Shaw is committed to transparency and to thorough and independent verification of the environmental and material health impacts of our products. The programs in which we participate include:
The Cradle to Cradle Certified® Products Program is among the most rigorous in the world. Cradle to Cradle focuses on material health, product circularity, clean air & climate protection, water & soil stewardship, and social fairness. Cradle to Cradle Certified products are verified by the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute to include only chemicals and components that are safe for human contact, and that can be recycled or reused. Almost 90% of the products Shaw manufactures are Cradle to Cradle Certified (based upon sales).
Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) are reports that communicate the environmental impacts of a product across all phases of its lifecycle - from raw material extraction, manufacturing, and distribution to product use and end of life. Shaw has third-party verified EPDs for the vast majority of our commercial and residential carpets.
FloorScore® is a leading indoor air quality certification for hard surface products developed by SCS Global Servies in partnership with the Resilient Floor Covering Institute. It verifies that flooring products meet strict VOC emission requirements. All of Shaw’s resilient flooring products are FloorScore certified.
GREENGUARD Certification, conducted by UL Environment, verifies that products meet some of the worlds most rigorous and comprehensive standards for low emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) into indoor air. All of Shaw’s hardwood and laminate flooring is GREENGUARD certified.
Green Label Plus is an independent testing program of the Carpet and Rug Institute that verifies low volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions for carpet, adhesive and cushion products. All Shaw carpet products meet this standard.
Health Product Declarations (HPDs) are a standard report format for the transparent disclosure of product content and associated health information for building products and materials.The majority of Shaw’s commercial products are covered with an HPD and can be located on the brand websites at
ShawContract.com,
Patcraft.com and
PhiladelphiaCommercial.com.
ILFI Declare is an ingredients label program for building products from the International Living Future Institute. It requires manufacturers to ensure that they are free of Red List chemicals and materials, which are known to pose serious risks to human health and the greater ecosystem. EcoWorx
® carpet tile, EcoWorx™ Resilient, bio-based resilient, and StrataWorx
® carpet tile are all registered through the Declare program.
NSF/ANSI 140 is a sustainability assessment for carpet that focuses on quantifiable metrics covering public health and environment; energy and energy efficiency; biobased, recycled, and environmentally preferable content materials; manufacturing, reclamation, and end-of-life management and innovation. All EcoWorx carpet tile and broadloom products, along with all Ultraloc, Stalok, and Classicbac broadlooms with nylon face fibers are NSF 140 Gold Certified.