Roian Atwood
senior staff
Roian Atwood is a Senior Consultant for Pure Strategies working closely with clients to reduce the environmental impacts of their operations and products, and to integrate sustainability into their planning and strategic positioning.
With 10 years experience as a corporate sustainability manager in the footwear and apparel industry, Roian has served as project manager on carbon reduction initiatives including biofuel implementation, photo-voltaic installations and maintenance, server virtualization integration, energy management and monitoring of building systems, employee engagement, and manufacturing-level waste management. He has also performed environmental quality audits and factory inspections with Chinese and U.S. manufacturers.
By creating internal governance policies, vendor sustainability scoring, and carbon/water footprints within corporate organizations, Roian brings an insightful perspective into developing strategy, deploying results-driven environmental projects, and communicating about sustainability to diverse audiences from the boardroom and marketing executives to product managers and operators on the factory floor.
In conjunction with Sole Technology, Roian was instrumental in deploying an environmental assessment of a footwear innovation utilizing a poured polyurethane mid-sole, commercially known as Fusion, that eliminates the need for additional adhesives and the use of coal-fired, vulcanized ovens.
Roian holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Complex Systems from Naropa University in Boulder and a Certified Energy Auditor credential from the Association of Energy Engineers.