You’re Walking on a Climate Solution and You Don’t Even Know It!
This carbon-negative flooring innovation is revolutionizing the way we design spaces and you won’t believe how it works! Discover Interface’s bold solution that’s redefining sustainable design. In this episode, Ian Peterman sits down with Mikhail Davis from Interface to reveal how they’ve created carbon-negative flooring that’s transforming businesses and building a greener future. Learn how sustainable flooring innovations are cutting costs, reducing carbon footprints, and boosting profits, all while helping reverse global warming.
Discover the secret behind Interface’s Climate Take Back™ initiative and how it’s transforming sustainable design. Learn about key trends in green building, eco-friendly materials, and carbon reduction, along with practical strategies businesses can use to adopt sustainable practices and win big doing it.
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𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀
00:00 Guest Intro
00:35 The Journey of Sustainability at Interface
06:22 Innovations and Challenges in Sustainable Flooring
11:55 Market Shifts, Sustainability Awareness, and Embodied Carbon
23:49 Material Selection and Trade-offs in Sustainability
28:18 Luxury Vinyl Tile: Market Entry and Sustainability Hurdles
30:22 Market Trends, Consumer Perception, and Regulations in Flooring
36:18 Redefining Sustainability: Materials, Systems, and Recycling Solutions
48:34 Collaborations and Industry Impact
About Mikhail Davis and Interface
Mikhail Davis is Director of Global Market Sustainability at Interface, a global flooring manufacturer committed to showing industry how to make a profit in a way that is restorative to the planet and creates a climate fit for life.
Mikhail is responsible for building internal leadership capacity, providing technical assistance to customers on their sustainability efforts, and creating external partnerships in sustainability.
He served as 2016-19 Chair of the LEED Materials & Resources Technical Advisory Group for the US Green Building Council and is current co-chair of the Procurement Climate Collaborative at the Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council. He co-authored the chapter on Plastics for Bruce King’s 2017 book, The New Carbon Architecture: Building to Cool the Climate.
Previously, he served as manager to US environmental icon David Brower (an original member of Interface's "Eco Dream Team") and spent five years with Blu Skye Sustainability Consulting, building sustainable business strategies for Fortune 500 companies including Walmart, Staples, and Sony Pictures Entertainment.
He holds a B.S. in Earth Systems from Stanford University and is a certified Biomimicry Specialist (Arizona State University).
Learn More about Mikhail Davis and Interface
Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/mikhail-davis
Instagram: https://www.facebook.com/Interface
Website: https://www.interface.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ecologicca/
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/@interface
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