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When we tell you we are committed to doing the right thing, how do you know what we mean by the right thing? For that matter, how do we know? We turn to the International Organization of Standardization (ISO) for some clarity and measurable standards. ISO sets and maintains all kinds of standards for business and industry, and ISO-certified systems meet management standards that are recognized worldwide.
ISO 14001 specifically monitors actions that may affect the environment, to ensure that they are understood, planned, controlled and checked. This certification is a path to continual improvement through rigorously documented steps toward specific environmental goals. Certification (also sometimes called "registration") also includes significant training and system auditing, so all those involved are aware of and can improve upon their actions.
Mannington has implemented ISO 14001 for the environment at our Georgia carpet operation and in New Jersey at our commercial tile and commercial inlaid sheet operations. We have also implemented ISO 9001 for quality control in our New Jersey tile and inlaid sheet operation and our North Carolina laminate operation. The result is a highly organized and structured approach that ensures the efficient, effective management and continual improvement of our environmental and quality systems.
This third party certification is focused on the way we run the entire facility, so it means we have ISO certified plants, not ISO certified products. However, we do expect product quality to improve, and our environmental footprint to decrease, as a result of these efforts.
As ISO standards require rigorous system verification, a third party registrar most recently audited our New Jersey location in October of 2007 and our Georgia location in November of 2007. Our laminate operation in North Carolina was audited in May, 2008 to ISO 9001. The specific findings from our auditors, NSF, are:
Carpets, Calhoun, GA – Zero Nonconformities for ISO 14001.
Inlaid and Tile, Salem, NJ – Zero Nonconformities for ISO 14001 and Two Minor ISO 9001 Nonconformities:
- Criteria for re-evaluation of suppliers have not been established as required in section 7.4.1 - Purchasing process.
- A weigh scale was not calibrated as required in section 7.6 - Control of measuring and monitoring devices.
- 1. Control of an external document was not effective as required in section 4.2.3 f) – Purchasing process.
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 2008 in the Georgia carpet operation, we're focusing on:
- Increasing products certified to the NSF 140-2007 EPP (Environmentally Preferable Products) standard
- Maintaining total carpet SKU count, while expanding product offerings
- Meeting or exceeding production efficiency goals
- Increasing modular backing options
- Increasing the 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 water reduction and energy management initiatives
- Continuing operational waste reductions
- Obtaining product certifications to the draft NSF 332 EPP (Environmentally Preferable Products) standard
- Increasing the recycled content (including post-consumer) of specific products, while maintaining or improving product quality, durability, and performance
- Reducing process energy usage and resulting emissions
- Increasing focus on energy management and greenhouse gas emissions
