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1. Eliminate Waste |
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Bentley Prince Street is well on the path to our goal of eliminating waste in all areas of our business. Our QUEST program (Quality Utilizing Employee Suggestions & Teamwork) identifies, measures and reduces waste. And the over $57 million in cumulative avoided costs from waste elimination activities through 2006 will help finance new technologies and equipment to save even more.
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2. Benign Emissions |
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Bentley Prince Street has been working to eliminate harmful emissions for over a decade. As the largest commercial carpet manufacturer in California, our goal is to have no negative or toxic effect on natural systems. Customers can purchase climate neutral Cool Carpet™ products, meaning that the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions emitted during the lifecycle of the product are offset or balanced through the purchase of certified carbon offset credits.
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3. Renewable Energy
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Bentley Prince Street leads the interiors product industry in energy renewability and efficiency. All (100%) of the electrical energy used at the Bentley Prince Street facility in City of Industry is made renewable through a combination of green tag purchases and electricity that is generated from our own on-site photovoltaic array.
We're also focused on improvements that reduce our energy needs. Bentley Prince Street has increased process efficiencies--and created new energy efficient systems--to drop energy use per unit of product output by 35%.
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4. Closed Loop
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All of Bentley Prince Street’s products contain varying amounts of recycled content. In addition, we continue to develop innovative products such as those that are engineered using re-purposed post-production "waste" yarn to manufacture first-quality broadloom and carpet tile.
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5. Efficient Transportation |
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We offset the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions associated with our fuel purchases for business travel through the Cool Fuel™ program. Our fuel provider awards corporate rebates based on gallons of fuel purchased and we use those rebates to purchase certified carbon offset credits from a balanced portfolio of CO2 carbon offset projects. In addition, with one of the industry's largest and most comprehensive vertical manufacturing facilities, twenty percent of our employees use alternative transportation to commute to work: carpool, walking, riding a bike, or public transportation.
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6. Integrated Sustainability |
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The extended Bentley Prince Street community involves our suppliers, customers and families in a self-sustaining ecosystem where confrontation is replaced with cooperation.
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7. Redesigned Commerce |
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Bentley Prince Street is creating new methods of delivering value to customers, changing our purchasing practices and supporting initiatives to bring about market-based incentives for sustainable commerce.
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