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Our Commitment to

Sustainability

Sustainability—Core to Our Culture

At Milliken, we believe that a healthy enterprise and healthy Earth are (EPD’s) that are third party certified by Underwriters Laboratory
vitally linked. We care about and respect each other, our customers and (UL).
the world we share.
• Zero waste to the landfill from our Milliken US carpet manufacturing
While we hold ourselves accountable to the highest ethical standards, we facilities since 1992.
derive our greatest satisfaction from creating innovations that help solve • All Milliken Carpet products are 3rd party certified NSF-140 Gold
the world’s problems at a human level by, adding value to people’s lives, or Platinum.
improving health & safety, and making this world sustainable.
• All U.S. plants are certified as OSHA VPP STAR Sites
One of our most recent sustainability drivers includes the introduction of
a Landfill Diversion Program, simple means for customers to divert old • All carpet manufacturing sites are ISO-14001 Certified—the highest
carpet from landfills. global standard for environmental responsibility.

Additionally: • First US carpet manufacturer to obtain carpet manufacturing
certification for the ISO 9000 Series Standard for quality.
• All Milliken Carpet products are free of the 15 Red List chemicals
defined in the Living Building Challenge • Continuous improvement for reduction of energy and water
consumption for carpet manufacturing ongoing since 1980’s.
• 52% of the energy used in the manufacture of our carpet is
renewable through company owned hydroelectric facilities and local
landfill methane gas harvesting.

• Product Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) are used for New Product
Development. Milliken has used the Design for Environment (DfE)
process for our commercial carpet products since 2002.
• Our polyurethane backed cushion increases the life of carpet more For an extensive look into Milliken’s sustainability
than 40%. efforts, visit millikenfloors.com and view our 2016
Sustainability Report.
• All Milliken products have Environmental Product Declarations

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