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Safe Water for All
Arts/Industry
Innovation for Good®
Safe Water for All.
Our flagship initiative, Safe Water for All, leverages our company’s strength and expertise and the passion and talent of our associates to help underserved populations around the world in four focus areas: Water Stewardship, Products, Impact Projects, and Advocacy.
At 23 years old, Dattamaya from the community of Shivgarh Tanda in India exemplifies the possibilities that access to water provides.
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Arts/Industry Resident Sarah K. Khan
Radically unapologetic and brilliantly nuanced, multimedia artist and scholar Sarah K. Khan introduces us to her pantheon of heroes, their lives unbound from the 16th-century Book of Delights, during her late 2022 residency in the Kohler Pottery.
Arts/Industry Resident Jesse Harrod
Fiber artist Jesse Harrod spent spring of 2022 working in the Arts/Industry studio of the Kohler foundry. Here they share some of the life experiences informing their exploration of the body at the intersections of queerness and disability.
Arts/Industry Resident Talia Mukmel
See Israeli artist Talia Mukmel at work in the Kohler Foundry during her Arts/Industry residency. Get a glimpse into her process and the inspiration behind her art.
Arts/Industry Resident Harold Mendez
L.A. artist and recent Kohler Arts/Industry resident Harold Mendez shares his experience as a first-generation American exploring the intersection of art, culture, and identity.
Ruth Kohler: A Legacy of Lifting Artists
Passionate about vernacular artists and preserving their work, Ruth Kohler’s legacy will continue to ripple through the art world.
Innovation for Good Driving Both Internal and External Impacts for Kohler
What happens when a company empowers its associates to think creatively and innovate with a social purpose? You find yourself with a potent strategic framework for solving for some of the world’s most pressing social and environmental challenges.
From pottery wastewater running down a drain to a stunning canvas of unlimited creative expression, explore the journey and handcrafted artistry of WasteLAB® products.
Innovators Wanted: Driving Change Through Intrapreneurship
Dreamers. Doers. Status quo busters. Be the change-rs. Nothing’s impossible-rs. Kohler Co. has been brimming with them for 145 years—and now we’re tapping into that potential like never before.
Innovative Solution to Address Global Sanitation Gaps
Partnering with Sanergy, a Nairobi-based organization focused on sustainable solutions for nonsewered sanitation, Kohler is developing a container-based sanitation (CBS) option for people living without access to safe sanitation systems.
When a real-life opportunity to help make the world a little better came knocking on Kohler product manager Brad Meissner’s door, he made sure he was ready to go.