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Industrialist, Environmental Advocate, and Author
Topics : Academic Interest, Inspirational Speakers, Business, Culture & Society, Environmental Issues
Travels From : Georgia

The story is now legend; the “spear in the chest” epiphany Ray Anderson experienced when he first read Paul Hawken’s, The Ecology of Commerce seeking inspiration for a speech to an Interface task force on the company’s environmental vision.  Fourteen years and a sea change later, Interface, Inc., is approximately 40 percent to it’s target of “Mission Zero,” the journey no one would have imagined for the company, or the petroleum-intensive industry of carpet manufacturing, which has been forever changed by Ray’s vision.  The once captain of industry has eschewed a luxury car for a Prius and built an off-the-grid home, authored a book chronicling his journey, and become an unlikely screen hero in the 2004 Canadian documentary, “The Corporation.”  He was named one of TIME International’s “Heroes of the Environment” in 2007.  He’s a sought after speaker and advisor on all issues eco, including a stint as co-chairman of the President’s Council on Sustainable Development.

Author and Speaker Ray C. Anderson

 
Ray Anderson Discusses His Epiphany

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Confessions of a Radical Industrialist
Profits, People, Purpose--Doing Business by Respecting the Earth
St. Martin's Press

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...
RAY C. ANDERSON'S SPEECHES
A Better Way to Bigger Profits: Ray discusses how a greener, more environmentally conscious model is not only a moral imperative but a smart business decision.
 
Sustainability in Action: The Interface Model: Ray talks about how Interface has achieved a sustainable business model while increasing profits.
 
Mid-Course Correction: The Interface Model: Ray discusses how he turned Interface into a company that is widely considered a global model for sustainable business practice. 
 
The Eco-Odyssey of a CEO: Ray talks about his "spear in the chest" moment, his personal journey, and the legacy he hopes to leave behind.
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