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.
Interface builds boat from 7,000 plastic bottles to tackle ocean pollution
The world's largest carpet tile manufacturer has joined forces with a plastic fishing company to design and create a unique boat made from more than 7,000 plastic bottles fished from the canals of Amsterdam. The innovative collaboration between Inter... View More
Integral Thinking and True Materiality, Part 3: Purpose Definition Defines Connectedness
This is Part 3 of a 6-part series about integral thinking and true materiality. It proposes a new impetus to develop reporting that is able to serve the idea of a green & inclusive economy. Read Part 1 and Part 2. ... View More
Interface Expands Recycling Operations with Network of ‘Regional Recycling Allies’
Carpet tile manufacturer and sustainability leader Interface is expanding its ReEntry recycling program by “creating a new network of regional recycling allies,” beginning with Oakland, Calif.-based Rethink Green. The company is seeking additiona... View More
What Now? How Businesses Are Rallying to Action After COP21
As evidenced by the unprecedented private-sector engagement in COP21 earlier this month, businesses globally get that they need to innovate (and improve!) their products, services and business models to combat climate change, resource scarcity and un... View More
The Power of Positive: New eBook Explores Concept, Practice of Net Positive Movement
A new eBook encapsulates the key learnings of a recent week-long digital ThinkTank (virtual dialogue) conducted on the Convetit online engagement platform, which grappled with many of the thorny questions emerging from early practice of Net Positive ... View More
When It Really Isn’t Business as Usual: Can There be Principle Without “Principle?”: Part II
Years before the surprising examples of bold sustainable business actions discussed in Part 1, we had the writings of Jem Bendell, Wayne Visser, John Elkington and Jeffrey Hollender, who have long seen the limitations of c ... View More
Interface Set to Scale 'Net-Works' Program That Turns Fishing Nets Into Carpet
Net-Works, a social entrepreneurship initiative from carpet manufacturer Interface and conservation charity Zoological Society of London (ZSL), has since 2012 collected more than 66,860 kilos of nets from residents in 14 collection sites in Danajon B... View More
Plenaries Explore Myriad Approaches to Creating 'Abundance Without Waste' on #SB15sd Day 3
Raphael Bemporad, Founding Partner and Chief Strategy Officer at BBMG, kicked off Wednesday’s SB ‘15 San Diego plenaries by anchoring the day’s conversation in the human story. As the day’s moderator, he asked attendees to wonder what it woul... View More
Unilever, WWF, Germany Named Sector Leaders in Driving Sustainability Agenda
Globescan and SustainAbility released their 2015 Sustainability Leaders survey today, asking experts to assess the progress that various institutions have made in advancing sustainable development since the historic Earth Summit in 1992.Results drawn... View More
SB '15 Barcelona Launch Welcomes Ever-Growing Consortium of Sustainability Thought Leaders
Boy, do they know how to get excited about innovation in Barcelona.Many of our corporate members, international partners, and sustainability thought leaders are still recovering from what was an amazing Sustainable Brands global conference launch las... View More
The Roadmap Series, Phase III: From Personality to Process
Almost every company I have known to start down a formal path of sustainable business strategy has had the benefit of a passionate advocate for change. ... View More
Starbucks' 'Race Together' Campaign Creates Social Media Firestorm
Companies, especially publicly owned corporations, carefully manage their image and messages. But this age of social media, changes in consumer tastes and demands for increased transparency have caused more companies to be bolder, especially when it ... View More
Starting Now: A Smarter Approach to Sustainability Management
The importance of sustainability has surged over the last two decades, as has the amount of information available and the demands on companies and practitioners – from regulators, customers and investors. At the same time, the new opportunities tha... View More
Georgia Tech Commits to Ambitious Sustainable Community Engagement Initiative
Within a few years, every undergrad at the Georgia Institute of Technology could understand what it means to create sustainable communities.That’s the goal of a new institute-wide initiative called Serve•Learn•Sustain. ... View More
Measuring Sustainability, Part III: How a Sustainability Index Can Optimize Decision-Making
In the first two parts of this series, we explored the motivations behind creating a sustainability index, and the steps to take when creating an index. In this final part of the series, we will explore how organizations can deploy an index to make c... View More
Brands That Treat Customers Like Idiots Are Not Sustainable
At SB ‘14 London last month, one thing that really stood out for me was the focus on how storytelling can be used to help brands engage their customers with the theme of sustainability. For example, on the first morning of the first day, Daianna Ka... View More
Dear SB Vanguard: How Can Companies Measure ROI of Investments in Worker Well-Being?
This is the latest in a series of posts in which we will poll our global community of business leaders and practitioners — what we call the “SB Vanguard” — on a variety of issues pertinent to the evolving sustainable business landscape.IKEA a... View More
Waste to Wear: The Pathway to a Global Circular Economy
With global fiber consumption expected to reach 96.4 million tons by 2020, it has become apparent that a linear economy where we produce, consume and dispose of products after a one-time use is not sustainable. Through Aquafil’s various collaborati... View More
Four 'Forces for Good' We Can Leverage to Inform Human Capital Value
"Too much of what led up to the crisis in the old bubble days — the conspicuous consumption, the latter-day Gatsbyism — was fueled by a need to fill a huge emotional and psychological void left by the absence of meaningful work. When people ... View More
10 *Firsts* Coming Up at #NewMetrics '14
As we get closer to my personal favorite among the growing list of Sustainable Brands events — New Metrics, this year in collaboration with the MIT Sloan School of Management — I am finding it hard not to engage complete strangers on the street i... View More
