Resource Efficient Transportation

Improve Your Move.

Managing transportation is not an easy task for a company that operates in 100 countries. We are dependent on fossil fuels to deliver our products and services. To reduce our impact we videoconference and telecommute, locate our facilities close to their markets, plan logistics for maximum efficiency, focus on reducing packaging to consolidate shipments and our online sample centre allows customers to narrow their selection before ordering.

Our current targets:

• Offset emissions from business-related air travel.
• Minimise emissions from inbound and outbound freight.
• Manage transportation to reduce emissions.

Eventually we hope to eliminate our company's emissions of carbon dioxide. In the meantime, we hope to compensate for our greenhouse gas impact. This is how far we've come:

Transport rationalisation

• Interface Australia underwent a national rationalisation of its transportation of product to get the best possible efficiency and therefore, reduce environmental impact. The implemented program increased efficiency by 10-12%.

Trees For Travel™

• Helps offset carbon dioxide emissions associated with our business air travel, including customer mill visits.
• Data on total air miles is collected, and three trees are planted in partnership with American Forests per ton of carbon dioxide generated.
• Since 1997, InterfaceFLOR has sponsored the planting of more than 52,000 trees.

Cool Fuel™ Program

• We're committed to "zeroing out" the carbon dioxide emissions caused by our company car travel.
• Our Cool Fuel program has offset more than 3,500 metric tons of carbon dioxide since its inception in 2002 by supporting environmental projects that reduce CO2 emissions.
• Additionally, Interface is introducing hybrid vehicle options for company cars.

Alternative travel program

• InterfaceFLOR encourages alternative travel by employees. In 2004 for example, employees travelled 7,000 kms by bicycle and 2,500 kms by carpooling in Australia alone.

Cool Co2mmute™

• Through Cool Co2mmute, InterfaceFLOR employees can purchase trees to be planted by American Forests to offset carbon dioxide emissions associated with the fuel consumed commuting to work and in personal travel.