• Interface, Inc. joined the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) [1] in November 2004.  They were the first and only company in the commercial interiors industry to do so. Through CCX, Interface is actively quantifying, tracking and reporting the GHG emissions associated with the manufacture of its products (carpet and fabric) in the United States and Canada.

• Interface has committed to decrease its absolute GHG emissions by 1% per year through 2006, using the period from 1998-2001 as a baseline, and Interface’s North American business units have committed to support emerging markets for GHG emissions trading in North America.

• Interface purchases a range of carbon offsets to support its Cool Carpet™ [2] program, enabling its customers to purchase “climate neutral” flooring products.  The emission reduction credits associated with Interface’s Cool Carpet products offset the full product life cycle—raw material extraction to end-of-life.   InterfaceFLOR Commercial announced in February 2007 that all of its North American products would be climate neutral, Cool Carpet products at no additional cost to the customer.

• In 2006 Interface, Inc., ClifBar and Stonyfield Farm sponsored a report commissioned by Clean Air-Cool Planet entitled “A Consumers’ Guide to Retail Carbon Offset Providers.” [3]

• Examples from Interface were also featured in the Pew Center’s report:  Getting Ahead of the Curve: Corporate Strategies That Address Climate Change [4]

• In the U.S., Canada and Asia-Pacific the Cool Carpet carbon offset credits carry the 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.  InterfaceFLOR Europe purchases its offset credits through Climate Care.

• 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™ [5] program enables the company to use corporate gas purchase rebates to offset the CO₂ emissions from business related auto travel in company vehicles.

• Effective October 2006, Interface committed to make its U.S. based light duty fleet 100% SmartWay^sm Certified.  The Subaru Outback 2.5i Limited was added into the fleet and Subaru committed to offset the CO₂ associated with the first 60,000 miles of driving for each Subaru that Interface leases.  Subaru of America is providing the offsets through the purchase of tree plantings by American Forests.

• The Cool Co₂mmute™ program allows Interface associates to offset the CO₂ impact of their personal travel miles.  Interface splits the cost for the offsets with the associates.

To view carbon trading and offsets programs of all BELC members, visit the What's Being Done in the Business Community [6] section of this site.