• Interface’s Cool Carpet™ [1] option allows customers around the world to purchase products with a net-zero climate impact.  All of the greenhouse gas emissions associated with modular or broadloom carpet during its entire life cycle are offset through the acquisition of certified emission reduction credits.  In the U.S., Canada and Asia-Pacific the credits carry the Climate Neutral Network’s [2] “Climate Cool” certification, verifying the accuracy of the life cycle emissions of carpet, and ensuring that the emission reduction credits for carpet sold in these regions - are sufficient to achieve a net zero impact on the earth's climate.  Interface Europe is working with Climate Care [3] to fund energy reduction projects in South Africa and a major project to re-establish 10,000 hectares of rainforest in Kibale National Park, western Uganda.

• Interface has sponsored the planting of over 62,000 trees since 1997 to offset CO₂ emissions resulting from air travel by its associates through its Trees for Travel program . 

• The Interface Cool Fuel™ [4] program enables the company to use corporate gas purchase rebates to offset the CO₂ emissions from business related auto travel in company vehicles .
  
  
  
• The Cool Co₂mmute™ program allows Interface associates to offset the CO₂ impact of their personal travel miles by paying for the planting of trees by American Forests to sequester CO₂.  Interface splits the cost for the offsets with the associate

To view carbon sequestration and offsets programs of all BELC members, visit What's Being Done in the Business Community [5] section of this site.