Chief Sustainability Officer, Interface Inc.

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Erin Meezan

Erin Meezan, Interface's Chief Sustainability Officer, leads a global team that provides technical assistance and support to the company’s global business, addressing sustainability at all levels – from operations and management, to employees and customers, and in policy forums. 

Erin and her team are also responsible for developing industry-leading approaches to measurement, driving transparency and innovation in the field of sustainability. This includes creating a framework for and implementing the company's newest sustainability mission Climate Take Back, while also capturing successes as the company nears its Mission Zero targets in 2020.

Erin is a frequent lecturer on sustainable business to senior management teams, universities and the growing green consumer sector to audiences around the world, including China, Singapore, Hong Kong, the United States and Europe. Past speaking engagements include Bioneers, Greenbuild, SXSW, Conscious Capitalism and others.

She's also participated in forums during the COP21 climate talks in Paris, and served as a guest faculty member at Harvard University for the Executive Education for Sustainability Leadership program. 

Outside of Interface, Erin serves as an advisory board member for the Sustainable Entrepreneurship MBA (SEMBA) program at the University of Vermont's Grossman School of Business.

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