In recognition of Earth Day 2025, sister brands Daltile, Marazzi and American Olean are highlighting some of the many sustainable features of their products, processes, and company ethos.
“As a company, we strive to create beautiful tile designs responsibly. Our team is continuously focused on demanding the very best from ourselves as we lead by example with sustainable choices and business practices that are grounded in integrity and responsibility,” said Paij Thorn-Brooks, vice president of marketing, Dal-Tile LLC. “Our brands’ ‘Our Promise’ sustainability platform outlines our commitment to three key pillars: our planet, our people, and transparent business practices. Under ‘Our Promise,’ we are focused on creating a more Climate Positive present and future by being dedicated stewards of our global impact, leveraging our resources to shrink our footprint and reduce our waste. Not only do we strive as a company to encourage sustainable activity around Earth Day, but we are keenly focused on this effort 365 days a year via a myriad of environmental sustainability efforts.”
In addition to the positive sustainability fact that tile has the lowest carbon footprint of any installed flooring over the life of the product – the Daltile, Marazzi and American Olean environmental sustainability efforts also include, but are not limited to, the following:
• 0% — Our tiles are made from only natural materials: water, clay, sand, feldspar, and other minerals. Our tiles contain zero VOCs, zero PVCs, zero allergens, and zero formaldehyde.
• 99% — Over 99% of our tile collections contain recycled or reclaimed materials.
• 300 million — On average, our North American facilities recover and reuse over 300 million pounds of recycled and/or reclaimed material per year.
• 17% — 2018 to present we have reduced our carbon footprint by 17%.
• 84% — Overall, we recover and reuse 84% of all process wastewater generated in our manufacturing plants to make tile products.
• 125 million — Our measures have prevented over 125 million gallons of wastewater from entering local municipal water treatment facilities.
• 11% — We have reduced energy consumption by 11% at all of our company-owned Sales Service Centers and distribution facilities.
• We have developed and continue to maintain product-specific EPDs. We have also produced product-specific HPDs for each of our core companies.
“Our commitment to having a positive impact on the world around us will continue to be one of the core pillars of our business,” concluded Thorn-Brooks.
