We’re ten years away from our sustainability goal. What is your timeline? Tell us your organizations vision for achieving sustainability.
16 years ago, we committed to achieving zero environmental impact by 2020 – a promise we now call Mission Zero®. With 10 years to go, it’s time to issue a progress report on what we’ve achieved, and the challenges we’ll face moving forward.
Erin Meezan, Vice President of Sustainability at Interface, Inc. talks about what our Mission Zero Milestones mean for us, and for every business trying to chart a path to sustainability. Our Milestones will be unveiled on Tuesday, November 9 on our website, at www.interfaceglobal.com/Sustainability
November is a big month for InterfaceFLOR. On November 9th, we will unveil our Mission Zero Milestones for 2010, a landmark announcement that will set the tone for our next 10 years at InterfaceFLOR. From November 17th-19th, we’ll unveil a framework for our sustainability mission at the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo. We want to include you – our social media fans, followers and loyal readers – in celebrating these milestones. Here’s a sneak peak at what we’ll be bringing you over the next month:
This company makes decisions and commitments based on the urgency of an issue - not on how easy we think a goal will be to achieve.
Peter Greene, Vice President of Marketing, on Mission Zero.
Ray Anderson, Interface founder and chairman, changed the course of our company back in 1994 after reading The Ecology of Commerce by Paul Hawken. His “Mid-Course Correction” put us on a path toward eliminating our environmental footprint by 2020, a journey we now call Mission Zero®. It has forever changed our company, our industry and the lives of many both in and outside of Interface.
For us, sustainability isn’t just about offering a product with recycled content or meeting industry standards or environmental certifications. We take a holistic approach toward sustainability that touches all aspects of our business and influences every decision we make.
We use Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) to help us evaluate the environmental impact of materials, processes, products and even businesses. As John Bradford, our Chief Innovations Officer, says, “LCA allows us to see our choices through Mother Nature’s lens.” Hear more on how we use LCA in our business decisions from John.
We now use LCA as a basis for Environmental Product Declaration (EPD®): a full public disclosure of a product’s ingredients, use of energy and material resources, and environmental impacts during its life cycle.
Rhonda Mitchell
Director, Marketing
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