Environmental stewardship is closely aligned with many of the core values that are present in Loewen. We understand our customers’ commitment to environmental sensibility and our brand reflects our commitment to alleviating our environmental footprint.

Our brand practices environmental stewardship in not only our manufacturing processes, but in our product offering as well. Nearly 100% of the wood fiber used in the production of Loewen products is derived from forestlands certified by the Canadian Standards Association (CSA), Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI), and Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).

• Loewen is the first major North American window and door manufacturer to receive Forest Stewardship Council chain of custody certification (SW-COC-001739) for Douglas Fir wood used in our fenestration products, allowing us to supply certified Douglas Fir windows and doors for building projects seeking LEED green building accreditation status. The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) promotes environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial and economically viable management of the world’s forests. Chain of custody certification provides a guarantee about the path taken by raw materials from the forest to the consumer, including all successive stages of processing, transformation, manufacturing and distribution. For more information, visit www.fsc.org.
• We manufacture only wood windows, thereby using a renewable resource, an efficient natural insulator and production methods that consume less energy than alternative materials.
• We recycle virtually all of the wood waste created in the manufacturing. We also recycle glass, aluminum, vinyl weatherstripping, solvents, motor oil and paper. And, during our frigid Canadian winters, we even heat our plant with sawdust and sell the remainder to local farmers for animal bedding.
• While we actively seek to reduce-reuse-recycle, we understand the real world dynamics of downcycling and so we aggressively design systems that are optimally efficient in consumption and strive to produce windows of the highest quality so as to assure long product life. To this end, our products are made to be repaired and can even be removed and re-installed. Once again, product quality is at the crossroads of efficiency and responsible design.
• We are a socially responsible corporation, buying ethically manufactured products and recognized for our leadership in energy conservation and environmental protection. We prove the success of our brand through our environmental commitment and we demonstrate outstanding capabilities for customization.
• Our products are empirically shown to be among the industry’s best in terms of thermal performance (NFRC tested).
• We are the 2001 recipient of the Tree Canada Foundation Eterne Award, honoring us for “environmental leadership and commitment to taking action on global climate change through the planting of trees.”
• The Loewen Environmental Council (LEC) audits company activities ensuring that the highest possible standards of environmental stewardship are represented in company policies and actions.

In addition to environmental stewardship, Loewen support local economic development. For additional details, please visit Yes! Winnipeg.