INTERFACE

INCORPORTE
MORE THAN JUST A CARPET
COMPANY

Presented By:
Aviral Aggarwal
Mahesh Taparia

Background of the Company

Founded in 1973 in Georgia USA and is the

worlds largest manufacturer of modular carpet
for commercial and residential applications.

Began to focus on environmental sustainability

in 1994

In 2006 announced a program called Mission

Zero with a goal of eliminating any negative
impact the company may have on the
environment by 2020.

In 2006 announced a program called Mission

Zero with a goal of eliminating any negative
impact the company may have on the
environment by 2020.

CASE ANALYSIS:
BUT HOW DO THEY DO THAT?
The companys progress toward becoming a sustainable corporation
is due to some key aspects, including successful leadership,
innovation, employee training ,etc. Interface Inc. made their
sustainability commitment in 1994, applied ESA model and created
a seven-point plan to fulfill their commitment of being a sustainable
enterprise.
Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to
meet their own needs

SEVEN-POINT PLAN

Eliminate Waste
Eliminate all forms of waste in every area of business.

Benign Emissions
Eliminate toxic substances from products, vehicles and facilities

Renewable Energy
Operate facilities with renewable energy sources solar, wind, landfill gas, biomass,
geothermal etc.
Closing the Loop
Redesign processes and products to use recovered and bio-based materials.
Resource-Efficient Transportation
Transport people and products efficiently to eliminate waste and emissions.
Sensitising Stakeholders
Create a culture that uses sustainability principles to improve the lives and livelihoods of
all
stakeholders.
Redesign Commerce
Create a new business model that demonstrates and supports the value of sustainabilitybased commerce.

According to Ray Anderson, the

founder of Interface:
Costs are down, not up dispelling the myth and reposing the false
choice between economy and environment ,products are the best
they have ever been, because sustainable design has provided an
unexpected wellspring of innovation the goodwill in market
generated by our focus and sustainability far exceeds that which
any amount of advertising or market expenditure could have
generated this company believes that it found a better way to
bigger and more levitate profit- a proper business model.

Since 1996, waste sent to

landfills from manufacturing
has decreased by 80%

Avoided costs from waste

elimination activities since 1995 is
over $433 million

30% of total energy use comes from renewable

sources
Source:

Energy Consumption Profile

Involved Of Interface with

Building
In May 2006 Interface was ranked twenty-fourth in Business Ethics magazines top 100
Best Corporate Citizens list. In November 2006 Interface announced that its new Chinese
facility in Shanghai had received the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
gold certification from US Green Building Council. The Interface facility of building IN
China to receive this certification. The design of building helped in such sustainability
issues as water conservation, energy efficiency eye.

A small video:-

Take away:

Diversity plays a key role Interfaces effort to become best in

class as they work toward becoming a completely sustainable
company by 2020.

A company can work in more different way like in the case of

Interface , which is the who spend rather less in advertisement
expenditure and more in sustainable development and taking
care about environment find better way to bigger and more
levitate profit.