Sustainability as destination is an infectious goal at Interface

22 Apr '11

4 min read

3. Actual greenhouse gas emissions at manufacturing facilities have been reduced by 35 percent from a 1996 baseline. Interface's energy efficiency and direct purchases of renewable energy have resulted in a cumulative reduction of 24,000 metric tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions from baseline. This amount is the equivalent to the carbon sequestered by 612,641 tree seedlings grown for 10 years, according to the U.S. EPA's "Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator."

4. Commitment to EPDs on all InterfaceFLOR and Bentley Prince Street products by 2012. EPDs are a leading-edge methodology for consumers and businesses, like nutrition labels, only much more detailed. They offer product "ingredients" and environmental impacts that occur throughout the entire life of a product. EPDs are based on life cycle assessment, which details the resource use and environmental impacts of products. EPDs follow standardized product category guidelines that are verified by third parties to provide full disclosure of all facts.

5. Compelling example of culture inspired by sustainability. Through a project called "Together We Can Reuse It," Interface employees in Thailand demonstrated waste recycling by creating an inventive new purpose for waste yarn -- turning the material into knitted dolls. Employees made and sold dolls, generating proceeds that were then donated to a non-profit foundation. Interface expanded the project beyond the company to benefit the local community in Thailand's Surin province by teaching the craft to community members, providing them with a new potential source of income.

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