by Brianna Crandall — June 29, 2018 — Interface, a worldwide modular flooring company with a strong focus on sustainability, announced at the 50th NeoCon commercial interiors show in Chicago this month that 100 percent of Interface products sold will be third-party verified as carbon neutral with the introduction of Carbon Neutral Floors.
A global expansion of the Americas’ Cool Carpet program to now include all carpet and luxury vinyl tile (LVT) products, this initiative will better help customers meet their sustainability goals such as for green building certifications, at no additional cost.
100 percent of Interface products sold will be third-party verified as carbon neutral with the introduction of Carbon Neutral Floors. Image courtesy Interface
Look for additional announcements from NeoCon about a new LVT product and carpet tile collection, and Interface’s acquisition of Nora, in future FMLink articles.
Carbon-neutral floors
Interface announced from NeoCon that all products will now be third-party verified as carbon neutral across the entire lifecycle of the product. All products sold, both LVT flooring and carpet tile, will now fall under the company’s Carbon Neutral Floors program. The company is now offering its Carbon Neutral Floors program standard to every customer at no extra cost to help them meet their own carbon goals, while also allowing them to reduce the emissions impact of their projects or spaces.
Interface estimates it will offset 400,000 metric tons of carbon emissions in 2018 as part of the program, equivalent to the carbon absorbed annually by nearly half a million acres of forest.
In keeping with its more than 20-year commitment to sustainability, Interface has taken a holistic approach to carbon neutrality, looking beyond carbon emissions from manufacturing to consider and calculate emissions across the entire product lifecycle. This begins with raw materials and continues through manufacturing, transportation, maintenance and ultimately end-of-life product takeback and recycling through ReEntry and other disposal methods.
Interface says it has already reduced the carbon footprint of its products to the lowest levels in the industry based on publicly available third-party verified Environmental Product Declarations. Therefore, it is economically viable — and more importantly, environmentally responsible — to achieve carbon neutrality through the supply chain of the products and the purchase of carbon offsets.
To learn more about the program, visit the Carbon Neutral Floors landing page on the Interface website.
