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 October of 2009 and our Georgia location in November of 2009. 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 –2009 - Zero Nonconformities for ISO 14001.

Inlaid, Tile, and Residential Sheet, Salem, NJ – 2009 - Zero Nonconformities for ISO 14001 and two minor ISO 9001 nonconformities:

  • Document control is not effective as required in 4.3.2 – Tile Operation
    Calibration is not effective as required in 7.6 – PT Operations.

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 2010 in the Georgia carpet operation, we're focusing on:

  • Maintaining products certified to the NSF 140-2009 EPP (Environmentally Preferable Products) standard
  • Increasing the post-consumer recycled content of specific products, while maintaining or improving product quality, durability, and performance
  • Continuing reductions and more effective management of plant waste streams
  • Implementing a variety of process water reductions
  • Introducing energy management initiatives to meet our corporate energy intensity reduction of 25% in 10 years per DOE Save Energy Now LEADER commitments.

For 2010 in the New Jersey residential and commercial sheet and tile operations, we're focusing on:

  • Continuing operational waste reductions 
  • Obtaining product certifications to the finalized NSF 332-2009 EPP (Environmentally Preferable Products) standard 
  • Increasing the post-consumer recycled content of specific products, while maintaining or improving product quality,  durability, and performance 
  • 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.

For 2009 the Georgia carpet operation focused on and achieved:

  • Increasing products certified to the NSF 140-2007e EPP (Environmentally Preferable Products) standard – added two new platforms in 2009 (rEvolve and Integra HP RE)
  • Increasing the recycled content of specific products, while maintaining or improving product quality, durability, and performance - continuing work in 2010
  • Continuing reductions and more effective management of plant waste streams – continuing work in 2010
  • Implementing a variety of water reduction and energy management initiatives – total water usage down 6%, energy intensity down nearly 17% and Phase I of lighting project complete
  • Documenting greenhouse gas inventory for corporate wide GHG baseline – 2007 & 2008 GHG reports completed and inventory will continue for 2009
    For 2009 in the New Jersey commercial sheet and tile operations:
  • Continuing operational waste reductions - VCT reduced 42%; PT reduced 45%; Inlaid reduced <1%
  • Retaining product certifications to the draft NSF 332 EPP (Environmentally Preferable Products) standard – Achieved 2 platforms (Premium Tile and all Inlaid Products)
  • Increasing the recycled content (including post-consumer) of specific products, while maintaining or improving product quality, durability, and performance – Introduced Premium Tile products with 25% post-consumer recycled content
  • Reducing process energy usage and resulting emissions – Energy intensity down nearly 3% and warehouse lighting project complete
  • Increasing focus on energy management and greenhouse gas emissions – Energy reduction initiatives underway through energy champions
  • Documenting greenhouse gas inventory for corporate wide GHG baseline - 2007 and 2008 reports for GHG completed and inventory continued in 2009

These continual improvement systems are making us better and will continue to be used beyond 2010. In 2009, we also expanded our ISO 14001 Environmental Management System to the residential sheet operations in New Jersey. We accomplished many good things last year as shown below.