This document discusses Interface's journey towards sustainability. It describes Interface as the inventor of carpet tiles and outlines their goals of reducing waste, water usage, energy usage, and greenhouse gas emissions. It discusses a shift towards product sustainability and systems sustainability rather than just corporate sustainability. This includes embedding sustainability into products through life cycle analysis and closing loops by making products recyclable and using recycled materials. The document presents Interface's progress in meeting sustainability targets and initiatives like their glue-free TacTiles carpet tiles.

1. Green Vision 2012
Kelly Grainger
December 2012

2. Who is Interface?
The inventor of carpet tiles
$1 billion USD
3500 employees
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6 factories globally
47 showrooms

3. Sustainability
‘One day people like
me will go to jail’
Ray Anderson
Chairman and founder, Interface

4. Our Journey …..
•88% reduction in waste sent to landfill since 1996 per unit of production
• Water intake in manufacturing is down 84% since 1996 per unit of production
• Total energy use down by 47% since 1996 per unit of production
• Non-renewable energy is down by 64% since 1996 per unit of production
• Absolute reduction of Interface GHG emissions by 32% from baseline
• 31% of global energy is from renewable sources
• 44% of total raw materials are recycled or bio-based materials
• 99% of the products sold in Europe were manufactured in Europe

5. The 2 paradigm shift
OLD NEW RADICAL
• Corporate • Product • Systems
sustainability sustainability sustainability
• The Beauty contest • Embedded • Services redesign
• Awards, labels, • Close loop systems
• LCA performance
CSR reports, radical materials
certifications • kg co2/m2 • Zeroing others
• Zero company • Zero product life by cannibalising
impacts
cycle impacts

6. Embedding sustainability –
Embedding sustainability –
Truly embedding is in your product
Truly embedding is in your product

7. Life Cycle Analysis
First step to zero out product impacts
LCA. Sustainable Innovation Starts with Data.

8. Life Cycle Analysis
First step to zero out product impacts

9. Sustainability
Reduce the
What can we do amount of
to zero out the yarn used
impact of yarn?
Use more
recycled yarn
in the
composition
Invent a
new yarn

10. ReEntry and Closing the Loop

11. The 700 question questionnaire
• Do you have an environmental policy?
• Do you sign to the precautionary principle?
• Have you signed to the Global Compact?
• Who is your ISO14001 auditor?
How transformative is this…?

12. The 2 paradigm shift
OLD NEW RADICAL
• Corporate • Product • Systems
sustainability sustainability sustainability
• The Beauty contest • Embedded • Services redesign
• Awards, labels, • LCA performance • Close loop systems
CSR reports, radical materials
• kg co2/m2
certifications
• Zeroing others
• Zero product life
• Zero company by cannibalising
cycle impacts
impacts

13. What’s the point of a recyclable carpet
if it’s stuck to the floor with glue?
• TacTiles substituting adhesives
• A smarter more sustainable way to
install carpet tiles... without GLUE!

14. Kelly Grainger
Sustainability UK & Ireland
Interface
mobile: +44 7736 658488
email: kelly.grainger@interface.com
@ kellygrainger
web: www.interface.com
Thank you!
Thank You!