Tarkett to Attend World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting

Paris, FR, January 21, 2016—Tarkett will attend the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos, January 20 to 23. This year, the core theme of the summit surrounds the ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution,' referring to the current transformation of production, distribution and consumption systems.

As a partner company, Tarkett contributes year-round to the World Economic Forum’s discussions through a dual membership: Tarkett is actively involved in the Global Challenge Initiative on ‘Environment and Natural Resource Security’. In addition, Tarkett contributes to Project MainStream, a multi-industry and CEO-led global initiative to accelerate innovation and help increase the scale of the Circular Economy model. This initiative is organized by the World Economic Forum and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. Also, Tarkett contributes to the ‘Infrastructure and Urban Development’ initiative and takes part in the discussions at Davos on the ‘The Future of Construction’ project, which explores areas including advanced building materials, disruptive business models and cross- industry collaboration.

Moreover, Tarkett has been shortlisted as one of the finalists for the Circular Economy Multinational Award, organized by the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders in collaboration with Accenture.