Social Responsibility example from the Private Sector - Interface: Turning Waste into Opportunity

This presentation was given as part of the 'Building Socially Responsible Institutions' Summit at the EAUC-Scotland Conference 2017, by Louise Swift, Public Sector Sales Director at Interface.

Session Outline

This presentation discusses Interface's approach to socially responsibility in the private sector through the Net-Works TM  programme, which collects discarded fishing nets from coastal communities (in Cameroon and Philippines) and recycles them into carpet tiles, which will then be sold as a commercial good. The project had to overcome a number of challenges, but has brought both social and environmental benefits throughout the supply chain, as well as given the company a competitive edge.

Please note that the presentation contained a video, which you can find as a downloadable file on the right hand side.

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EAUC-Scotland held their fourth conference on the 22nd February 2017 at the University of Stirling. Find all resources from the Conference using the tag EAUCS2017, and find out more about the event on the Conference webpages.

Find the other presentations from the 'Building Socially Responsible Institutions' Summit here.