Interface
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.
SB Nordic: Actions Speak Louder Than Words
2 weeks 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
2 months 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
3 months 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
4 months 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
5 months 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
8 months 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
8 months 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
8 months 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
8 months 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
8 months ago - REI, Danone, Interface, National Geographic and others sharing insights, new tools and research data SAN FRANCISCO, June 4, 2018 – Sustainable Brands® kicks off its largest community gathering today with Sustainable Brands '18 Vancouver at the Vancouver Convention Centre West in Vancouver, British Columbia. Over 2,000 business executives along with their teams from 33+ countries are attending the conference and Activation Hub.
Q&A: Will We Go 'All In'? The Past, Present and Future of Sustainability Leadership
8 months 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.
‘Closing the Loop’ Doc Stresses Imperative for Circular Revolution, Shares Success Stories
9 months 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
Interface Launches Social Giving Campaign to Support Climate Action
1 year ago - In an effort to bring awareness to and support for climate action, Interface recently launched a social giving campaign to raise critical funds needed to advance carbon-oriented solutions to climate change. Every time a social media user takes a stand against climate change by sharing the campaign’s branded post on Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn, or registers for regular sustainability-focused emails from Interface here, the company will donate U.S. $1 to Project Drawdown, up to $20,000. The company will then match those donations up to $20,000.
Dell, Lonely Whale Launch Collaborative to Eliminate Marine Plastic Pollution
1 year ago - An estimated 150 million metric tons of plastic waste are in the ocean today and every year around eight million metric tons more are being added. Earlier this year, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation warned that by 2050 there will be more plastic than fish in the world’s oceans if a more effective system for global plastics is not put into place.
Interface Launches Design Competition with Net Impact Inspired by Project Drawdown
1 year ago - Interface, Inc. (Nasdaq: TILE), the world’s largest manufacturer of modular carpet, joins Net Impact to launch Drawdown: INNOVATE, a solution-oriented, student-led competition created to address climate change.
#ClimateOptimist Campaign Gears Up to Kick Climate Fatalism to the Curb
1 year ago - A new survey from The Climate Group and change agency Futerra has revealed that a majority of people globally are optimistic about our ability to address climate change, with 64 percent of global citizens believing that climate change can be addressed if action is taken now.
5 Climate Change Solutions Advance to Biomimicry Accelerator
1 year ago - Nature-inspired solutions designed to tackle some of the world’s most pressing problems continue to gain steam as five teams of entrepreneurs from around the world vie for the top prize at the 2017 Biomimicry Global Design Challenge.
Sustainability Leaders Daunted, But Willing to Work Together to Help Build ‘The Good Life’
1 year ago - This blog is part of the GlobeScan-SustainAbility Leaders Survey 20th anniversary project being conducted by GlobeScan and SustainAbility in partnership with Interface.
Interface Unveils World's First Carbon-Negative Carpet Tile
1 year ago - Carpet manufacturer Interface has uncovered a new way to mitigate the negative impact of carpet production — a process that traditionally relies on petroleum-based fibers and adhesives and chemical dyes. Putting its Climate Take Back mission into action, the company has developed Proof Positive, a first-of-its-kind carbon negative carpet tile.