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11 Interface: More Than Just a Carpet Company Interface's dedication to sustainability has evolved into the company's Mission Zero commitment- our promise to eliminate any negative impact Interface has on the environment by 2020. ---Interface's Mission Statement . largest producer of soft-surfaced modular floor coverings in the world. But what makes his credo drives Interface's strategic focus as it competes in the highly competitive floor-coverings industry. Interface was started in 1973 by Ray Anderson to fill the need to manufacture flexible floor coverings for commercial customers. Started as Moint venture between British-owned Carpets International and a group of American evestors, Interface began its operations in LaGrange, Georgia. Today, Interface is the interface unique is its ability to ship custom-designed flooring around the world while uving environmental sustainability interwoven into every decision of the company, much like the fibers in its carpets. Dan Hendrix, president and chief executive officer, stated, "I believe that not only must we do our best, but we must be the best at everything we do." This underlying commitment to excellence in whatever it does helps drive Interface as it climbs "Mount Sustainability." Interface considers the sustainability impact of every operational deci- sion from the raw materials that are selected to the best method used to recycle the flooring after the customer has finished with the product. The Road to Sustainability When Anderson started Interface more than 30 years ago, sustainability was not part of the strategic decision-making process. Over time, however, he realized that his company End POD a exam and of all and bes we sustainable company. The comes in 1994, Anderson read Paul Huwen's book The Foxy of ce is my rental footprint on the earth while setting an 1907 and by el Ouinn. After reading those books. And the For Dream Team made of some of the best-known experts on sustain From this starting point. Interface became fully competent in tecoming a would be a dynamic process which enables pepe olime their potential and to improve their quality of life in ways that thar a viable definitionists to define ability Anderson Furthermore Anderson stated that sustainability is not just an option responsits of everyone to protect the environment for future generati "Humanity has the ability to make development sustainable to ensure meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future revers in Sustainability Interface has proposed that there are sewn facts for front of the mountain (1) eliminate waste, 12) benign emissions, 3) retele energy. 4) closing the loop. 5) resource efficient transportation, 16) sensitizing stake ral gal taneously protect and enhance the Earth's life support systems e har th In at el to meet their own needs To climb holders, and (7) redesigning commerce. Elimination of Waste The sustainability challenge of eliminating waste is to reverse Because there is only a finite amount of resources available on the planet, Interfact the enormous amount of waste that is generated when manufacturing products was determined to eliminate waste wherever it was possible. The process began by first the waste, and eventually eliminating the waste. Interface defines waste as any cost identifying what the current sources of waste at Interface were, then initially reducing that does not produce value to its customers. Therefore, waste is not only a boy-producer of production but also any activity that is not done correctly the first time, such as a misdirected shipment, an incorrect invoice, or a defective product. The reduction of waste has been accomplished at Interface by redesigning products and the processes used to manufacture the products. In addition, what was previously considered to be a waste product was remanufactured into additional resources than could be used in the next step in the production cycle. To help use opportunities that could occur to reduce waste, Interface established the QUEST program. QUEST stands for "Quality Utilizing Employee Suggestions and Teamwork." Through the QUEST program, Interface was able to save $300 million in 2005. An example of the simple way cost savings were generated at Interface occurred when the Interface manufacturing facility in Maine installed a brass nozzle, which cost $8.50. This nozzle reduced the amount of water needed in the plant by 2 million gallons annually Benign Emissions' The sustainability issue on this mountain face is to identify areas within the company that could reduce, or even eliminate, emissions into the eco- sphere. The ultimate goal of this challenge is to have only products, clean air, and clean water being released from the Interface plants. Interface monitors and evaluates all of the 247 air emissions stacks and the 19 waste- water effluent pipes in its global manufacturing ring operations. Instead of just trying to control emissions, Interface reviews the plant facilities to see if the air emission stack 163 wa at the quested the water in the production process damaging in the produs Cases defluent pes are needed December 2016 Inte had to be the bet Snitsacilities by and the number the impact interaces have an obal pollution, Arvderon that Interface compilatot min standards from around the work Te Wh standards were the most string After that determination and made the emission releases for each emission Stack and then please walted using those standards as the benchmark in the of water management and we can be treted and reused. At its Fats Division Interface was able to reduce the number of per production unit by the one of materials that are ecological nation Team, which was responsible for in the area of toxic chemicals Interface has stabbed itative tomate ce established the Toxic roduction process. In 1996 the manufacturing processes in each of Interace's plants with the goal of on the definition given by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as part of the minating the use of all toxic chemicals The chemicals were defined as foi based Emergency Planning and Community Right-lo-Know Act ICRA), which is also known SARA 313, referring to Section 313 of the at the steps used to eliminate to Superfund Amendment and Reauthorization chemicals included the ti elimination of chloro- fuocarbons (CEC), hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFC, and other one-depleting substances in the manufacturing process and the elimination of all solatile chlori ated chemicals, which are used primarily in the cooling and refrigeration stage in the emiterface also reduced the number of supplies that provided manufacturing process so the company was able to better track and control what types of chemicals were coming into the manufacturing facilities An example of how the levels of chemicals were reduced in the manufacturing s occurred at Interface's Guilford, Maine Dyehouse facility. The Dyehouse man helieved that Interface was using too much of the antistatic chemicals in the dye process. The manager felt that the amount of the chemical could be reduced without affecting the quality of the product and would result in cost savings as well as the reduction of chemicals used. The plant managers discovered that the manufacturing process would be the same with only 17% of the amount of the antistatic chemicals used in the dyeing process. Because of this result, Interface now tests all process chem- jaals before they are used in the manufacturing process Interface has developed numerous methods to evaluate the indoor alt quality chal- lenge that affects the products manufactured by interace. It has developed a non profit partnership with other companies called the stroSense Consortium that evaluates indoor air quality issues. In addition, interace's research and development department focuses on design products that have a temal impact on indoor air quality. Furthermore, Interface integrates its toxic chemical elimination commitment by manufacturing products that have benign chemical properties. Renewable Energy Interface is committed to using less energy and to incorporat ing more renewable energy in its manufacturing process. Four of Interface's facilities operate with 100% renewable energy. Two of the four plants are located in the United States (Georgia and California), and the other two plants are located in Europe (United Kingdom and Northern Ireland). Interface is in the process of converting two additional . 36 is in 100 newable enemy total of 1.9 of Interace consumption is based on renewable energy sources con ahi to pro RE ta It co which is passed on to the customers. Closing the Loop Interface refers to closing the loop as the processed by the to be able to continuously reuse and recycle materials in a "closed Circle The challenge is to continue to use the same resources multiple times Stantly extracting new resources from the ecosystem. One method close the loop is to reduce the use of petro-based materials via renewable et theation and dematerialization of their materials. Furthermore, recycling process is to use recycled materials in Interface products. The next step that to developing a closed-loop recycling program. The first step in the Interface highlights the benefits of closed-loop recycling, which includes a reduction so the plants can use recycled raw materials from existing carpets and other test Interface has takent is to develop different technologies in the manufacturing of the material needed to make the products, the reduction of new resources need from the earth the reduction of waste that fills up landfills, the reduction or the com needed to manufacture the products, and the reduction of the costs of the products, Interface also includes the design processes as part of the closed loop system peting products that were more durable but required fewer materials than the pe One of the innovations in the design process at Interface was to developer vious design. Interface calls this redesign process the Sustainable Design Stairwa The stairway was designed based on the four principles used to reduce a company's redesign. The bottom step, reduce, focuses on asking the employees at Interface to do environmental footprint on the earth. The four principles are reducereuse-Doce something by using less material. The second step, reuse, focuses on what Interface calls "zippered products," which are products that are designed to be dismantled as ily to make it easier to reuse the components within the product again. The third ster recycle, relates to focusing on single polymer products , which facilitate additional sustainable "loop." The top step, redesign, focuses on the development of new prod. opportunities to recycle the material and therefore, have the material stay within the ucts that are incorporated within the sustainability "loop" so the sustainability gains from the previous three steps support the development of new sustainable products Resource Efficient Transportation Interface's Resource Efficient Transportation in tiative uses the most sustainable transportation means available to move people, peod ucts, information, and resources. Interface's activities include belonging to the Business for Social Responsibility's Green Freight Group and the EPA's SmartWay Transport vol untary partnership program. In addition, Interface established the Trees for Travel pro- gram, which involves Interface planting trees to offset the carbon dioxide emissions from air travel. To date, Interface has planted more than 62,000 trees with its part nership with American Forests. In addition, Interface sponsors the Cool Commute program. In this program, Interface employees buy trees to be planted by American Forests to offset the CO emissions that are released as they commute to and from work Sensitizing Stakeholders"Interface's mission is to become a restorative enterprise striving to understand and achieve sustainability and influence others to see the opportunity of 'Doing Well by Doing Good. 365 ben to process place and pronit emulate nature's systems that's where we will find the right model se of redesign commerce calculates the true cost to manutacture Instead of Casa 1. race in these beliefs as a base for how Interacts with its stakeholders, the company makes all vested stakeholders ware of interace'S Comment to sustain discuss how sustainability wild be meted into the Tyve people, product As part of the process, 11 January 2008all the manager at Interne met Redesign Commerce Anderson said, "At Interface we seek to become the first It means creating the team the future-kinderen techos that tainable corporation in the world, and following that the first restorative company The premie Interface as a company that provides footing predu.product. employees New Interface as a company providing service and value ve of the initiatives of the redesign commerce initiative is the key program, which takes materials that would e been thrown into a landfill and use them in the production process The Continued Benefits of Sustainability In April 2006, Interface announced that it had increased its use of renewable elec the use of Sy of renewable electricity in its plants in 2000 Five of Interface's plants with 100% green electricity, which is made renewable by purchasing We energy certificates from wind and blomass projects Furthermore Interface was able to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 35% thigh production eft captured 18 million pounds of carpet that would have been discarded in landfills. Of Prin 2005 in its global operations to 22%, which was a significant increase over tricity were Cases chose, 71% was recycled, 28% was used for energy capture and conversion, and 1% was donated to charitable organizations In May 2006, Interface was ranked 24th in Business Ethics magazine's 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 (LEED) gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council . The Interface facility was the first building in China to receive this certification. The design of the building helped in such sustainability issues as water conservation, energy efficiency, and the use of reclaimed and reused materials." Interface also announced that the seating fabric used in the 2008 Ford Escape Hybrid would be made from soft drink bottle resins Interface in 2011 As Interface moves quickly toward its 2020 goal of zero emissions, company staff mem- bers continue to make tremendous strides in their commitment to the environment Since Interface started Mount Sustainability in 1995, the company's energy use per unit has decreased by 43%; Interface now uses 35% renewable energy: greenhouse gas emis- slons have been reduced by 44%; the waste that was sent to landfills has decreased by 77% the water use per unit has decreased by 80%, and recycled and bio-based raw mate- rials compose 36% of Interface products. In addition, eight of the nine manufacturing plants operate with 100% renewable electricity. Interface's waste elimination program End PO ose Del . ve is to be o achieve the three major challenges in reaching its zero emissions goal by 2020. The first challen has resulted in a reduction of waste cast by 4296 since 1995. Interface has Werved e more productive and efficient in converting recycled raw materials to w within Interface so that the employees continue to be fully motivated to a able closed-loop products. The second challenge is to continue to motivate the impact footprint goals on industrial waste, Interface's use of energy, and the texto 2020 goals. The third challenge is to become more aggressive in moving toward the August 9, 2011. Ray Anderson founder and visionary of Interface, died of cancer the of greenhouse gas emissions. But the largest challenge of all for Interface codon humanity and life. We will have lived our brief span and either helped or hurt that pe or 77. In one of his speeches, he commented, "We are all part of the continuum tinuum and the earth that sustains all life. It's that simple. Which will it be at com Interface in 2013 In 2013, Interface continued using 35% renewable energy in its operations, with vent of waste sent to landfills from carpet production has decreased from 2.5 million to the seven factories operating at 100% renewable energy. The GHG Emissions per unit of product had decreased from 1.7 pounds in 2011 to 0.8 pounds in 2013. The amount 1.2 million pounds from 2011 to 2013. Financially, Interface's net sales increased from $953.45 million to $959.989 million from 2011 to 2013, while net income increased from $38.721 million in 2011 to $48.225 million in 2013 Questions for Thought 1. Identify the companies that are part of the EnviroSense Consortium. Do you believe that any of these companies are as committed to sustainability as Interface? 2. Interface makes its commitment to sustainability issues seem so simple. Why don't other companies follow its example? 3. Define sustainability. What's so important about sustainability from a business perspective? 4. Compare and contrast Interface's environmental actions with a Fortune 100 company 11 Interface: More Than Just a Carpet Company Interface's dedication to sustainability has evolved into the company's Mission Zero commitment- our promise to eliminate any negative impact Interface has on the environment by 2020. ---Interface's Mission Statement . largest producer of soft-surfaced modular floor coverings in the world. But what makes his credo drives Interface's strategic focus as it competes in the highly competitive floor-coverings industry. Interface was started in 1973 by Ray Anderson to fill the need to manufacture flexible floor coverings for commercial customers. Started as Moint venture between British-owned Carpets International and a group of American evestors, Interface began its operations in LaGrange, Georgia. Today, Interface is the interface unique is its ability to ship custom-designed flooring around the world while uving environmental sustainability interwoven into every decision of the company, much like the fibers in its carpets. Dan Hendrix, president and chief executive officer, stated, "I believe that not only must we do our best, but we must be the best at everything we do." This underlying commitment to excellence in whatever it does helps drive Interface as it climbs "Mount Sustainability." Interface considers the sustainability impact of every operational deci- sion from the raw materials that are selected to the best method used to recycle the flooring after the customer has finished with the product. The Road to Sustainability When Anderson started Interface more than 30 years ago, sustainability was not part of the strategic decision-making process. Over time, however, he realized that his company End POD a exam and of all and bes we sustainable company. The comes in 1994, Anderson read Paul Huwen's book The Foxy of ce is my rental footprint on the earth while setting an 1907 and by el Ouinn. After reading those books. And the For Dream Team made of some of the best-known experts on sustain From this starting point. Interface became fully competent in tecoming a would be a dynamic process which enables pepe olime their potential and to improve their quality of life in ways that thar a viable definitionists to define ability Anderson Furthermore Anderson stated that sustainability is not just an option responsits of everyone to protect the environment for future generati "Humanity has the ability to make development sustainable to ensure meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future revers in Sustainability Interface has proposed that there are sewn facts for front of the mountain (1) eliminate waste, 12) benign emissions, 3) retele energy. 4) closing the loop. 5) resource efficient transportation, 16) sensitizing stake ral gal taneously protect and enhance the Earth's life support systems e har th In at el to meet their own needs To climb holders, and (7) redesigning commerce. Elimination of Waste The sustainability challenge of eliminating waste is to reverse Because there is only a finite amount of resources available on the planet, Interfact the enormous amount of waste that is generated when manufacturing products was determined to eliminate waste wherever it was possible. The process began by first the waste, and eventually eliminating the waste. Interface defines waste as any cost identifying what the current sources of waste at Interface were, then initially reducing that does not produce value to its customers. Therefore, waste is not only a boy-producer of production but also any activity that is not done correctly the first time, such as a misdirected shipment, an incorrect invoice, or a defective product. The reduction of waste has been accomplished at Interface by redesigning products and the processes used to manufacture the products. In addition, what was previously considered to be a waste product was remanufactured into additional resources than could be used in the next step in the production cycle. To help use opportunities that could occur to reduce waste, Interface established the QUEST program. QUEST stands for "Quality Utilizing Employee Suggestions and Teamwork." Through the QUEST program, Interface was able to save $300 million in 2005. An example of the simple way cost savings were generated at Interface occurred when the Interface manufacturing facility in Maine installed a brass nozzle, which cost $8.50. This nozzle reduced the amount of water needed in the plant by 2 million gallons annually Benign Emissions' The sustainability issue on this mountain face is to identify areas within the company that could reduce, or even eliminate, emissions into the eco- sphere. The ultimate goal of this challenge is to have only products, clean air, and clean water being released from the Interface plants. Interface monitors and evaluates all of the 247 air emissions stacks and the 19 waste- water effluent pipes in its global manufacturing ring operations. Instead of just trying to control emissions, Interface reviews the plant facilities to see if the air emission stack 163 wa at the quested the water in the production process damaging in the produs Cases defluent pes are needed December 2016 Inte had to be the bet Snitsacilities by and the number the impact interaces have an obal pollution, Arvderon that Interface compilatot min standards from around the work Te Wh standards were the most string After that determination and made the emission releases for each emission Stack and then please walted using those standards as the benchmark in the of water management and we can be treted and reused. At its Fats Division Interface was able to reduce the number of per production unit by the one of materials that are ecological nation Team, which was responsible for in the area of toxic chemicals Interface has stabbed itative tomate ce established the Toxic roduction process. In 1996 the manufacturing processes in each of Interace's plants with the goal of on the definition given by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as part of the minating the use of all toxic chemicals The chemicals were defined as foi based Emergency Planning and Community Right-lo-Know Act ICRA), which is also known SARA 313, referring to Section 313 of the at the steps used to eliminate to Superfund Amendment and Reauthorization chemicals included the ti elimination of chloro- fuocarbons (CEC), hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFC, and other one-depleting substances in the manufacturing process and the elimination of all solatile chlori ated chemicals, which are used primarily in the cooling and refrigeration stage in the emiterface also reduced the number of supplies that provided manufacturing process so the company was able to better track and control what types of chemicals were coming into the manufacturing facilities An example of how the levels of chemicals were reduced in the manufacturing s occurred at Interface's Guilford, Maine Dyehouse facility. The Dyehouse man helieved that Interface was using too much of the antistatic chemicals in the dye process. The manager felt that the amount of the chemical could be reduced without affecting the quality of the product and would result in cost savings as well as the reduction of chemicals used. The plant managers discovered that the manufacturing process would be the same with only 17% of the amount of the antistatic chemicals used in the dyeing process. Because of this result, Interface now tests all process chem- jaals before they are used in the manufacturing process Interface has developed numerous methods to evaluate the indoor alt quality chal- lenge that affects the products manufactured by interace. It has developed a non profit partnership with other companies called the stroSense Consortium that evaluates indoor air quality issues. In addition, interace's research and development department focuses on design products that have a temal impact on indoor air quality. Furthermore, Interface integrates its toxic chemical elimination commitment by manufacturing products that have benign chemical properties. Renewable Energy Interface is committed to using less energy and to incorporat ing more renewable energy in its manufacturing process. Four of Interface's facilities operate with 100% renewable energy. Two of the four plants are located in the United States (Georgia and California), and the other two plants are located in Europe (United Kingdom and Northern Ireland). Interface is in the process of converting two additional . 36 is in 100 newable enemy total of 1.9 of Interace consumption is based on renewable energy sources con ahi to pro RE ta It co which is passed on to the customers. Closing the Loop Interface refers to closing the loop as the processed by the to be able to continuously reuse and recycle materials in a "closed Circle The challenge is to continue to use the same resources multiple times Stantly extracting new resources from the ecosystem. One method close the loop is to reduce the use of petro-based materials via renewable et theation and dematerialization of their materials. Furthermore, recycling process is to use recycled materials in Interface products. The next step that to developing a closed-loop recycling program. The first step in the Interface highlights the benefits of closed-loop recycling, which includes a reduction so the plants can use recycled raw materials from existing carpets and other test Interface has takent is to develop different technologies in the manufacturing of the material needed to make the products, the reduction of new resources need from the earth the reduction of waste that fills up landfills, the reduction or the com needed to manufacture the products, and the reduction of the costs of the products, Interface also includes the design processes as part of the closed loop system peting products that were more durable but required fewer materials than the pe One of the innovations in the design process at Interface was to developer vious design. Interface calls this redesign process the Sustainable Design Stairwa The stairway was designed based on the four principles used to reduce a company's redesign. The bottom step, reduce, focuses on asking the employees at Interface to do environmental footprint on the earth. The four principles are reducereuse-Doce something by using less material. The second step, reuse, focuses on what Interface calls "zippered products," which are products that are designed to be dismantled as ily to make it easier to reuse the components within the product again. The third ster recycle, relates to focusing on single polymer products , which facilitate additional sustainable "loop." The top step, redesign, focuses on the development of new prod. opportunities to recycle the material and therefore, have the material stay within the ucts that are incorporated within the sustainability "loop" so the sustainability gains from the previous three steps support the development of new sustainable products Resource Efficient Transportation Interface's Resource Efficient Transportation in tiative uses the most sustainable transportation means available to move people, peod ucts, information, and resources. Interface's activities include belonging to the Business for Social Responsibility's Green Freight Group and the EPA's SmartWay Transport vol untary partnership program. In addition, Interface established the Trees for Travel pro- gram, which involves Interface planting trees to offset the carbon dioxide emissions from air travel. To date, Interface has planted more than 62,000 trees with its part nership with American Forests. In addition, Interface sponsors the Cool Commute program. In this program, Interface employees buy trees to be planted by American Forests to offset the CO emissions that are released as they commute to and from work Sensitizing Stakeholders"Interface's mission is to become a restorative enterprise striving to understand and achieve sustainability and influence others to see the opportunity of 'Doing Well by Doing Good. 365 ben to process place and pronit emulate nature's systems that's where we will find the right model se of redesign commerce calculates the true cost to manutacture Instead of Casa 1. race in these beliefs as a base for how Interacts with its stakeholders, the company makes all vested stakeholders ware of interace'S Comment to sustain discuss how sustainability wild be meted into the Tyve people, product As part of the process, 11 January 2008all the manager at Interne met Redesign Commerce Anderson said, "At Interface we seek to become the first It means creating the team the future-kinderen techos that tainable corporation in the world, and following that the first restorative company The premie Interface as a company that provides footing predu.product. employees New Interface as a company providing service and value ve of the initiatives of the redesign commerce initiative is the key program, which takes materials that would e been thrown into a landfill and use them in the production process The Continued Benefits of Sustainability In April 2006, Interface announced that it had increased its use of renewable elec the use of Sy of renewable electricity in its plants in 2000 Five of Interface's plants with 100% green electricity, which is made renewable by purchasing We energy certificates from wind and blomass projects Furthermore Interface was able to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 35% thigh production eft captured 18 million pounds of carpet that would have been discarded in landfills. Of Prin 2005 in its global operations to 22%, which was a significant increase over tricity were Cases chose, 71% was recycled, 28% was used for energy capture and conversion, and 1% was donated to charitable organizations In May 2006, Interface was ranked 24th in Business Ethics magazine's 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 (LEED) gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council . The Interface facility was the first building in China to receive this certification. The design of the building helped in such sustainability issues as water conservation, energy efficiency, and the use of reclaimed and reused materials." Interface also announced that the seating fabric used in the 2008 Ford Escape Hybrid would be made from soft drink bottle resins Interface in 2011 As Interface moves quickly toward its 2020 goal of zero emissions, company staff mem- bers continue to make tremendous strides in their commitment to the environment Since Interface started Mount Sustainability in 1995, the company's energy use per unit has decreased by 43%; Interface now uses 35% renewable energy: greenhouse gas emis- slons have been reduced by 44%; the waste that was sent to landfills has decreased by 77% the water use per unit has decreased by 80%, and recycled and bio-based raw mate- rials compose 36% of Interface products. In addition, eight of the nine manufacturing plants operate with 100% renewable electricity. Interface's waste elimination program End PO ose Del . ve is to be o achieve the three major challenges in reaching its zero emissions goal by 2020. The first challen has resulted in a reduction of waste cast by 4296 since 1995. Interface has Werved e more productive and efficient in converting recycled raw materials to w within Interface so that the employees continue to be fully motivated to a able closed-loop products. The second challenge is to continue to motivate the impact footprint goals on industrial waste, Interface's use of energy, and the texto 2020 goals. The third challenge is to become more aggressive in moving toward the August 9, 2011. Ray Anderson founder and visionary of Interface, died of cancer the of greenhouse gas emissions. But the largest challenge of all for Interface codon humanity and life. We will have lived our brief span and either helped or hurt that pe or 77. In one of his speeches, he commented, "We are all part of the continuum tinuum and the earth that sustains all life. It's that simple. Which will it be at com Interface in 2013 In 2013, Interface continued using 35% renewable energy in its operations, with vent of waste sent to landfills from carpet production has decreased from 2.5 million to the seven factories operating at 100% renewable energy. The GHG Emissions per unit of product had decreased from 1.7 pounds in 2011 to 0.8 pounds in 2013. The amount 1.2 million pounds from 2011 to 2013. Financially, Interface's net sales increased from $953.45 million to $959.989 million from 2011 to 2013, while net income increased from $38.721 million in 2011 to $48.225 million in 2013 Questions for Thought 1. Identify the companies that are part of the EnviroSense Consortium. Do you believe that any of these companies are as committed to sustainability as Interface? 2. Interface makes its commitment to sustainability issues seem so simple. Why don't other companies follow its example? 3. Define sustainability. What's so important about sustainability from a business perspective? 4. Compare and contrast Interface's environmental actions with a Fortune 100 company