April 28, 2022
Influencing Others to Drive Positive Change
As industry pushes civilization to new heights, the world we live in is globalizing, disrupting, selling and consuming more than ever before.
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Erin Meezan April 20, 2022
Revisiting Our Factory as a Forest Thinking
Nature has the power to regulate climate, but only if humanity doesn’t get in the way. Right now, human activity is interfering heavily with Earth’s regulating systems by producing too much carbon dioxide that is driving up global temperatures. This is where the third part of our Climate Take Back™ plan comes in – Let…
April 14, 2022
Stop Seeing Carbon as the Enemy and Start Seeing It as a Resource
Carbon dioxide levels continue to rise every month, contributing to global warming and climate change concerns worldwide. In short, there’s too much carbon, and it’s in all the wrong places. As human activity – including the manufacturing of goods – generates more and more carbon dioxide, the natural world is struggling to keep up, and…
John Bradford April 7, 2022
How Interface Works Alongside Partners to Accelerate Climate Action
This year, to commemorate Earth Month, we are focused on sharing best practices, lessons learned and what’s next on our Climate Take Back™ journey to reverse global warming. By sharing our goal to become a carbon negative enterprise by 2040, we hope to encourage others to rethink their processes and products to create a positive…
Lisa Conway December 31, 2021
Our Top 10 Sustainability Achievements of 2021
The end of the year is a time for reflection and for looking back at the highs and lows of the past 12 months. While 2021 included ongoing challenges due to the pandemic, Interface® made significant progress on our Climate Take Back™ journey, and there are plenty of accomplishments to celebrate in our Americas region!…
November 5, 2021
The Circular Economy of Carbon: The Role of Bio-Based Materials
A term experiencing a resurgence in sustainability circles is “bio-based.” And it’s generating excitement for a good reason – bio-based products and materials have the potential to help us reverse global warming. The EPA defines bio-based materials as “products that mainly consist of a substance (or substances) derived from living matter and either occur naturally…
October 14, 2021
Demystifying Science Based Targets
Here at Interface, we are passionate about our commitment to creating a climate fit for life and our mission to reverse global warming. We realize that some of the terms related to our goals use technical or niche language that we don’t use every day, so we’d like to provide a deeper dive into what…
Katie O'Neill March 1, 2021
Building Momentum for Change
In 2020, Interface was one of 13 organizations honored with the United Nations Global Climate Action Award. Spearheaded by the Momentum for Change initiative at the United Nations Climate Change Secretariat, the awards program showcases climate change leadership. We spoke with Momentum for Change Team Lead Sarah Marchildon to get her thoughts on the role of business in addressing climate change, the impact of COVID-19 on climate action, and what the UN hopes to accomplish through the Global Climate Action Awards program.
Interface February 5, 2021
How Interface Aims to Reverse Global Warming – One Carpet Tile at a Time
Often technology-driven brands come to mind when people think of companies pledging to reduce or eliminate their carbon emissions. However, to really have an impact on the gigatons of annual emissions that contribute to global warming, businesses across a variety of industries—not just technology—need to go beyond pursuing carbon neutral and aim to develop carbon negative solutions.
December 21, 2020
How Interface is Changing the Footprint of Flooring
Becoming carbon neutral is a process that marries design, science, engineering, and manufacturing. It’s a goal Interface has been pursuing since 1994.