Embodied Carbon Values

As part of Interface’s mission to reverse global warming - what we call Climate Take Back - we are expanding our efforts to both reduce the carbon footprint of our products in line with our Science Based Target AND provide a greater level of carbon transparency. To inform your selection of low carbon materials for your project, we’ve compared the Interface carbon footprint to the “Conservative” value pulled from the Embodied Carbon in Construction Calculator (EC3) tool. The “Conservative” value is the 80^th percentile of all cradle-to-gate (A1-A3) GWP values from EPDs that meet the search criteria. The comparison is made against the Conservative benchmark in the EC3 tool, commonly used to represent a competitive benchmark for carbon footprint that most global carpet mills can meet (80% of published carpet tile EPDs in the EC3 database have a carbon footprint less than or equal to the Conservative number). The search criteria is noted below and changes in the EC3 tool as new EPDs are entered which is why there is a date referenced. Carpet tile is always compared to carpet tile, and LVT and nora rubber are compared to an overall Resilient Flooring Conservative value since different types of resilient flooring are often considered based on different project and installation requirements.

Europe, Middle East, and Africa:

• Resilient flooring (15.7 kg CO2e/sm) based on Conservative Value pulled from EC3 tool on February 22, 2024 with search criteria: Resilient Flooring and Global geography.
• Carpet tile (7.67 kg CO2e/sm) based on the Conservative Value pulled from the EC3 tool on February 22, 2024 with search criteria: Carpet Tile and Europe geography.

North & South America:

• Resilient flooring (15.7 kg CO2e/sm) based on Conservative Value pulled from EC3 tool on February 22, 2024 with search criteria: Resilient Flooring and Global geography.
• Carpet tile (6.95 kg CO2e/sm) based on the Conservative Value pulled from the EC3 tool on February 22, 2024 with search criteria: Carpet Tile and North American geography.

Asia Pacific:

• Resilient flooring (15.7 kg CO2e/sm) based on Conservative Value pulled from EC3 tool on February 22, 2024 with search criteria: Resilient Flooring and Global geography.
• Carpet tile (8.69 kg CO2e/sm) based on the Conservative Value pulled from the EC3 tool on February 22, 2024 with search criteria: Carpet Tile and Global geography.

EC3 is a free, open access database that includes product-specific Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs). For questions or a demo, contact sustainability@interface.com.

The “Interface” carbon footprint includes the total emissions associated with the cradle-to-gate or “upfront carbon” life cycle stages of the floorplans we provide. For carpet tile, the footprint is based on the standard backing unless otherwise requested. For all products (carpet tile, LVT and nora rubber), values are pulled from each product’s relevant EPD.

If you’d like more information on Whole Life Carbon, reach out to your salesperson to understand the rest of the life cycle past “gate” and how our products durability, maintenance protocol, and end of life solutions can work for your project. Ask us for our Position Paper on Whole Life Carbon.