Director: Alright,
whenever you’re ready.
Erin Meezan: There's so much
debate right now
about what companies and countries
should be doing on climate.
Nature is actually the best benchmark.
Why don't we just follow
what it would do?
Nature has 3.8 billion years
of R and D under its belt.
So, you know, there's certainly
something nature has
that maybe humans always don't.
Nature can do complex chemistry,
really interesting engineering.
And so how can we look to nature
and really harness what we know works
to provide solutions for business
to be more sustainable?
[In the Green: The Business
of Climate Action]
[Presented by: TED Countdown
and The Climate Pledge]
[Erin Meezan; Company: Interface;
Sector: Manufacturing; Location: USA]
This is a carpet tile that we make.
We operate in the building
and construction space,
which is close to 40 percent
of global carbon emissions.
So in that space,
we’re putting a lot of materials,
like flooring, into buildings.