Employee Work Highlights Commitment to Corporate Sustainability Through Weekend Cleanups Nationwide
VACAVILLE, CA (September 20, 2023) – All Weather Insulated Panels (AWIP) celebrated its company-wide Planet Passionate Day on Friday, Sept. 15, with employee cleanup efforts at its three continuous line production plants across the United States.
Planet Passionate is AWIP’s 10-year global sustainability program dedicated to driving energy and carbon out of its business operations while increasing its recycling of rainwater and waste and becoming more involved in the circular economy.
Over 100 AWIP employees gathered at the company’s continuous line production facilities in Vacaville, Calif., Little Rock, Ark., and East Stroudsburg, Pa., to conduct restoration efforts including park and highway cleanups and other volunteer work. Additionally, AWIP staff in Pittsburgh joined the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy for volunteer work at Highland Park.
“The Planet Passionate program at All Weather Insulated Panels plays an important role in everything that we do, from manufacturing sustainable building products to using renewable energy at each of our continuous line production facilities,” said Maggie Sexton, AWIP sustainability manager. “Our company-wide cleanup efforts on Planet Passionate Day are just the latest example of our commitment to sustainability.”
AWIP prioritizes innovation in its products, like OneDek®, a high performance, transformative alternative to traditional low-slope roof systems. With a streamlined supply chain for simplified planning, materials and labor, OneDek’s sustainable design eliminates traditional components to reduce landfill waste at the job site.
The company is on track for all three of its production line facilities to use renewable energy, with a target of 30% of total energy use to come from renewable sources in 2023. Site plans for solar PV roof panels at its Vacaville and East Stroudsburg plants are underway.
AWIP’s commitment to reducing its carbon footprint also extends to its suite of digital tools that minimize waste in production and at the job site. These digital technologies, including AWIP’s online BIM Configurator, enable customers to make decisions based on a products’ sustainability and lifetime performance. AWIP supports continuous improvement regarding product transparency and is working to improve the embodied carbon and Global Warming Potential (GWP) of its product-specific Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs).
From a personnel perspective, AWIP recently promoted Charles Schafer to Director of Marketing & Sustainability. In his new role, Schafer will be responsible for developing and implementing marketing strategies that support AWIP’s focus on sustainability.
“I am proud to now be overseeing AWIP’s sustainability efforts as we continue to forge ahead with our Planet Passionate goals,” said Schafer. “We have already made so much progress and I look forward to seeing our sustainable solutions continue to improve the communities where we work and live.”
AWIP’s Planet Passionate Communities initiative empowers employees to volunteer their time and energy toward park, beach and river cleanups, school recycling programs and tree planting. The company also participates in the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon.
For more information on AWIP’s sustainability efforts, click here.