CREAting goals
In 2014, Crossville completed its first energy usage assessment, which led us to create our Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs). At our 5-year update in 2019, Crossville realized a 10% reduction in energy usage, demonstrating that a path of carbon reduction in our facilities and operations was possible.
10% reduction is just a starting point for Crossville. We can and will do more to create less impact on the environment. With this, we announce two goals for the future:
- Short-term goal: Achieve an additional 10% reduction in our tile's global warming potential by 2024.
- Achieve a 30% carbon reduction from the 2014 baseline by 2030.
These goals reflect the changes we believe we can make to our processes to affect our global warming potential (GWP) and total carbon emissions. We are exploring all the ways internally that we can drive energy reduction strategies with changes to products, process improvements, and investigating all quickly evolving technologies that could help Crossville improve energy efficiency.
Over 70% of the impact of our products comes from utility usage. Our gas and electric partners also have goals to reduce their environmental impact. The TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) is striving to become carbon neutral by 2050. As utility companies reduce their impact, it will greatly reduce the carbon footprint of Crossville’s manufacturing process. Crossville will continue to partner with not only our utility suppliers, but all suppliers to collectively reduce our impact.