Jon Khoo is a Regional Sustainability Manager at Interface with a focus on sustainability, inclusive business and intrapreneurship. Jon specialises in the commercialisation of Interface’s sustainability initiatives and response to the current climate emergency, such as its mission Climate Take Back – to run its business in a way that reverses the effects of global warming.
He was a key part of developing Interface and the Zoological Society of London’s (ZSL) Net-WorksTM partnership, a community-based supply chain for discarded fishing nets that provides access to finance and seeks to provide long term conservation benefits. Net-Works was awarded the Guardian Sustainable Business Award in 2015 for Collaboration and the 2016 US State Department Award for Corporate Excellence (Sustainable Oceans Management).
He is also part of the team responsible for Interface’s membership of NextWave, an open-source initiative led by Dell and Lonely Whale to engage corporates, scientists, and NGOs to figure out how to integrate ocean-bound plastics into products in a way that is both scalable and sustainable.
Jon is also the host of the Designing With Climate In Mind podcast a series of interviews with experts taking an in-depth look into the ever-evolving world of sustainable design.
Jon currently serves on the trustee board of UK environmental charity, Surfers Against Sewage.
August 15, 2022
When it comes to climate change, it is essential that we balance pledges with proven progress. The saying goes that you cannot manage what you cannot measure, but at times the way we measure things such as greenhouse gas reductions, and the language we use to describe them, can seem complex and full of jargon…
August 5, 2022
For years, the world’s industries have been dominated by a linear, degenerative and destructive economy. We took the Earth’s materials, made them into things we needed or wanted, used them for a while, and then threw them away – the relationship between resources and products existing in a one-way flow of traffic, designed to extract…
June 15, 2022
As an architecture and design community, we are brought together by a shared desire to build a better tomorrow – and we have the power to do so. We must encourage a community for adaptation, for resilience, and for dealing with the challenges that climate change is bringing.
April 8, 2022
This year, to commemorate Earth Month, we are focused on sharing best practices, lessons learned and what’s next on our Climate Take Back journey to reverse global warming.
March 15, 2022
As the dust settles from the Glasgow Climate Pact and COP26 and there’s a renewed sense of urgency to design paths to net zero and beyond, it’s never been more important to democratise the new ideas and solutions to protect our planet.
March 9, 2022
The world of sustainability and climate change can seem complex with its many terms and interpretations, in the Sustainability Unravelled series, we take a key term or trend, break it down to the key facts and provide ideas on the best questions to ask to compare products and services accurately.
February 2, 2022
Interface is now certified as a Carbon Neutral Enterprise according to the PAS 2060 standard, the leading international standard on carbon neutrality created by the British Standards Institution (BSI). In the last Sustainability Unravelled blog series, we explored what it takes to become a carbon neutral company. Key to that journey has been a wholesale…
January 5, 2022
Interface is now a Carbon Neutral Enterprise. In other words: we’re a carbon neutral company making carbon neutral products. As our CEO, Laurel Hurd, puts it: “Now everything we do, every aspect of our business, is carbon neutral. We have worked tirelessly to radically decarbonise, tapping into our culture of innovation and design, resulting in…
November 5, 2021
At COP26 I’m seeing a trend for stubborn optimism amongst the delegates. To me, stubborn optimism requires balancing reality, hope and conviction. The science is clear on the increase in greenhouse gas emissions (including carbon) and that temperatures are rising – businesses, governments and society have to respond
October 27, 2021
COP26 will be the first time that governments will discuss their progress and are likely to find themselves challenged and asked to increase their level of ambition. In many ways – it is a report card for the planet – where governments will be assessed on attainment and effort.