Manufacturing a sustainable planet

Beko Home Appliances

Europe’s leading home appliance brand is expanding in the U.S., with products that  use recycled materials, bio-composites, and detergent-saving technologies for sustainable living. It’s mantra: “Healthy living is only possible on a healthy planet.” Ranked 20the on The Real Leaders Top 200 Impact Companies of 2022.

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Weyerhaeuser

Among its sustainability initiatives is this gem: the company entered an agreement with energy company Denbury for the evaluation and potential development of a carbon dioxide sequestration site in Mississippi. Denbury is planning to utilize the site to permanently sequester industrial CO2 in secure underground geologic formations. Weyerhaeuser will continue to manage the timberland acreage as a sustainable working forest.

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AZEK Company

Part of this building material company’s many holdings is Return Polymers, an Ashland, Ohio-based PVC recycling and compounding company. With the 2020 acquisition, AZEK accelerated its sustainability mission by bringing in-house PVC recycling capabilities that will be leveraged by its TimberTech, AZEK Exteriors and Versatex brands and products.

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Leviton

Early in 2023, the electrical wiring company joined the Green Building Initiative as a Visionary member. That means the Melville, N.Y.-based company will make a financial commitment and contribute to shaping future GBI programs, as well as gain educational opportunities focused on sustainability. The company’s UK manufacturing facility has been carbon neutral since 2022, the first in the structured cabling industry. 

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Certainteed

The company’s new new logo (above) and new market mission described as “Futurebuilt,” highlight a resolve to build a more sustainable, comfortable and safer future. One example of a product that provides both sustainability and style is the Landmark Solaris Cool Roof solar-reflective shingles. “It’s critical that the sustainable building materials we make also offer the very best in beauty and style,” the company says on its website.

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Sherwin-Williams

The paint giant’s 2022 sustainability report, “Building on the Good” enhanced sustainability framework introduced in the 2020 report. The company’s effort is focusing on three pillars: Environmental footprint, product blueprint and social imprint. “Our 2021 sustainability report reflects the progress we have made in pursuit of our goals and outlines the steps we are taking that reflect our commitment to continuous improvement in everything we do,” said CEO John Morikis.

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LP Building Solutions

Lydia McWilliams, sustainability specialists, describes the value sustainable forestry. “It  ensures the long-term availability of fiber,  our most critical raw material, while mitigating the impacts of climate change,” she said. “Through replanting and regeneration, young forests absorb more carbon from the atmosphere than older, more mature forests. By ensuring that 100% of our fiber is sustainably sourced, we increase carbon sequestration from the atmosphere.”

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Stanley Black & Decker

The tool giant recently unveiled a noteworthy step in its sustainability journey: the retail launch of the Reviva power tool line. Each tool’s housing is manufactured from 50 percent recycled material. Plus, through a partnership with TerraCycle, Stanley Black & Decker said it is now offering consumers the opportunity to recycle products, like the Reviva line, at the end of the product's useable life cycle.

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