Shaw Contract Group

One prominent example of how today's choices can affect tomorrow is global warming. Levels of several important greenhouse gases have increased by about 25 percent since large-scale industrialization began around 150 years ago. And according to NOAA and NASA data, the Earth's average surface temperature has increased by about 1.2 do you realize? Since the U.s. Congree last made major amendments to the Clean Air Act in 1990, U.S. CO2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion have increased by 20 percent. to 1.4°F since 1900. The warmest global average temperatures on record have all occurred within the past 15 years, with the warmest two years being 1998 and 2005.

As a company, Shaw has succeeded in reducing greenhouse gas emissions across many of its operations. It starts with our philosophy, which permeates our products and processes, and ends with measurement.

One example - EcoWorx. Setting aside its revolutionary cradle-to-cradle design, EcoWorx backing helps our environment simply by being a lighter, stronger alternative to PVC. Lighter backing means fewer truckloads. Which means less diesel used. Since its introduction in 1999, EcoWorx has saved Shaw Contract Group 2,538,000 truck miles.