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Milliken’s Five Pillars of Sustainability

Our five pillars of sustainability—products, end of life, operations, environmental health and safety, and
transparency—support initiatives that hold our organization accountable to the global community for the

impact we have on the Earth.

1. Product 4. Transparency
Milliken is dedicated to designing innovative products and Milliken has also demonstrated a commitment to
solutions for our customers that minimize environmental impact. transparency by disclosing the components of our
commercial carpet tile products through Declare®, a
Milliken designs: voluntary labeling program and database operated by the
• Products with the maximum amount of recycled content International Living Future Institute™, and complies with the
Red List Imperative of the Living Building Challenge™.
• Products and services that maximize their useful life
5. End of Life
• Products that are easily recycled at the end of their useful life
Milliken takes responsibility for the end of life of our products
Additionally, Milliken is utilizing the world’s first and only 100% and for any competitors’ products we replace. We work with
recycled polymer in our solution-dyed nylon collections.
our strategic partners to divert old carpet from landfills and
2. Operations into the most appropriate application, while reducing the
impact on our Earth.
Milliken manufactures products via methods that are beyond
compliance to regulation by continual reduction of the
environmental impact of our operations.

3. Environmental Health and Safety

The safety and well being of the associates in our workforce is
paramount. We exceed expectations in compliance around the
globe by setting benchmarks for efficiency and safety.

A Strong Heritage

1900 1912 1960 1962 1971 1981
First Recycling Policy First investment in Roger Milliken formally Milliken opens waste Milliken began tracking Milliken Forestry
Published renewable energy mandates that Milliken water treatment plants, and managing water & Division Formed
responsibly make use of before EPA exists energy use
natural resources

2005 1992 1990 1986
Began harvesting Zero Waste to landfill Published formal World's first PVC-Free
landfill Methane Policy initiated Global Environmental Carpet Tile
for energy Policy

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