ISO 14001 and 9001 Registered

Mannington's Environmental Management System (EMS) was originally third party certified to ISO 14001 in: 

  • 2004 - Commercial tile and commercial inlaid sheet operations located in New Jersey.
  • 2005 - Georgia carpet operation
  • 2009 - Residential sheet operations

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 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, 2012 and our Georgia location in October, 2012.

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

  • Carpets, Calhoun, GA –2012 Zero Deficiencies for ISO 14001.
  • Inlaid and Tile, Salem, NJ – 2012 Zero Deficiencies for ISO 14001 and ISO 9001
  • Residential Sheet, Salem, NJ – 2012 Zero Deficiencies for ISO 14001

In our ISO 14001 EMS, 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 2012 in the Georgia carpet operation, we're focusing on:

  • Retaining product certifications with an ever changing more stringent NSF/ANSI 140 EPP (Environmentally Preferable Products) standard
  • Maintaining the post-consumer recycled content of specific products, while maintaining or improving product quality, durability, and performance
  • Continuing to convert to more environmentally favorable chemicals
  • Net User of Waste >2   
  • Researching dematerialization opportunities while maintaining product quality, durability and performance
  • Improving recycling program
  • Continuing energy management initiatives to meet our corporate energy intensity reduction of 25% in 10 years per our DOE Better Plants Partner commitments.
  • Developing Life Cycle Assessments for certifications, competitive comparison, and internal improvement

For 2012 in the New Jersey residential and commercial sheet and tile operations, we're focusing on:

  • Continuing operational waste reductions 
  • Maintaining product certifications to the NSF/ANSI 332 EPP (Environmentally Preferable Products) standard 
  • Developing new sources of post-consumer recycle material
  • Maintaining 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 our DOE Better Plants Partner commitments.

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

In 2011 the Georgia carpet operation focused on and achieved:

  • Maintained products certified to the NSF/ANSI 140 EPP (Environmentally Preferable Products) standard - Kept 5 platforms at existing levels
  • Maintained the post-consumer recycled content of specific products, while maintaining or improving product quality, durability, and performance - Accomplished & LOOP carpet reclamation rates were also maintained.
  • Continued reductions and more effective management of plant waste stream –Accomplished with nearly an 8% improvement relating solid waste to yards produced. 
  • Changed to more environmentally favorable chemicals – switched several chemical dispensing systems from aerosol to bulk. 
  • Introduced energy management initiatives to meet our corporate energy intensity reduction of 25% in 10 years per DOE Better Plants Partner commitments – 32% energy intensity reduction in 2011 from our base year of 2008

In 2011 the New Jersey resilient and commercial sheet and tile operations focused on and achieved:

  • Continued operational waste reductions - Experienced a slight decrease in 2011 with continued focus in 2012
  • Obtained product certifications to the finalized NSF/ANSI 332EPP (Environmentally Preferable Products) standard – Achieved Gold level certification for 2 platforms (Premium tile and all Inlaid sheet products)
  • Continued using post-consumer recycled content in specific products, while maintaining or improving product quality, durability, and performance – Continued use of recycled content in Premium Tile, Relay RE, & Biospec MD was accomplished.
  • Reduced process energy usage and resulting emissions to meet our corporate energy intensity reduction of 25% in 10 years per DOE Better Plants Partner commitments –4% reduction from 2010 to 2011.