InterfaceRAISE builds its consulting teams around the needs of the client, tapping into the sustainability expertise of our core team, our Interface colleagues, and our network of world-class sustainability leaders and visionaries.

Core Team

Jim Hartzfeld Managing Director InterfaceRAISE

Nancy Durkee Director of Business Development InterfaceRAISE

Ramon Arratia Sustainability Director, EMEAI Interface Europe

INTERFACE PEER EXPERTS

A key component of the InterfaceRAISE approach is that we offer our clients direct access to their peers within the Interface organization - our colleagues who have faced sustainability challenges and delivered positive results over the last 15 years. Our peer experts have the practical, real-world experience in applying the sustainability philosophy and practices across all operational facets, including:

business case for sustainability leadership and strategy culture and employee engagement biomimicry-based design materials selection and management waste and efficiency

metrics and measurement verification and reporting renewable energy strategy climate change strategy voluntary carbon markets regulatory compliance closed loop manufacturing and recycling supply chain strategy

research and development innovation process life cycle assessment strategy sales force training and engagement stakeholder engagement transportation and logistics

Network

At InterfaceRAISE, we believe that no one person or organization has all the answers regarding sustainability, so it's critical to bring multiple points of view to the table. As does our parent company, Interface, we feel that the sustainability journey is made better, more effective and richer with different perspectives, ideas and innovations from a variety of people and organizations. Over the years, Interface itself has built relationships with many sustainability experts - we continue to develop those relationships through Interface's ongoing sustainability journey and our InterfaceRAISE consulting projects.

Below are a few examples of the experts and visionary organizations that we may engage for your unique situation:

		Ashridge Business School Ashridge Business School prides itself in supporting organisations and individuals in creating sustainable value and new ways of working. It does this though, Strategy and Change for Sustainability Consulting, Sustainable Leadership and Management Development, Research and Thought Leadership and Specialist Masters Programmes.
		Biomimicry Guild The Biomimicry Guild is the only innovation company in the world to use a deep knowledge of biological adaptations to help designers, engineers, architects, and business leaders solve design and engineering challenges sustainably. Since 1998, the Guild has consulted with companies and communities to find, vet, understand, and emulate life's time-tested strategies. We inspire, inform, and empower the bridging of nature's wisdom with human knowledge and experience.
		BNIM BNIM is one of the most significant architectural firms working to redefine practice in the realm of green architecture today. As early pioneers in the arena of sustainable design, BNIM continues to shape the national and global agenda for responsible architecture and design excellence. The firm's work includes early pilot projects that defined the USGBC's LEED® rating system, a broad portfolio of LEED projects and current work that goes beyond LEED's highest standards to achieve Living Building status.
		Paul Hawken Paul Hawken is an environmentalist, entrepreneur, journalist, and author. He has dedicated his life to sustainability and changing the relationship between business and the environment. His practice has included starting and running ecological businesses, writing and teaching about the impact of commerce on living systems, and consulting with governments and corporations on economic development, industrial ecology, and environmental policy.
		HIP Investor HIP Investor is a leading advisor to investors of all types, including individudals and institutions, as well as corporations, on how to realize Human Impact + Profit. HIP's new book, The HIP Investor: Make Bigger Profits by Building a Better World is published by John Wiley & Sons.
		idgroup consulting + creative Moving sustainability from ideas into action. The Systemic Sustainability Framework is built on rigorous research, practical experience, and leading-edge change processes that will move your organization's sustainability agenda from ideas to action. The Sustainability Values Assessment (SVA), a web-based tool that is an integral part of our approach, gives you the data you need to contour and guide your culture towards supporting the kinds of behaviors that lead to fully engaged, empowered individuals willing and able to envision and implement innovative sustainability solutions.
		NativeEnergy Founded in 2000, NativeEnergy helps you reduce your climate impact while building and supporting pollution-reducing projects that provide economic benefits to communities in need. NativeEnergy works with clients to identify the opportunities and risks associated with their sustainability practices, and develop climate solutions that are right for each client, whether it is familiar with strategic carbon management or just getting started on the path.
		Rocky Mountain Institute Rocky Mountain Institute is an independent, nonprofit think-and-do tankTM that drives the efficient and restorative use of resources. We aim to actuate the profitable transition from fossil fuels to efficiency and renewables by working with organizations on all parts of the solution – idea, strategy, and implementation – in the high-impact areas of electricity, transportation, industrial processes, and the built environment.
		Terrapin Bright Green Terrapin Bright Green LLC is an environmental consulting and strategic planning firm that helps clients think creatively about green development, policy, and related opportunities in order to lead the transformation to a restorative economy.