fm inspired - beautiful thinking - the net-works' story
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Beautiful thinking: the Net-WorksTM story
Jon Khoo, Co-innovation Partner
ENVIRONMENT?What are you doing about the
Ray C. Anderson (1934-2011)Founder of Interface
MISSION ZEROOur promise to eliminate any negative impact our company may have on the environment by the year 2020
“For those who think business exists to make a profit, I suggest they think again. Business makes a profit to exist. Surely it must exist for some higher, nobler purpose than that.”
PEOPLE AND PLANET?What are you doing for
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660 million people rely on the ocean for their livelihoods
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640 thousand tons of waste fishing material is discarded every year#Nets2Carpet
Many coastal communities don’t have access to waste channels… instead waste piles upon beaches or in the ocean#Nets2Carpet
Nets discarded in the water can take hundreds of years to break down#Nets2Carpet
Impact of marine plastic on marine life
Image courtesy of Surfers Against Sewage
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What can a carpet tile do?
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Net-WorksTM: A community-based supply chain transforming fishing nets to carpet
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Community collection and quality control#Nets2Carpet
Nets sold via community banks… turning waste to wealth#Nets2Carpet
Access to finance via self-sustaining community banks#Nets2Carpet
Nets then sold to the Net-Works partnership#Nets2Carpet
Regeneration of the nets by Aquafil into yarn
Interface buys the regenerated yarn for its products
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Current status
80.4T collected to date
Expansion:
Philippines,
Cameroon & beyond
Community impact
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Lesson 1: sustainable ideas must make business sense
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Lesson 2: get the right people around the table... and remember to consider the unusual suspects
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Lesson 3: design to scale and replicate
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Brighten the corner where you are
Thank you