Mikhail Davis is Director of Technical Sustainability at Interface, a world-leading modular flooring company with a fully integrated collection of hard and soft flooring. Interface's mission, Climate Take Back™, invites industry to commit to making a profit in a way that is restorative to the planet and creates a climate fit for life. Mikhail is responsible for advancing Interface’s mission in the Americas by building internal leadership capacity, facilitating strategic alignment of efforts, and creating external partnerships that shift the marketplace toward sustainability. He leads Interface’s product transparency efforts in the Americas and was lead author and editor of Interface's Radical Industrialists column at GreenBiz.com for two years.
An expert in sustainable materials and NGO collaborations, he represents Interface in many organizations focused on sustainability innovation, closed-loop systems, recycling, and chemicals of concern, including serving as 2016-19 Chair of the US Green Building Council’s Technical Advisory Group on Materials and Resources (MR TAG), Co-Chair of the Materials Working Group of BizNGO and Program Advisor to the Next Generation Bio-based and Sustainable Chemicals Summit.
He has over 20 years of experience as a strategic advisor, analyst, designer, and manager for sustainability programs in the non-profit and for-profit sectors. His previous work includes three years as manager to environmental icon David Brower (an original member of Interface's "Eco Dream Team") and five years with Blu Skye Sustainability Consulting building sustainable business strategies and tools for Fortune 500 companies including Walmart, Sony Pictures, Bunge, Staples, and Waste Management. He holds a B.S. in Earth Systems-Biosphere from Stanford University and is a certified Biomimicry Specialist (Arizona State University).
He is a sought-after speaker on sustainable business strategy, innovation, nature-inspired design, transparency and healthy materials, industrial ecology, closed loop production systems, and organizational change. Past speaking engagements include Yale University, University of Wyoming, University of New Hampshire, University of Pennsylvania, UCLA School of Management, Oregon State University, University of Nebraska, California Academy of Art, Presidio Graduate School, San Diego Zoo, Omaha Zoo, Sustainable Brands, Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council Summit, Greenbuild Expo, Living Future, Living Product Expo, Fiatech, SAMPE, Greenprints, MinneCon, CleanTech Future, CSR 2.0, BioPlastek, Sustainatopia, GC3 Innovators Roundtable, HKS Global Green Week, Bio-based Live, Safer Consumer Products Summit, and the Next Generation Bio-Based Chemicals Summit
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