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Confessions of a Radical Industrialist

Profits, People, Purpose–Doing Business by Respecting the Earth

Ray C. Anderson
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Duration
11h 16m
Year
2010
Language
English

About

His story is now legend. In 1994, after reading The Ecology of Commerce by Paul Hawken, Ray Anderson felt a “spear in the chest.” The founder of Interface, Inc., a billion-dollar carpeting manufacturer, realized that his company was plundering the environment and he needed to steer it on a new course. Since then, Interface has cut its greenhouse gas emissions by eighty-two percent, and the goal is to reach a zero environmental footprint by 2020. Thoughtful and winning, Confessions of a Radical Industrialist shows how Anderson revolutionized his company, while in the process bringing costs down, improving quality, making it one of Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For—and driving up profits.

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"Sustainability, argues Anderson, makes just as much business sense as it does a liberal crusade, and he even makes absorbing reading out of the process that transformed his operations…the story of Anderson's commitment to green practices and the wild success he achieved is fascinating, instructive, and very timely."
Publishers Weekly

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