Tarkett at ChangeNOW 2026: doing business within planetary boundaries
April 8, 2026
For the third consecutive year, Fabrice Barthélemy, CEO of Tarkett, joined ChangeNOW, the world’s largest event bringing together 40,000 participants from 140 countries to accelerate concrete solutions for the planet. Speaking alongside leaders from ING, CDP and The Club of Rome, he shared a clear message: the rules of business are changing.
Three convictions stood out:
- Start with humility: planetary limits are non-negotiable, especially for high-impact sectors like construction. This means that we fundamentally need to rethink how we design and how we produce our flooring and sports surfaces solutions.
- Turn ambition into action: guide every decision toward longer-lasting products, higher recycled content, clear 2030 targets, and the systematic use of carbon pricing.
- Shift from volume to value: as material resources become scarcer, companies need to focus on circularity, reuse and keeping circular materials in the loop, instead of focusing on production volumes only.
Photo credit: ChangeNOW
