Sustainable Furnishings with Susan Inglis

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Susan Inglis is the executive director and a founding member of the Sustainable Furnishings Council (SFC), an independent coalition incorporated in March 2007 with the aim of promoting sustainable practices within the industry. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Under her direction, SFC has led the green revolution by working with industry leaders to establish standards and practices to measure furniture sustainability.  The SFC 275 members in its short lifetime.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Inglis is also founder and owner of From The Mountain (FTM), a company that develops, sources, and manages the production of casegoods, home accents, and textiles handmade in Bolivia, Columbia, Peru, Serbia, Madagascar, Uganda and other international locales. FTM is known for products which are handmade, unique, storied, connected to the greater world, and affiliated with green industries.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">She has earned international recognition for her achievements meeting the specific needs of both for-profit marketers and not-for-profit foundations, often linking indigenous artisan groups to new markets and supporting international microenterprise development organizations. Inglis has served as business development consultant and trainer for publicly-funded development organizations around the world.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As producer and sourcing agent/broker, she has developed or sourced home, gift, fashion, and natural products for some of America’s most innovative companies, including ABC Carpet & Home, Aveda, Egg by Susan Lazar, Grant Dawson Collection, National Geographic Catalog, Red Egg, Sundance Catalog, Tucker Robbins, Vietri, and more.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Inglis holds a degree in anthropology from the UNC at Chapel Hill. Asked what is the most important thing a person can do to encourage a more sustainable approach to business, Inglis gives a short answer: “Buy carefully.