ABSTRACT
Interface is a large multinational company that has been producing carpet tiles for the interior design industry since 1973. Since 1994 the company has been considering how to make the process of producing carpet tiles less harmful to the natural environment. The World Business Council for Sustainable Development had been working on ‘The Sustainable Livelihoods Business Model’, which broadly supported what we now refer to as ‘inclusive business’. The principle suggested that there is a way of connecting some of the poorest people in the world to our supply chain in a transparent and fair way so that we and our supply chain all benefit in the long term.
