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Strategies Towards Sustainability
The Case of Interface Inc.
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Planning in Complex Systems
Outcome Level
Strategic Level
System Level
Action Level
Toolbox Level
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Interface Inc.
• World’s Largest Manufacturer of Flooring Tiles
• US$1.28 billion in sales
• 26 facilities worldwide• 7 Faces of Mount
Sustainability
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“Spear in the Chest”
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7 Faces 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
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Systems Map
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1) Eliminating the Concept of Waste
• “We define waste as any cost that does not produce value to our customers”– Not just materials and energy, but also
“processes”
• Reduce waste and then eliminate.– Redesign products to use less materials and to
reuse materials.
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1) Eliminating the Concept of Waste
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2) Benign Emissions
• Elimination of “stacks” and “discharge points”.– 83 of 272 air emissions stacks– 11 of 21 effluent discharge points
• “Prevent toxic substances from entering our factories in the first place”
• Eliminate dependence on materials from the earth’s crust
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Systems Map
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2) Benign Emissions
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3) Renewable Energy
• Long-term dependence on solely solar energy, i.e. substitution of fossil fuels.– Gas turbines or fuel cells as flexible platforms
• First focus on energy efficiency, i.e. reducing consumption of electricity.
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4) Closing the Loop
• Close Loop Recycling - “Cradle to Cradle”
1. Natural, Organic Cycle - “natural raw materials and compostable products”
2. Technical Cycle - “Giving man-made materials and organic molecules life after life”
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Systems Map
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Technical Cycle
Natural CycleCompostable products
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5) Resource Efficient Transportation
• Avoid transportation, for example through video conferencing
• Reduce transportation, for example through manufacturing closer to markets and better logistics
• Switch to more efficient modes of transportation • Least within the control of the organization
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6) Sensitivity Hookup
• “Closer relations:– amongst ourselves to get all of us in alignment
– with suppliers and customers to get all of us in alignment”
• “Service to the community through involvement and investment”
• “Increases the awareness of thousands and thousands of little things each of us can do to inch towards sustainability.”
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7) Redesign Commerce
• Shifting from selling products to Selling Services
• Prices reflect full costs
• Tax Shifting…from income and capital to pollution, waste, emissions, etc.
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