Mike Wallace is Director of the U.S. Focal Point for the Global Reporting Initiative and is responsible for supporting the growth of sustainability reporting in the United States.

He has almost 20-years experience advising companies, governments and non-governmental organizations in their efforts to develop and implement sustainability initiatives. He has worked with both local and global organizations on the integration of sustainability programs and has authored numerous articles on sustainability, corporate social responsibility and corporate environmental performance in legal, professional and topical publications.

Mr. Wallace developed his international expertise while working for ERM in the U.S. and Australia. Over the course of his career he has advised corporate clients including UTC, Home Depot, Colgate-Palmolive and Genentech; non-profit clients ICLEI, Global Footprint Network and Corporate Ethics International and government agencies including Environment Australia, the States of New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the State of California and the US Army, Navy & Marines.