The Billion Dollar Company With A Mission To Reverse Global Warming: Erin Meezan (#9)
“It’s time for a mindset shift on how we think about global warming.” – Erin Meezan
Erin Meezan is the Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer at Interface Inc, the world’s largest designer and maker of carpet tile. At Interface, Erin gives a voice to the company’s conscience by ensuring the company’s strategy is aligned with its aggressive sustainability vision. She is responsible for Interface’s latest sustainability initiative, Climate Take Back, an initiative determined to address the largest threat currently facing humanity: global warming and climate change.
Erin joins me today to discuss Interface’s mission to reverse global warming through their Climate Take Back initiative. She shares how the company is teaching its employees as well as other industry leaders about sustainability and global warming and how we can fundamentally shift our mindset about climate change. We discuss the opportunities that present themselves to take positive action once you’ve shifted your mindset about global warming. She also shares the motivation that drives her to continue taking action to reverse global warming and how the company’s commitment to being an exemplary planetary citizen has impacted their financial goals and changed the lives of their employees while promoting positive change for the environment.
This week on The Last Environmentalist Podcast:
- How taking action to positively impact the environment shifts your mindset on sustainability
- How Interface’s mission to reduce waste and their environmental impact began and how it has empowered their employees to take positive environmental action
- The Climate Take Back initiative and its mission to reverse global warming
- How Interface is rethinking their relationship with carbon
- The reaction they’ve received from the Climate Take Back mission and their mindset on using carbon as a raw material
- How they are shifting people’s mindset on reversing global warming
- How Erin remains positive and optimistic on improving sustainability and reversing global warming
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