4.07.2005 ET

(CSRwire) Atlanta - Interface, Inc. has been named to the 100 Best Corporate Citizens List by Business Ethics magazine. The survey recognizes best practices in the area of corporate social responsibility.

Among the 100 companies on the list, Interface (ranking at #65) received top scores in the environment and governance categories. Speaking of his company's environmental commitment in the magazine, Interface Chairman Ray Anderson noted, "We can now clearly make the business case for sustainability. Our costs are down, not up. Sustainability doesn't cost more, it saves."

The 100 Best Corporate Citizens survey, now in its sixth year, identifies firms that excel at serving a variety of stakeholders with excellence and integrity. "What distinguishes the 100 Best Corporate Citizens from their peers is a commitment to higher standards," said Marjorie Kelly, editor of Business Ethics.

The list is based on a database maintained by KLD Research & Analytics, a Boston-based social research firm. More than 1,000 companies were considered, including the largest publicly-traded firms in the U.S. Data from each company was statistically analyzed and ranked in eight categories: total return to stockholders, community, governance, diversity, employees, environment, human rights and product. More information on the list can be found at www.business-ethics.com.

Atlanta-based Interface, Inc. (NASDAQ: IFSIA), is a global leader in the manufacture of environmentally-responsible floorcoverings and other textiles, through business units including Bentley Prince Street, Interface Fabrics, Interface Flooring Systems and InterfaceFLOR. The company is committed to giving the marketplace a wide range of choices for specifying Earth-friendly and Environmentally Preferable Product-certified products, with the industry's first climate neutral carpet, Cool Carpet™, as well as the only carpet product to be designed using biomimicry, the i2™ collection from Interface Flooring Systems. The company also offers a residential carpet product made by InterfaceFLOR created from a rapidly-renewable, corn-based polymer.

For more information on Interface's environmental initiatives, visit www.interfacesustainability.com.

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