What is Mohawk doing to reduce its impact on climate change?
We support and promote the efforts of the Forest Stewardship Council, Rainforest Alliance, and other environmental organizations that are fighting deforestation and illegal logging. We have made significant investments to conserve energy and reduce fuel consumption. We voluntarily replaced the New York steam plants with low–emission natural gas–fired boilers, which immediately reduced fuel consumption by 14% and reduced combustion emissions by 43%. Our NY mills have also decreased energy use per ton of paper by 12.5% over the past 5 years. We are a national leader in the support of emission–free wind energy. Mohawk Fine Papers purchases RECs to match 100% of the electric power required for all our operations. We offset fleet mileage (company trucks plus leased cars) with carbon offsets. As of May 1, 2007, Mohawk’s fleet of five trucks has been converted over to a biodiesel fuel mix, which reduced unburned hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, and particulate matter when compared with emission
