February 1, 2018
To state the obvious, 2017 was quite the unpredictable year. While sustainable business leaders and climate advocates knew there’d be inevitable changes with a new U.S. presidency, few could have anticipated just how volatile the past 12 months were. From the U.S. federal administration’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Accord to the Environmental Protection…
October 27, 2017
Recently, Interface’s CEO Jay Gould was interviewed at the Bloomberg Third Sustainable Business Summit in New York City. A self-described “accidental environmentalist,” Jay discussed how sustainability drives innovation at our company in a conversation with Bloomberg’s Sustainability Editor Eric Roston. Here are some highlights: Sustainability and performance Sustainability and innovation have always been core to…
October 19, 2017
Governor Brown of California recently signed into law an important piece of legislation that will take us a step closer to the realization of a circular economy in the State of California. The Governor signed into law AB 1158, enhancing California’s carpet recycling program. At Interface, we see this new law as a positive step forward…
October 13, 2017
There’s no better way to learn a new subject than to immerse yourself in it completely, right? And if you’re on your second week of the job, it makes sense for your employer to just throw you in headfirst. Before I started at Interface, I thought I knew some things about climate change and sustainability.…
September 26, 2017
A new vision for plastics: green chemistry, the circular economy, and a climate fit for life. When reviewing recent news about plastic waste filling the oceans, toxic additives leaching from plastic products, and the impacts of fossil fueled global warming, making a plastic product – like Interface’s modular flooring – sustainable can begin to seem…
August 28, 2017
Sustainability isn’t easy. Although some product labels claim to be an indicator of health and/or environmental performance, many have little or no evaluation of the ultimate environmental or health impacts of a product. So, a label with a few check boxes does not necessarily mean that one product is more “sustainable” or “healthy” than another.…
July 20, 2017
“Are you really a carpet company?” asked the City of Toronto’s Chief Planner, Jennifer Keesmaat. “I am just so inspired by what you are doing and that is an unexpected outcome of being here this afternoon.” That’s just one of the comments I heard during an event that Interface and the David Suzuki Foundation convened…
June 1, 2017
I’m writing to express my continued belief in Climate Optimism and our mission to create a climate fit for life. Despite the receent announcement that the United States would withdraw from the Paris Accord, I believe the world has awoken to the very real threat of climate change. And, Interface has an important role to play…
April 26, 2017
On the island of Sag, in the Danajon Bank, a group of 12-18 year olds have come together to form a youth savings group (known locally as a CoMSCA). Together, they are saving money to put towards their school expenses. When asked why they wanted to start a CoMSCA, they replied: “For the experience…
April 20, 2017
As part of my job within Conservation Programmes at the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), I get to witness, first hand, Net-Works in action. In February this year I spent two weeks in the Philippines, trialling electronic data collection, and met with some of the members of the local community banks that Net-Works has helped…
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