INZIDE Commercial Sustainability Goals & KPI's - INZIDE

Sustainability is central to the philosophy and business objectives of INZIDE Commercial. INZIDE Commercial represents all aspects of InterfaceFLOR within New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. It is a separate company with local Directors and a real Kiwi can do attitude.

INZIDE Commercial recycles Interface carpet tile (and our competitors PVC backed nylon carpet tile).The car fleet is made up of Toyota Prius entirely. Our new offices were fitted out under the direction of the Australian Fitout tool in 2007 as NZ’s fit out tool hadn’t been developed at that stage. And INZIDE Commercial as an organisation is carboNZero certified with Landcare Research to ensure our carbon footprint is fully offset. These are local initiatives driven by local owners who are fully committed to the InterfaceFLOR mission Zero programme. [By 2020 having a zero ecological footprint].

In summary Interface operates systems thinking for delivering on Mission Zero. http://www.forumforthefuture.org.nz/ provides a roadmap for Sustainable product leadership.

1. Strategy in place to make all products sustainable - Mission Zero
2. Whole-life closed loop thinking drives product introductions - we are post consumer recycling into new carpet tile
3. Products target specific challenges and have a net positive environmental or social impact - I2 range - low waste, long life, easy maintenance. Tac-Tile - no adhesive, no VOC, no waste in make good
4. Limiting consumers' opportunities to select unsustainable products is built into the product stewardship process - we only sell what we can recycle
5. Continuous innovation drives product development - bio yarns, tac-tile, I2, port of project

Interface carpet tile meets all this criteria. Product Stewardship is the ultimate goal for product suppliers. Being able to take back your own waste and remake it back into something new, completely closing the loop.

In addition, carboNZero has stringent criteria that we need to meet on tracking and reducing all carbon emissions (scope1,2 & 3). Please click on this link to read more about INZIDE Commercial's results in this area. http://www.carbonzero.co.nz/members/organisations_certified.asp#InterfaceNZ

Interface's philosophy has always been to replace Take, Make, Waste into Waste = Food. We are now in this situation. We will take back our carpet tile (and even our competitors based on key criteria) and remake it into new carpet tile. This removes landfill from New Zealand and reduces the embodied energy by up to 90% of making new carpet tile from virgin materials. Please join us on our journey. Always specify carpet tile and always specify that it must have post-consumer recycled content and be recyclable at the end of its life.

InterfaceNZ's Key Performance Indicators