Practices Leading Toward Sustainability (PLETSUS)

Interface, Inc., a leader in the worldwide commercial interiors market and charter member of the Natural Step USA, developed a set of practices for addressing sustainability within all sectors of a business. Practices Leading Toward Sustainability (PLETSUS) is designed to serve as a method for examining the total impact of a business on the economy, environment, and society. The practices are grouped in the following categories:

Organization -- The positive effects of the business structure, talent, and corporate society

What We Take -- All material and energy brought into the organization to conduct business

What We Make -- The products made and the services provided by them

What We Waste -- The material and energy wasted along the way