interface’s sustainable carpets: zero waste

“ What is common to the greatest number has the least care bestowed upon it “ - Aristotle

THE WORLD’S LEADING MODULAR CARPET COMPANY

INTERFACE INC. Business

• Commercial Carpet

• 40 -Year history

• Size: $ 1.2 Billion

• Where: Global

• Footprint:

• 6 Manufacturing

• 37 Offices

INTERFACE ( A Global Company)

Asia-Pacific

15%

Europe 23%

Americas 62%

MARKET SEGMENTATION

HOSPITALITY

EDUCATION

CORPORATE

HEALTHCARE

GOVERNMENT

DESIGN

Induction Product 2009

PERFORMANCE SUSTAINABILITY S E R V I C E DESIGN

Induction Product 2009

DAVID OAKEY – WORLD REKNOWN DESIGNER

“One day people like me will go to jail”

Ray Anderson 1994

Interface .,Inc 1973

1994 Interface’s

vision

2020 Our

Mission

HOW THE JOURNEY BEGAN

The Interface Vision

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Interface‘s Vision “To be the first company that, by its deeds, shows the entire industrial world what Sustainability is in all its dimensions: people, process, product, place and profits – by 2020 – and in doing so we will become restorative through the power of influence.”

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What is Mission Zero?

Mission Zero raises the difficult questions:

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Can we eliminate our impact while delivering more to our customers?

Can a corporation do well and do good at the same time?

Can an industry based on petrochemicals really achieve zero impact?

Our roots: the invention of modular floor design

Design Freedom

Glue-free, fast and flexible installation that minimises disruption

Minimal installation waste

The ability to change at low cost

Flexibility to reconfigure and create zones

Easy handling, storage and transport

Convenient uplift to enable reuse or recycling

Easy maintenance Wellbeing

Applying ‘zeroism’ everywhere

For Our Customers

For Our Products

For Our Factories

For Our Value Chain

Zero: Unwanted Noise, Greenwash, Landfill, Carbon, Hassle, VOCs.

Zero: Virgin Yarn, Installation Waste, Virgin Backing, Toxic Chemicals, Secrets.

Zero: Carbon, Fresh Water Usage, Waste, Accidents at Work.

Zero: Petrochemicals, Unfairness, Transport Impacts, Risks.

The Interface Model Seven Fronts of Mt. Sustainability

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1. Eliminate waste

2. Eliminate harmful emissions

3. Use renewable energy

4. Closing the loop

5. Resource efficient transportation

6. Sensitizing Stakeholders

7. Redesign Commerce

Towards zero installation waste using Random Design

Normal carpet tile 3 - 4%

Average wastage Broadloom 12%

Random carpet tile 1 - 2%

FRONT 1 : Eliminate Waste

F1

Entropy – inspired by nature Each tile is slightly different in pattern & color

Typical i2 installation waste: 1.5%

Typical broadloom installation waste: 8-12%

Reduced installation waste Reduced manufacturing waste No attic stock, no storage space needed

Sample Return Program • 2005: over 55,000 samples

were returned • 2006: 90,163 samples returned

SIMs • In 2006, 8,000 SIM prints sent • Conserving > 2,000 gal of oil • Keeping 20,000 lbs carpet out of

landfill 1 Carpet sample=1 Qt oil

F1

Zero Carbon emissions Fresh water use Waste Generation Accidents at work

Zero water in our

manufacturing process

F1

Water savings • Exited energy intensive printing

process in 1998

• Water intake per square meter is down 87% since 1996

• Today no wastewater leaves manufacturing area

• No environmental permits are needed ˜ Big cost savings! 1 Carpet sample=1 Qt oil

50 gallons/sq yd

0.9 gallons/sq yd

versus

F1

Ultrasonic machine reduces cutting waste radically

Carpet Die cut Tiles

6 cuts + waste

Carpet Ultra Sonic cut Tiles

1 cut + waste

‘window waste’ with ultra sonic cutting ‘window waste’ with die cutting

F1

Towards zero landfill

F1

Front 2 : Eliminate harmful emissions

F2

COOL CARPET TM

Greenhouse Gas free Carpet

Towards zero carbon with Cool Carpet®

Uses recognised standards

Verified by independent third party

Covers the full life cycle

F2

The Cool Fuel™ program offsets CO2 from company car fuel purchases

Cool Co2mmute offsets GHG emissions from employee commuting

EPA SmartWay Transport Charter Partner, to reduce emissions from ground freight

F2

Towards zero VOCs and better air quality

Emissions requirements from different national legislations and European standards (μg/m after 3 days)

German regulation (AgBB, building products)

French regulation (AFSSET, building productions)

GEV EMICODE EC1 (for adhesives)

Blue Angel RAL UZ 113 (for adhesives)

Gut (for carpet, standard used by Interface)

µg/m3 After 3 days

µg/m3 After 28 days

F2


Our factory feeds on bio-gas from fish and chocolate waste

Scherpenzeel down to Zero Front 3 : Use renewable energy


Insulating pipes and equipment to avoid thermal loss

Scherpenzeel down to Zero

F4 F3


Periodically finding leakages of compressed air

F3

Front 4 : Closing the loop

ReEntry Program

Interface has diverted more than 103 million lbs of carpet since 1994

Transportation

End of Life/ Use

Landfill

Recycling

Use & Maintenance Product Manufacturing Raw material

extraction

Measurement of Global Warming Impact: Where do impacts occur with Carpet? (Closing the Loop)

71%

10% 9% 7%

3%

Greenhouse gas emissions

F4

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2

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1. Carpet shipped back to LaGrange, Georgia 2. Full carpet tile is ground up, fiber and backing 3. Agglomerator converts material to pellets

ReEntry Program F4

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ReEntry Program

4. “Cool Blue Food” sprinkled onto conveyor belt 5. Pellets heated until they ‘ooze’ 6. Backing cured and face fiber added

F4

Transforming our supply chain towards Mission Zero

Front 5 : Resource efficient transportation

Towards zero transport impacts through our local manufacturing

Establish local manufacturing sites

F5

Shifting to lower-carbon modes of transport with railway and barges

F5

Improving transport efficiency

On average our trucks are now 85-90% full

F5

Front 6 : Sensitizing Stakeholders

“Together We Can Reuse It”

F6 GREEN APPLE DAY

F6 Wild Life Conservation

F6 Community projects

F6 Mission Zero Week

Front 7 : Redesign Commerce

ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT COMPARISON OF GRIDSET "GREEN GLUE" vs TACTILES

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50

100AP

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FAETP

GWP

HTP

MAETPODP

POCP

RAD

TETP

EE

Green GlueTactiles

TACTILES Creates a “Floating Floor” Install over existing floors Tiles adhere to one another, not the floor 90% Lower Environmental Footprint Eliminates installation waste

110g

5g

Adhesive per m2

TacTilesTM, per m2

Most emissions from a flooring installation come from the glue

F7

Zero disruption during installation

Renovisions lifts the furniture

and reduces disruption

F7

Zero hassle maintenance

F7

F7

LEED BUILDING

Interface was involved in LEED's development and several of our showrooms and manufacturing facilities have achieved high LEED accreditation. Our Thailand plant is the first LEED Certified building in the country

INTERFACE LEED SITES

Shanghai Showroom – LEED Gold

Atlanta Showroom – LEED Platinum Ray C Anderson Plant, West Point – LEED Certified

InterfaceFLOR Thailand – LEED Certified

F7

Three ways to reduce the biggest impact of a carpet tile:

1 Use less yarn

2 Use recycled yarn

3 Invent a new yarn

F7

Use less yarn

Microtuft: Around 50% less yarn

F7

Today: We have more than 400 colours with 100% recycled nylon

90’s: the inventors of nylon told us it was impossible to recycle nylon

Use recycled yarn F7

Net Works Net-Works is the first step in creating a truly restorative loop in carpet tile production, cleaning up oceans and beaches while also creating financial opportunities for some of the poorest people in the world

F7

Fotosfera is our first product using bio-based nylon yarn

63% bio-based

yarn

Invent a new yarn F7

Towards zero unfairness

F7

Biomimicry – Design inspiration from nature

Nature has 3.8 billion years of design experience

F7

Sustainability Metrics

EcoMetrics - Recycle content - Energy

We measure our progress to Mission Zero along three paths...

PROCESS PRODUCT CULTURE

LCA and Natural Capital - Emissions - Waste

SocioMetrics - Engagement - Safety

Sustainability Metrics: Measuring our Progress toward Mission Zero

“ What Gets Measured, Gets Done “ - Ray Anderson

Product Impacts

70% of Carbon Impacts Occur in the Raw Materials and Production Stage (Cradle-to-Gate)

Average Carbon Impacts by Life Cycle Stage (2013 global weighted average of products sold)

8.56 kg CO2/m2

Product Impacts

Average Cradle-to-Gate Carbon Impacts

8.56 kg CO2/m2

75% of Cradle-to-Gate Carbon Impacts are from Yarn and Backing

(2013 global weighted average of products sold)

2013 EcoMetrics Highlights

ENERGY USE per unit of production since 1996

RENEWABLE ENERGY of total energy use

GHG EMISSIONS per unit of production since 1996

RECYCLED and BIOBASED MATERIALS of total raw materials use

WASTE TO LANDFILL per unit of production since 1996

WATER INTAKE per unit of production since 1996

39%

35%

71%

49%

83%

94%

2013 Renewable Electricity

1. Scherpenzeel Green from Grid + Solar

2. Craigavon Green from Grid

3. LaGrange – Kyle 1&2 RECs + Solar

4. LaGrange– Kyle 3 (ReEntry) RECs

5. West Point RECs Two facilities have on-site solar photovoltaic arrays which produced 17 MWh of electricity and saved 9 tonnes of GHG emissions in 2012 LaGrange - 9 MWh (0.01% of electricity usage) saved 6 tonnes of GHG emissions Scherpenzeel - 8 MWh (0.03% of electricity usage) saved 3 tonnes of GHG emissions

Energy

5 out of 7 manufacturing facilities use 100% renewable electricity:

Happy and Productive Culture

“ Sustainability is in our DNA “ Mission Zero Champions or Ambassadors Engagement – QUEST, Q12, 360. Less is more, C.I., Innovation Safety, Health and Well being. Zero Waste Renewable Accountable