Director of Sustainability at Shaw Industries, Candi Hampton collaborates with internal stakeholders from product development, technical, and sourcing to optimize new and existing products with sustainability in mind. Candi joined Shaw after college with a Bachelor’s degree in Polymer and Fiber Engineering. Now with more than 20 years of experience in manufacturing, product development, and enterprise excellence, she brings a breadth of process knowledge and extensive experience in quality, voice of the customer, and management system leadership to Shaw’s sustainability and product stewardship team. Throughout her Sustainability tenure, Candi has managed a variety of global product certifications for our product portfolios and has helped the company reach new heights in alignment with its sustain[HUMAN]ability® strategy focused on both people and the planet. Keenly focused on material health and transparency, Candi joins ILFI’s Material Health TAG. Notably, Candi spearheaded the efforts that led to Shaw’s EcoWorx carpet tile becoming Cradle to Cradle Certified to the most rigorous standard yet – version 4.0.