27 March, 2018
At this year’s GreenBiz event, our Chief Sustainability Officer Erin Meezan participated in a panel called “Building a New Carbon Economy: Strategies for Turning Waste Carbon from Liability to Asset.” We sat down to unravel what that really means and how businesses can work alongside academia, non-government organisations and government to build this new “economy.”…
14 March, 2018
There’s an air of excitement buzzing through the Interface factory in Craigavon, Northern Ireland. We’ve recently installed hives to house 20,000 bees, transforming a wasteland at the rear of the factory into a small bee-friendly nature reserve. There are around 5,500 known beehives in Northern Ireland – but the bee population has dwindled in recent…
27 February, 2018
There is an African proverb that states, If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want go far, go together. This is certainly true in the circular economy. We are increasingly seeing companies realise the power and value of collaboration. Just recently, a cross-industry consortium of companies joined forces to tackle the global…
1 February, 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…
30 August, 2017
Just two years ago, Interface released a third-party verified research report titled “The Global Impact of Biophilic Design in the Workplace,” now known as the Human Spaces report. Our research results were astonishing. With over 7,500 people surveyed across the world, there was a reported 15% increase in perceived wellbeing and creativity and a 6%…
1 June, 2017
I’m writing to express my continued belief in Climate Optimism and our mission to create a climate fit for life. Despite the recent 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…
26 April, 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 and…
20 April, 2017
Donna Liza Palma, aged 36, lives in the village of Bay-ang, Nothern Iloilo. She is a member of her local community bank (known as a CoMSCA), which was set up by Net-Works. Donna has been spreading the word about CoMSCAs and their benefits across her community. She’s a real community champion and the news has…
10 April, 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…
21 February, 2017
I met the guy in the picture 6 years ago. His name is Emile. We met on the beach in his village, Londji – one of the most important fish markets on the south coast of Cameroon – near to the southern border of the Douala-Edea reserve. I had just arrived in Cameroon to support…
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