May 30, 2018
Rethinking the World’s Waste Dilemma
For today’s countries and businesses, a new dilemma has arisen on what to do with waste plastics. Fortunately, along with this challenge, we’re seeing a huge opportunity.
Climate Take Back
Jon Khoo March 21, 2018
GreenBiz 2018: The New Carbon Economy and Other Observations
This year at GreenBiz, 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 organizations and government to build this new “economy.” …
Savannah Weeks February 19, 2018
Addressing Ocean Plastics with NextWave and the Circular Economy
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 realize the power and value of collaboration. Just recently, a cross-industry consortium of companies joined forces to tackle the global…
February 1, 2018
Top Sustainability Trends for 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…
Christine Needles October 19, 2017
New California Legislation Moves Us Closer to a Circular Economy
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…
Jay Gould October 13, 2017
Sustainability for Beginners: Lessons Learned from 2017’s Living Product Expo
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.…
Sonya Lehner August 28, 2017
Actions Speak Louder than Labels
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.…
David Gerson July 20, 2017
Shifting the Game: A Discussion on Climate Change
“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…
Interface June 1, 2017
Climate Optimism in the Face of Political Change
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…
January 3, 2017
An Animated Call To Action: The Unlikely Hero
There are actually two heroes in the short film Unlikely Hero. One is an industrial monster that recognizes its harmful ways and moves to reverse their effects. The other is a brave little girl whose quest for clean air triggers the monster’s change of heart. In one regard this makes the animated film true to…