John Bradford Chief Innovations Officer Interface Americas, Inc. Sustainable Resource Management.

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John Bradford Chief Innovations Officer Interface Americas, Inc. Sustainable Resource Management

Is Sustainability... A Trend or is it... A Leading Indicator

“Well ahead of slow moving government, companies of every size and in every part of the World are now waking up to Humanity’s impending, interlocking crisis, and the vastly Lucrative Rewards that solving them might bring.” Fast Company March 2007

If the course is wrong, The solution is CHANGE

How Do We Change? Crisis Incrementally Legislation War

How Does Nature Change? Generally Nature is Opportunistic in its Change Strategy Adapt or Die

InputInspirationVisionInputInspirationVision BrainstormingChelatingFiltering Strengths Self Awareness Personal Dev. Prioritization Process Measurement Change Process Discovery Prioritization Process Strengths Self Awareness Personal Dev. Realization Commitment Action Assurance Curiosity Alignment Courage Contemplation Perspective Measurement Gaining and Sharing Knowledge Personal Growth Meaningful Change LEADERSHIP LEARNING BrainstormingChelatingFiltering Learning precedes ALL Personal Growth and Performance Improvement

Sustainable Resource Planning Consumer Responsibility Sustainable Design Transparency Triple Bottom Line Environmental Product Declaration Extended Producer Responsibility Reduce Packaging Reduce Shop Smart Refuse Reuse Separate Precycle Choose Sustainable Resource Management Civic Engagement Producer Responsibility Retailer Responsibility Source Locally Take Back Sell in Bulk Green Procurement Reduce Packaging Reusable Packaging Reuse Recycle Compost Educate Consumer Government Responsibility Lead by Example Oversight Regulation Infrastructure Zoning Incentivize Market Development Technical Assistance Education Green Procurement Develop Metrics Support Existing Enterprise All Stakeholder Engagement

Sustainable Resource Management Zero Waste Recovery Reuse Recycle Compost Collection/Salvage Repair/Remanufacture Conventional Reuse Creative Reuse Redistribute Resell Educate Collection Processing Soil Distribution Promotion Educate Collection Separate Processing Raw Materials Sell Recyclability Educate Landfill Incineration Key Principles Redesign Highest and Best Use Source Separation EPR Reduce

Researcher vs. Businessperson Designer vs. Operations Manager Evangelist vs. Scientist Engineer vs. Biologist Adaptation Happens Best at Boundaries Out of the Box - Ideation Language of Biology

We ask Nature How She Would Solve Our Problems and Take a Vow to Listen to Her Answers for Three Months

Life Cycles in Nature

Take Make Waste Conversio n Recycle Algae + CO2 = Bio-diesel Energy Cycle Renewable Cycle

Oil vs. Labor SupplierInterfaceCustomer lbs. lbs. lbs. $ $ $ $ OIL

Is Sustainability... A Trend or is it... A Leading Indicator

Interface Inc. Corporate Vision To be the first company that, by its deeds, shows the entire industrial world what Sustainability is in all of its dimensions: people, process, product, place and profits - by and in doing so we will become restorative through the power of influence.