This week, Shaw unveils
our second slate of organizations to be honored by our 2020
sustain[HUMAN]ability®
Leadership Recognition Program. The nine organizations selected for this
year’s recognition program have displayed tremendous effort and progress to
support the wellbeing of people and the planet amid the unprecedented challenges
of 2020.
Our 2021 slate includes nine organizations — big, multinational corporate
programs; academic innovators; industry-changing initiatives; and groundbreaking
local work.
The organizations Shaw is proud to recognize this year (in alphabetical order):
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Amazon is committed to building a
sustainable business for its customers and the planet. In 2019, Amazon
co-founded and became the first signatory of The Climate
Pledge
— a commitment to be net-zero carbon across its business by 2040, 10 years
ahead of the Paris Agreement. As a continuation of its efforts, in 2020,
Amazon introduced its Climate Pledge
Friendly
program to help customers discover and shop for more sustainable products,
while encouraging its selling partners to prioritize sustainable product
creation.
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Auburn University Rural Studio is an off-campus
design-build program that is part of the School of Architecture, Planning
and Landscape Architecture of Auburn University. The Auburn University
Rural Studio — known for its ethos of recycling, reusing and remaking — is
being recognized for its focus on community need and incorporating
‘healthier materials’ thinking, as it gives architecture students a hands-on
educational experience while assisting under-resourced communities of West
Alabama’s Black Belt.
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Brightworks Sustainability, one of the first
sustainability consulting firms in the United States, is being
recognized for developing a new materials scoring methodology that distills
existing product sustainability standards and attributes into holistic,
comparable numerical scores. This tool makes it easier for manufacturers,
the design industry and design clients to create and select healthier, more
sustainable materials.
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Center for Hard-to-Recycle Materials
(CHaRM) is a premier program of the nonprofit Live Thrive. CHaRM is
being recognized for its permanent drop-off facility that aims to improve
environmental health by encouraging reuse and diverting thousands of pounds
of household hazardous waste, bulky trash and other hard-to-recycle items
from Metro-Atlanta landfills and water systems.
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Green Science Policy Institute works to
facilitate safer use of chemicals to protect human and ecological health.
The organization is being recognized for providing education and building
partnerships among business, government, academia and nonprofits to find
innovative solutions to reduce the use of toxic chemicals.
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HITT Contracting, a leading general contractor,
provides a wide range of construction services from core and shell building
and renovations to interior fit-outs and service work. HITT is being
recognized for its leadership on the development and construction of
Co|Lab — an innovative demonstration facility
that serves as a hub for research and testing of emerging materials,
methods, performance and technology. The building was designed to highlight
circular
design;
focus on healthy, red-list-free material selection; and meet the most
rigorous environmentally sustainable standards.
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Healthier Materials Lab and Library at Parsons School of Design is an interdisciplinary,
international and professionally diverse collective of graduate students,
alumni and faculty; with backgrounds in media, architecture, design,
community development, education and business. The organization is being
recognized for its efforts to raise awareness about toxics in building
products; and create resources for the next generation of designers and
architects to make healthier places for all people to live, especially those
living in poverty.
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The International WELL Building Institute
(IWBI) is a public benefit corporation and
the world’s leading organization focused on deploying people-first
places
to advance a global culture of health. IWBI is being recognized for its
perpetually expanding efforts to mobilize its community through the
administration of the WELL Building Standard and the WELL
Health-Safety Rating, management of the WELL AP credential, the
pursuit of applicable research, the development of educational resources,
and advocacy for policies that promote health and wellbeing everywhere.
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Steelcase
works with leading organizations to create workplaces that help people feel
safe and are productive, inspiring and adaptable with their architecture,
furniture and technology solutions. Steelcase is being recognized for its
research to understand the impact the pandemic has had on what people need
and expect in the office, uncovering the macro shifts driving new ways of
planning and designing the workplace.
As part of this recognition program, Shaw will profile these nine organizations
in a blog series on SustainableBrands.com beginning in April 2021. Learn
more
about the first ten organizations recognized in 2020.
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Vice President of Global Sustainability & Innovation
Shaw Industries
Kellie Ballew is the VP of Global Sustainability for Shaw Industries Group, Inc. — a global provider of sustainable floor coverings and the world’s largest carpet manufacturer. A 25-year company veteran, Kellie has a long history of partnering with Shaw leaders to leverage market insights and technical expertise to inform, influence, and support business decisions.
Published Mar 15, 2021 8am EDT / 5am PDT / 12pm GMT / 1pm CET