This is more than flooring.
While carbon offsets are a step in the right direction, they are not enough on their own to combat the effects of climate change.
We need to take a holistic approach and focus on embodied carbon and carbon emissions.
By addressing both, we’re not just offsetting our impact — we’re actively working to reduce it. Being neutral is not enough.
It is more than a product or process or specification or a company buying carbon credits.
It is more than designing things that are good for the earth — what we’re taking away from it and what we’re giving back.
It is more than material health or circular economy or diversity or carbon impact.
And it is more than being carbon neutral.
We will work with you to reduce our carbon footprint once and for all.
Because neutral is not enough.
People Together, Planet Forever is our promise.
Neutral is not enough is our call to action.
We are one planet. We cannot afford to be neutral. We must make changes and take action together.
PVC-Free
Our PVC-free sheet and tile are made with renewable content, including rapeseed, canola, and castor oils. Optimised for low embodied carbon and is carbon neutral. Free of ortho-phthalates, chlorine and solvents. Cradle To Cradle Certified® Silver and achieves Greenhealth Approved certification through Health Care Without Harm.
Carbon Impact
Our planet has finite resources. Together we have the capability to make sure we are never taking more than we are giving back.
Low Embodied Carbon | Carbon Neutral. We offer a broad portfolio of products that are carbon neutral and optimised for low embodied carbon. Shaw Industries has achieved carbon neutrality in our commercial carpet operations (since 2018).
Diversity & Inclusion
All humans are equal. Together, we will proactively create and promote opportunities that give everybody an equal footing in life. Mike Ford + Shaw Contract Rug and Broadloom Collection. We are donating a portion of the collection’s proceeds to Mike Ford’s Hip Hop Architecture camps. The camps empower underrepresented youth. Not only do they foster an interest in A&D, but they also use design as a tool to advance equity, justice, and inclusion within the camps’ communities.
Material Health
Materials are the skin of our interiors. Healthy materials create healthy environments that have a direct impact on our health and wellbeing.
re[TURN]
We Want it Back.
At the end of its useful life, we will reclaim and recycle EcoWorx® backed carpet tile, Shaw Manufactured Resilient and ReWorx at no cost to you.* Other Commercial Carpet Types can be recycled at a cost. Since 2006, we have recycled 450,000,000 kg of post-consumer carpet reducing landfill waste through our re[TURN] Reclamation Program.
*Restrictions apply see shawcontract.com/en-AU/Sustainability/re-TURN for guidelines.
We are Design Optimists.
At the heart of Shaw Contract, we create products and solutions that positively impact people and the planet.