ISO 14001 and 9001 Registered

Mannington's Environmental Management System (EMS) was originally third party certified to ISO 14001 in 2004 at our commercial tile and commercial inlaid sheet operations located in New Jersey. Then in 2005, our Georgia carpet operation became certified. In 2009, residential sheet operations became certified to ISO 14001. This certification now includes the entire manufacturing facility in New Jersey. Each facility has successfully completed all annual recertification and surveillance audits.

Our Quality Management System (QMS) has been third party certified to ISO 9001 in our North Carolina laminate operation since 2003 and our New Jersey tile and inlaid sheet operation since 2004. Each facility has successfully completed all annual recertification and surveillance audits. The result is a highly organized and structured approach that ensures the efficient, effective management and continual improvement of our environmental and quality systems.

As required by the ISO standards, rigorous system verification was conducted by our third party registrar. The New Jersey location was most recently audited in September, 2010 and our Georgia location in October, 2010. Our laminate operation in North Carolina was most recently audited in June, 2010 to ISO 9001.

The most recent findings from the third party registrar, NSF, are:

Carpets, Calhoun, GA –2010 Zero Nonconformities for ISO 14001.

Inlaid, Tile, and Residential Sheet, Salem, NJ – 2010 Zero Nonconformities for ISO 14001 and ISO 9001

Laminate, High Point, NC – 2010 - One minor ISO 9001 Nonconformity:

  • Internal Auditing Process is not effective as required in 8.2.2

We have promptly addressed and corrected all audit findings.

In our ISO 14001 environmental managements systems, we evaluate the significant
environmental aspects and impacts of our activities, products, and services at least
annually and establish specific objectives and targets for continual improvement.

For 2011 in the Georgia carpet operation, we're focusing on:

  • Retaining products certification levels to the more stringent NSF/ANSI 140-2010 EPP (Environmentally Preferable Products) standard
  • Maintaining the post-consumer recycled content of specific products, while maintaining or improving product quality, durability, and performance
  • Investigating use of more environmentally favorable chemicals
  • Researching dematerialization opportunities while maintaining product quality, durability and performance
  • Continuing reductions and more effective management of plant waste streams
  • Implementing a variety of process water reductions
  • Continuing energy management initiatives to meet our corporate energy intensity reduction of 25% in 10 years per DOE Save Energy Now LEADER commitments.

For 2011 in the New Jersey residential and commercial sheet and tile operations, we're focusing on:

  • Continuing operational waste reductions 
  • Maintaining product certifications to the finalized NSF/ANSI 332-2010 EPP (Environmentally Preferable Products) standard 
  • Developing new sources of post-consumer recycle material
  • Increasing the post-consumer recycled content of specific products, while maintaining or improving product quality,  durability, and performance 
  • Continuing reductions of process energy usage and resulting emissions to meet our corporate energy intensity reduction of 25%  in 10 years per DOE Save Energy Now LEADER commitments.

We accomplished many good things last year, as shown below:

For 2010 the Georgia carpet operation focused on and achieved:

  • Maintaining products certified to the NSF/ANSI 140-2010 EPP (Environmentally Preferable Products) standard - Kept 5 platforms at existing levels
  • Increasing the post-consumer recycled content of specific products, while maintaining or improving product quality, durability, and performance - Ongoing
  • Continuing reductions and more effective management of plant waste stream – Looking for other recycle options
  • Changing to more environmentally favorable chemicals - Continuing into 2011
  • Introducing energy management initiatives to meet our corporate energy intensity reduction of 25% in 10 years per DOE Save Energy Now LEADER commitments - 10% energy intensity reduction in 2010 vs. 2009

For 2010 the New Jersey resilient and commercial sheet and tile operations focused on and achieved:

  • Continuing operational waste reductions - Slipped a bit but back on track for 2011
  • Obtaining product certifications to the finalized NSF/ANSI 332-2010 EPP (Environmentally Preferable Products) standard - Gold level for 2 platforms (Premium tile and all Inlaid sheet products)
  • Increasing the post-consumer recycled content of specific products, while maintaining or improving product quality, durability, and performance - Used over 9 million lbs.
  • Reducing process energy usage and resulting emissions to meet our corporate energy intensity reduction of 25% in 10 years per DOE Save Energy Now LEADER commitments - due to colder weather, reduced productivity, and increased use of on site co-generation plant our energy intensity increased slightly in 2010.