Interface Announces Mission Zero Success, Commits to Climate Take Back

Atlanta -- -- Interface announced Mission Zero success ahead of its original 2020 target. Over the past 25 years, the company has driven significant improvements across all key sustainability metrics internally and throughout its supply chain to help meet its objectives. Based on 25 years of effort and commitment to sustainability, the commercial flooring company provides a road map for other companies to follow in its recently-released "Lessons for the Future" report. It also provides a path to the future for the company's next moonshot, Climate Take Back.

Interface created aggressive sustainability targets after Founder Ray Anderson's famous "spear in the chest moment" in 1994. Working swiftly to develop a plan to reduce the company's impact on the environment, Interface focused on reducing impact in three key areas of the business: its factories, products, and suppliers. The company has made remarkable progress in these areas over the last 25 years, greatly reducing its footprint in nearly every capacity, including: