Our journey started in 1994 with one person, our Founder and Chairman Ray Anderson. Ray challenged our then 21 year - old company to adopt a bold vision, one that required new thinking and a new model for business. We didn't have a map, but Ray's vision was a compass for our journey. As we progressed on our journey, a passion for sustainability took hold with our people and our company was transformed.
Interface
25 Years On: Lessons Learned from Interface’s Ongoing Sustainability Journey
1 month ago - Why are lessons learned by a flooring company relevant? Many of the challenges we had to solve are the same that companies are struggling with as they pursue sustainability. Our accomplishments are significant because they show it is possible to transform a business and put sustainability at the core.
The Biosphere’s Guide to Foolproofing Sustainability, Part 6: Function Over Form
1 month ago - Sustainability experts for decades have been exhorting managers to focus more on the function their products deliver and less on the product itself. Biosphere Rule #5, Function Over Form, is focused on fulfilling customers’ functional needs in ways that sustain the value cycle.
SB’19 Madrid Offers Tasting Menu of ‘Moonshot Thinking’ for the Future of Humankind
3 months ago - At SB’19 Madrid last week, a diverse array of innovators in various fields demonstrated the notion that asking the right questions and being willing to use imagination to find solutions to the climate crisis and other pressing global issues can turn a Moonshot into reality.
3 Lessons Learned from SB’19 Paris, Day 1
9 months ago - Sustainable Brands ‘19 Paris could not have opened at a more apposite moment. Across Europe, activists demanding more action on issues that matter have taken over the narrative. — the expectation for those in power to take action has reached a fever pitch.
'The Voice of Society': Why Your Company Could Use a ‘Social Board’ of Directors
10 months ago - The board of directors of any organization exists to provide vision and guidance. Ideally, they are meant to steer companies in the right direction, and keep them out of trouble.
Interface Expands Carbon Neutral Floors Program to Include nora Rubber Flooring Products
11 months ago - Global commercial flooring company and leader in sustainability, Interface, announces that nora® rubber flooring is now included in its Carbon Neutral Floors™ program.
SB Nordic: Actions Speak Louder Than Words
11 months ago - So, what do a slave-free chocolate brand, an activist bank and a blindfolded panel of diversity experts have in common?
What the Black Friday Climate Report Means for Companies
1 year ago - The federal government hoped its Black-Friday release of a landmark report on the regional impacts of climate change might mitigate its media attention. It hasn't really worked: The report is still in the headlines over two weeks later. It’s not just consumers that care. A recent NAEM trends report found that in boardrooms across the country, companies are committing to addressing the climate challenges of our time by setting and meeting ambitious climate goals.
HP, IKEA Join Group Developing Global Supply Chain for Ocean-Bound Plastics
1 year ago - Today, NextWave Plastics — a collaborative, open-source initiative convening leading technology and consumer-focused companies to develop the first global network of ocean-bound plastics supply chains — announced that HP Inc. and IKEA are joining its global consortium. The addition of HP and IKEA marks 10 companies collaborating to “turn off the tap” of plastic entering the ocean.
Global Practitioners Gather to Compare Notes on Redesigning the #GoodLife
1 year ago - Last year, the Sustainable Brands community gathered around the world throughout the year to share insights on how they – and their customers – were “redefining the good life.” This year, the conversation has progressed from the ‘what’ to the ‘how’ of designing the sustainable future in which we all want to live.
Interface: How +Positive Spaces Can Create a Healthier Planet
1 year ago - Can a built space not only have a positive impact on those who occupy it, but also on the environment outside the building? We believe the answer is yes.
Interface Moving from Net Zero to Climate Positive by Rethinking Factories as Forests
1 year ago - With 3.8 billion years of R&D behind Earth’s systems and creatures, we’ve barely scratched the surface of what we can learn and how we can apply those lessons to our companies, products and processes.
Transformational Leadership in Action ... and In Transition
1 year ago - Last week, over 2,000 representatives from our global community of sustainability practitioners, brand strategists, product and service innovators, thought leaders and other change-makers converged at SB’18 Vancouver to share their latest insights on a multitude of themes pertinent to all of those committed to improving business around the world. Here, we dig into a topic at the heart of all lasting change: Transformational leadership.
All of Interface’s Flooring Is Now Carbon Neutral – At No Extra Cost to Customers
1 year ago - Interface has become the first global flooring manufacturer to declare that all of its products — including all carpet tile and luxury vinyl tile (LVT) – are carbon neutral across the entire product lifecycle. The company is now offering its Carbon Neutral Floors™ program as standard to every customer, at no extra cost, to help them meet their own sustainability goals while also allowing them to reduce the emissions impact of their projects or spaces.
Making Meaningful Connections with Stakeholders Through People-Centered Design Thinking
1 year ago - Throughout the week at SB’18 Vancouver, a host of organizations shared a range of strategies for making meaningful and lasting connections with customers and other stakeholders, while improving their contributions to society.
Sustainable Brands Gathers Global Brand Innovation Leaders at SB’18 Vancouver
1 year ago - Sustainable Brands kicks off its largest community gathering today with Sustainable Brands '18 Vancouver at the Vancouver Convention Centre West in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Q&A: Will We Go 'All In'? The Past, Present and Future of Sustainability Leadership
1 year ago - Written by three leading thinkers in the field of sustainability — Chris Coulter, CEO of GlobeScan; David Grayson, Emeritus of Corporate Responsibility at Cranfield University School of Management; and Mark Lee, Executive Director of SustainAbility — All In: The future of Business Leadership (Taylor & Francis, 2018) identifies the essential attributes of high-impact corporate sustainability leadership and describes how companies can combine and apply those characteristics for future success.
Darren Beck Promoted to VP, Sustainable Brands Corporate Member Network
1 year ago - SAN FRANCISCO, May 30, 2018 - Sustainable Brands® recently announced that Darren Beck has been promoted to Vice President of the SB Corporate Member Network. Beck joined the company’s leadership team as Senior Director of Corporate Membership 18 months ago to further develop and enhance the growing SB Corporate Member Network. He brought a wealth of experience in sustainability, CSR and social impact, having spent 15 years with Sprint, including as Director of Environmental Initiatives. Since that time, he and his team have maintained a member retention rate of more than 80 percent and are on track to grow the network nearly 50 percent in 2018.
‘Closing the Loop’ Doc Stresses Imperative for Circular Revolution, Shares Success Stories
1 year ago - Going “circular” refers to the change from our current take-make-waste linear economy to a borrow-use-return circular economy, also known under the banners of ‘zero-waste’ and ‘cradle-to-cradle.’ The concept has sparked a movement among companies, governments, NGOs, and