The Interface, Inc. Sustainable Strategies Team serves to:

• Represent the global corporation, Interface, in its relationships with governmental and nonprofit organizations focused on environmental initiatives.
• Lead the EcoSense™ initiative that defines Interface's journey to sustainability
• Review and promote newer and more environmentally friendly technologies/products/processes that lead the corporation to a lower environmental footprint.
• Provide leadership in the development of socially sustainable practices appropriate for the global organization
• Develop quantifiable metrics systems from which Interface companies can measure their individual and collective performance in regard to waste reduction, energy demand, life cycle impacts and other sustainability indicators

Key sustainability initiatives include:

Key programs and activities of this group are focused on educating, measuring, and promoting sustainability that would not traditionally be considered basic research. Some examples include social issues, measurement systems, life cycle science, internal and external communication, and Interface's strategy regarding issues that extend beyond our products, such as climate change.

Initiatives include:

• Development and maintenance of Interface's Sustainability web site
• Compiling and analyzing company wide sustainability metrics and activities, greenhouse gas emissions, toxic chemical inventories, etc.
• Management and administration of the QUEST™ (waste elimination) initiative.
• Management and administration of the EcoMetrics™ initiative, which includes the activities that business units can use to become more sustainable, including benchmarking and sharing of best practices for each facility.
• Management and administration of the SocioMetrics™ initiative, which is a systematic approach to measuring, understanding and developing ways to positively impact the social aspect of sustainability.
• Management of the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) process for Interface which includes working with all facilities worldwide to prioritize studies according to business value and then using these studies to assist local management in understanding environmental impacts from a holistic viewpoint.
• Administration of the Interface Environmental Education Grant program which awards up to 30 grants yearly for up to $500 USD each to teachers around the world.

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