Mohawk Recognized for Environmental Efforts

Mohawk Fine Papers Inc. is now on two of the Environmental Protection Agency’s lists of most sustainable companies. Mohawk ranks 22nd on the EPA’s National Top 25 list of Green Power Partners, and is now on the list of 100% Green Power Purchasers.

The National Top 25 List of Green Power Partners comprises companies that voluntarily purchase green power to reduce their environmental impact while promoting the development and use of renewable energy resources. In addition to Mohawk, companies included on this list are Wells Fargo & Company, U.S. Air Force, and Starbucks.

The 100% Green Power Partners list includes all the EPA Partner organizations that are purchasing 100% green power for their U.S. operations. The combined purchases of the companies on this list amounts to more than 3 billion kWh annually.

Mohawk became a Green Power Partner in 2003, with its initial move to use wind-generated electricity for manufacturing its papers. This year, the company increased its wind power purchase and now offsets 100% of the annual electric power consumption with the purchase of 100 million kWh (kilowatt hours) of renewable energy certificates (RECs).

In addition to voluntarily capping emissions and making significant investments to reduce energy and emissions, Mohawk has set an industry benchmark as the first U.S. mill to make premium papers carbon neutral. Mohawk now manufactures all of its papers with wind power, and its current carbon neutral portfolio includes the entire Strathmore Writing, Strathmore Script, Beckett Concept and Beckett Expression paper lines.