Confessions of a Radical Industrialist: Profits, People, Purpose—Doing Business by Respecting the Earth

· Macmillan + ORM
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"America's greenest CEO" and the hero of the award-winning documentary The Corporation makes the urgent, compelling case that sustainable business pays.

In 1994, Interface founder and chairman Ray Anderson set an audacious goal for his commercial carpet company: to take nothing from the earth that can't be replaced by the earth. Fifteen years later, he had cut his company's greenhouse emissions by 82%, cut water use by 75%, cut waste by 66%, all while doubling earnings and raising profit margins!

Now, in the most inspiring business book of our time, Anderson leads the way forward and challenges all of industry to share that goal. With practical ideas and measurable outcomes that every business can use, Anderson shows that profit and sustainability are not mutually exclusive; businesses can improve their bottom lines while doing right by the earth.

"America's greenest CEO" and the hero of the award-winning documentary The Corporation makes the urgent, compelling case that sustainable business pays. In 1994, Interface founder and chairman Ray Anderson set an audacious goal for his commercial carpet company: to take nothing from the earth th...

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A Google user
September 6, 2011
Very good book although you have to come up with your own application. One glaring omission was the handling of the care and cleaning of installed carpet. I wonder if Interface accounts for that in their numbers? Well worth reading and lots of numbers-based evidence that sustainability is good business.
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RAY ANDERSON was named one of Time magazine's Heroes of the Environment and one of MSNBC.com's Top 15 Green Business Leaders in 2007. He and Interface have been featured in three documentary films, including "The Corporation" and "So Right, So Smart." He co-chaired the President's Council on Sustainable Development and the Presidential Climate Action Project. He and Interface have been featured in The New York Times, Fortune, Fast Company, and many other publications.

RAY ANDERSON was named one of Time magazine's Heroes of the Environment and one of MSNBC.com's Top 15 Green Business Leaders in 2007. He and Interface have been featured in three documentary films, including "The Corporation" and "So Right, So Smart." He co-chaired the President's Council on Sust...

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