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Degrees of Efficiency

Being good stewards across our operations.

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Streamlining Sustainably
We strive for operational excellence, working smarter and more sustainably to consume fewer resources, generate less waste and ensure simpler, safer processes. With a mindset of continuous improvement, our global operations are evaluated for efficiency and impact on the environment. And, we're strengthening our goals and metrics to actively reduce our ecological footprint, while making responsible decisions that benefit us all.

Our 2025 Commitment to Responsible Processes

 By 2025, Rheem® will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50% and achieve zero waste to landfill in its global manufacturing operations.

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Here & Everywhere

Click on a city below to watch a video that details how we’re tracking against our Zero Waste To Landfill goals.

Better at Every Step

Throughout our production process, we’ve identified four key areas to focus our efficiency efforts. These are the areas in which we think we can have the most impact—at lowering our impact on the planet.
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Consume Less Energy
Making millions of pieces of heating, cooling and water heating equipment requires a lot of energy, but we’re always seeking ways to use less—from lighting improvements to more efficient forklifts—so we can build more responsibly.

Conserve Water
Throughout the production of our equipment, water is a critical component, but we’re constantly making improvements to use less, waste none and ensure nothing that shouldn’t be in streams and rivers ends up there.

Reduce Waste
Through programs like our Go Zero initiative beginning at our Mexicali plant, at every facility, we’re constantly scanning for waste—both in processes and production—so we can find ways to avoid it or use it for something else.

Transport Efficiently
Moving equipment from our factories to our distributors and retail partners is an inherently not green yet necessary part of the process—but we’re working with the EPA’s SmartWay® program to identify ways to make distribution more sustainable.

Tour One of Our Most Efficient Factories

Our Fort Smith, AR, plant is a modern marvel of sustainable operations. And we’ve recently made improvements that have made it even more efficient.
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Going Green All Over

By reducing refrigerant leakage rate from 1.7% in 2018 to 0.5% resulting in a 28% emission reduction equivalent to around 50,000 vehicles taken off the road in a year
Water conservation efforts at our Raypak facility since 2019 have saved nearly 10 million gallons of municipal water
Pretreatment of metals at our Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, factory helps us avoid 1,500 metric tons of GHG emissions per year
Packaging updates at our Fort Smith, AR, factory have reduced cardboard usage, saving trees
Reprocessing steel dust in our Australian factories prevents more than 100 tons per year from ending up in landfills
Using inflated bags in our Waterbury, CT, factory instead of foam for packing avoids 26,600 cubic feet of styrofoam packing material per year
By performing a comprehensive study of all Rheem North American manufacturing sites in 2018, we can easily measure the impact of improvements
Switching our tankless packaging from foam to honeycomb-shaped cardboard will significantly reduce hard-to-recycle waste, while maintaining the same level of product protection
Replacing the cooling towers and switching to LED lighting at our Nuevo Laredo facilities resulted in a 4,093,930 kWh reduction in electricity consumption per year
Our Rydalmere, Australia, facility installed a solar array that has generated 136.5 MWh of electricity and reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 112 tons

In Good Company

When it comes to sustainability, we are inspired by others. Here are a few companies whose sustainability efforts we admire.

Kohler

More than just a manufacturer of beautiful fixtures, Kohler® is committed to keeping the planet beautiful as well.

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The Home Depot

We all know that The Home Depot® is all about doing. But they’re also about doing better.

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Smurfit Kappa

The global leader in paper and packaging is also a leader in global sustainability.

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Grainger

Providing millions of parts to millions of customers isn’t easy. Yet Grainger® manages to do it all sustainably.

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“We’re doing the right thing with our products, our operations and our platform to inspire our people and our partners to be champions for good. We’re proud to be a recognized leader in sustainability.”

Laura HernandezSr. Manager, Global Sustainability
“We are continuing to see an elevated demand for sustainable products in residential and multi-family construction operations. Understanding the impact of our high-efficiency products is essential to meeting our customer’s growing needs.”

Jarrod IsonSr. Sales Manager, RNC/Multi-Family
“At Rheem, our goal is to build green and build responsibly. We are constantly looking at new technology to figure out ways to decrease our energy and water consumption at our facilities.”

Chuck SpinksProject Manager / Facilities, Corporate Strategic Sourcing
“Findings from waste audits at our manufacturing sites are challenging us to seek innovative new ways to produce high quality products with an environmentally-focused mindset. It’s exciting to watch how this journey is changing our way of thinking at all levels.”

Jeff DuckworthEngineering Manager
“Sustainability is just a byproduct of being efficient. You have to be Responsible In Manufacturing, and I think we owe that not only to our own employees and to the company, but to everybody in America and throughout the world.”

Dan PartinEngineering Manager
“Rheem’s high efficiency products show our commitment to a better, more sustainable world. This is also reflected in our facilities where we make the most of the resources that are used.”

Daniel ReynaProject Engineer – Rheem Mexico
“The global quality management system we’ve implemented has helped us move away from non-standard, paper-heavy document control processes, resulting in 16,800+ documents digitized. It has also helped us automate data collection both for greenhouse gas baselines and for tracking how we’re doing against our 2025 goals.”

Cliff Davis Quality Systems Manager
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Degrees of Innovation

We are focused on innovating with intent, engineering solutions with lifetime sustainability in mind—from material selection to smart features to responsible recycling.

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Degrees of Leadership

We hire and inspire our teams to be next-generation thinkers and responsible stewards of our industry, greater community and the environment.

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