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SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS Product and Company sustainability in action
Nadine Gudz Director, Sustainability Strategy nadine.gudz@interface.com
- Who is Interface?
- Life Cycle thinking, assessment, stewarship in
action
- Radical transparency: Exploring the
possibilities
- Inspiring systems change: product, company,
supply chains…
OUTLINE
Take Make Waste
Only 6% of material flow ends up in products
No
Waste
THE SUSTAINABILITY
REVOLUTION
THE INDUSTRIAL
REVOLUTION
SEVEN FRONTS OF MOUNT SUSTAINABILITY
1. Eliminate Waste
2. Benign Emissions
3. Renewable Energy
4. Closing the Loop
5. Resource-Efficient Transportation
6. Sensitivity Hookup
7. Redesign Commerce
$440 MILLION IN AVOIDED WASTE COSTS, GLOBALLY
ENERGY USE per unit of production since 1996
2011 ECOMETRICS HIGHLIGHTS 47%
RENEWABLE ENERGY of total energy use 31%
NON-RENEWABLE ENERGY USE per unit of production since 1996 64%
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS from Baseline 34%
RECYCLED MATERIALS of total raw materials use 44%
WATER USE per unit of production since 1996 84%
WASTE TO LANDFILL per unit of production since 1996 88%
INSPIRED BY NATURAL SYSTEMS
We created i2 using
biomimicry – a method that
seeks sustainable solutions
by using nature as a model.
Like leaves on a forest floor,
i2 tiles vary from one to the
other – yet they come
together to form beautiful
designs.
Original i2, non directional product – Entropy.
Total Recycled Content is 62-74%.
Mergeable dye lots
- Less attic stock required
Tiles blend regardless of when they're
purchased or installed
Longer life on the floor
i2 non-directional
- Installs faster than roll carpet or
directional modular carpet
Creates less waste since scraps can
be reused along the edges
Innovation
INSPIRED BY NATURAL SYSTEMS
End of Life/ Use
Landfill
Recycling
Use & Maintenance Manufacturing
Raw material extraction
71%
10% 9% 7%
3%
Greenhouse gas emissions
Transportation
MEASURING GLOBAL WARMING
IMPACT POTENTIAL
Product
Approx. 30 lbs of GHGs for
1 yd2 of carpet
WHAT IS LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT?
A science-based methodology for
assessing the environmental
performance of a product over its full
life cycle
- standardized by
ISO 14040 series
- 3 main parts: 1) scope,
2) inventory, 3) impacts
LIFE CYCLE STEWARDSHIP
CLOSING THE LOOP: RE-ENTRY 2.0 CARPET RECLAMATION & RECYCLING
the Loop Fiber is separated and broadloom backing is removed
to be further processed
4
Loop - fiber Face fiber is bailed and shipped to Universal Fibers
CONTROVERSIAL MATERIALS
www.pharosproject.net (v2, 5/07/12)
EPD STANDS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT DECLARATION
It is a statement of product ingredients and
potential environmental impacts during the life of
a product.
EPD IS BASED ON LIFECYLE DATA
EPD IS THIRD-PARTY VERIFIED
EPD MEETS ISO STANDARDS
EPD is not:
-A performance rater
-A sustainability claim
-A system Interface developed for its own purposes
INITIATIVE/STANDARD DEVELOPED BY INTERFACEFLOR STATUS
ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT
DECLARATION
ISO (14025 & 14040) 90% OF PRODUCTS
COVERED BY UL- CERTIFIED
EPDs (ALL PRODUCTS BY
END OF 2012)
PHAROS PROJECT HEALTHY BUILDING
NETWORK (HBN)
ALL PRODUCT DATA (NORTH
AMERICA) IN DATABASE
HEALTH PRODUCT
DECLARATION
HBN & BUILDINGGREEN.COM COMMITTED TO PILOT
PERKINS & WILL
TRANSPARENCY LABEL
PERKINS & WILL IN DISCUSSION TO PILOT
DECLARE LIVING BUILDING
CHALLENGE (ILBI)
IN DISCUSSIONS
TRANSPARENCY LEADERSHIP
LEED PILOT CREDIT 43:
PRODUCT CERTIFICATIONS
CALL TO ACTION
If you are a design professional, firm, or company
working in the Building Sector (architects,
designers, planners, interior designers, landscape
architects, builders, and/or developers, etc.),
Architecture 2030 encourages you to adopt the
2030 Challenge for Products and pledge to request
third party expert verified Life Cycle Assessment
(LCA) and, where possible, Environmental Product
Declaration (EPD), results from product
manufacturers and specify low-carbon building
products that meet the Challenge targets.
Architecture2030.org
TRANSFORMING
BUSINESS CULTURE
2010, Ray Anderson, Jim Hartzfeld
and Mona Amodeo, “Changing
Business Cultures from Within”
- Is a product really green if it’s made in a polluting
factory?
- “Sustainable” is not a specialized product line
- Radical transparency -> More complete picture ->
Smarter choices -> More sustainable buildings
- “Controversial materials” = good conversation
starters about ALL materials
SUMMARY
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