the Climate
Pledge, an effort launched by Amazon
and Global
Optimism with the aim of accelerating climate action above and
beyond the goals set out in the Paris
Agreement.
The Climate Pledge, launched in 2019, aims for carbon neutrality by
2040, 10 years ahead of the Paris Agreement. It includes three
commitments: regular reporting, carbon elimination and meaningful,
credible carbon offsets. Signatories to the pledge as of this writing
number more than 200 and represent more than $1.8 trillion in annual
revenues — a little more than 2.1% of the gross world product (as
of 2020) and are "expected to collectively mitigate 1.98 billion
metric tons (BMT) of carbon emissions from a 2020 baseline. This is
equivalent to 5.4% of current global annual emissions." In
September alone, 83 companies joined the pledge, including Procter &
Gamble, HP and Salesforce.
According to Mohawk: "Mohawk Group has already begun
implementing major manufacturing changes to eliminate its carbon
footprint, striving toward a holistic improvement of its flooring's
lifecycle to reduce the amounts of water, energy, carbon and waste
involved in the process. As of 2022, all Mohawk Group flooring
products will be carbon neutral plus an additional 5% carbon offset;
the group’s carpet tile already meets this goal. With this new
initiative, all Mohawk Group hard surface and soft surface floors
will have a net positive impact on climate."
Further details about the Climate Pledge can be found at
theclimatepledge.com.