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.
#ClimateOptimist Campaign Gears Up to Kick Climate Fatalism to the Curb
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 addresse... View More
5 Climate Change Solutions Advance to Biomimicry Accelerator
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. ... View More
Sustainability Leaders Daunted, But Willing to Work Together to Help Build ‘The Good Life’
This blog is part of the GlobeScan-SustainAbility Leaders Survey 20th anniversary project being conducted by GlobeScan and SustainAbility in partnership with Interface. ... View More
Interface Unveils World's First Carbon-Negative Carpet Tile
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 a... View More
SB’17 Detroit, Day 1: Redefining the Good Life with Courage, Reinvention and Pashon
We jump-started an incredibly action-packed week here at SB'17 Detroit with powerful plenaries from thought leaders, researchers and on-the-ground change-makers working to Redefine the Good Life in Detroit and beyond. ... View More
Climate Optimism: Business as a Force for Change
Interface has gone all in on a new mission: taking a lead role in changing the entire climate conversation away from doom and gloom, and toward hardworking courageous optimism instead. Though its Climate Take Back framework, the brand is setting out ... View More
Sustainable Brands Hosts Influential Brand Leaders at SB’17 Detroit
SAN FRANCISO, May 22, 2017 – Sustainable Brands® kicks off its largest community gathering today with Sustainable Brands’17 Detroit at the Cobo Center in downtown Detroit. Over 2,000 business executives along with their teams from 35+ countries ... View More
Over 80 Major Companies Across the UK Urge PM to Deliver on UN SDGs
In an open letter to the Prime Minister, more than 80 leading companies have united in a call on the government to demonstrate its commitment to delivering the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). ... View More
630 Companies, Investors Tell Trump: Continue Accelerating a Low-Carbon Economy
More than 530 companies and 100 investors – from iconic Fortune 500 firms to small family-owned businesses – are calling on the Trump administration and the new Congress to continue to support policies to accelerate a low-carbon future that will ... View More
Creating the Workplace of the Future Through Biophilic Design
The health and wellbeing of a company’s workforce is integral to building a sustainable brand and retaining top talent. Because of this, the millennial workforce has pushed companies to alter office spaces to better fit their needs. One-third of of... View More
Interface Announces New GreenCircle Certified Environmental Facts Labels
Interface, the world's largest manufacturer of modular carpet and a leader in sustainable business, will debut a new third-party certification from GreenCircle Certified, LLC and spotlight its Climate Take Back™ mission at the 2016 Greenbuild Inte... View More
The Circuitous Road to a Circular Economy: Brand Failures, Triumphs and Lessons Learned
Discussions on the circular economy always trigger great interest, even on the final afternoon of the action-packed SB’16 Copenhagen conference, judging from the enthusiastically packed room at this breakout on circular business models. ... View More
Mission Zero: Interface Bids to Become Carbon Neutral
Why set yourself an impossible challenge? For a company that sells $1 billion worth of carpet tiles a year, total elimination of its environmental impact by 2020 is surely beyond the realms of possibility. Industrial manufacturing processes, heavy us... View More
How to Align Your Purpose With the Truth of Your Business
In our last article, we explained why it’s important to make sure that your purpose is thoroughly grounded in the political, economic, social and technological context in which you operate. We call this the “dig” phase: intensively researching ... View More
Waste-Make-Retake: How Interface Is Setting Out to Change Industry with ‘Climate Take Back’
Carpet might not seem like a major player in the climate change fight, but the process of making it actually is quite impactful on the environment. Most carpets are synthetic — nylon, polyester, acrylic — all of which are petroleum-based products... View More
Raising the Bar: Interface Unveils Radical 'Climate Take Back' Program
Twenty two years ago, Ray Anderson - founder of Interface, one of the world's largest manufacturers of carpet tiles - had something of an epiphany. A customer had for the first time asked the firm what it was doing for the environment - and he realis... View More
Communicating purpose through brand among top drivers of corporate leadership: new poll of experts
Integrating purpose through a common brand promise and aligning sustainability strategy with internal culture and values are key drivers of corporate leadership according to the findings of the just-released 2016 Sustainability Leaders Survey by Glob... View More
Sustainability Leaders Agree: Integrating Purpose, Brand a Top Driver of Corporate Leadership
Integrating purpose through a common brand promise and aligning sustainability strategy with internal culture and values are key drivers of corporate leadership, according to the findings of the just-released 2016 Sustainability Leaders Survey, by Gl... View More
Janine Benyus: What Businesses Can Learn from the 'Optimization Engine of Evolution'
I recently spoke with the biomimicry pioneer about some of her favorite biomimetic innovations, about asking more from our design interventions, and some of the yet untapped areas in which Nature’s genius could help solve our most intractable probl... View More
Interface Americas Now Operating On 96% Renewable Energy
Interface, the world’s largest commercial modular carpet company and a sustainable business pioneer, today announced a significant milestone in the company’s Mission Zero® journey: the Interface Americas manufacturing sites now operate using 96 ... View More
