Environmental Pioneer Ray Anderson Launches New Book

In his new book, "Confessions of a Radical Industrialist", Ray Anderson challenges all industry to take nothing from the earth that can't be replaced by the earth.
By: InterfaceFLOR Australia
 
Oct. 8, 2009 - PRLog -- In 1994, InterfaceFLOR 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.  In his new book “Confessions of a Radical Industrialist”, Ray Anderson shows us how he transformed his company in the last 15 years to become #1 Corporate Sustainability, as voted by 1600 Sustainability professionals around the globe.

This book is as much a “how to” as a "why to" to help everyone become more sustainable. “If anyone can, then everyone can.”

The Interface story is a compelling one:  In 1994, making carpets was a toxic, petroleum-based process, releasing immense amounts of air and water pollution and creating tons of waste.  Fifteen years after Anderson’s “spear in the chest” revelation, Interface has:
- Cut greenhouse gas emissions by 82%
- Cut fossil fuel consumption by 60%
- Cut waste by 66%
- Cut water use by 75%
- Invented and patented new machines, materials, and manufacturing processes.
- Increased sales by 66%, doubled earnings and raised profit margins.

With practical ideas and measurable outcomes that every business can use, Anderson shows that profit and sustainability are not mutually exclusive and that businesses can improve their bottom lines by doing right by the earth.

“We have a choice to make during our brief visit to this beautiful blue and green living planet. We can hurt it or we can help it. For you, it is your choice.”

Book Review:
“Anyone who thinks that business leadership on environmental sustainability is an oxymoron must read Confessions of a Radical Industrialist. In a humble, inspiring and informative manner, Ray Anderson describes his own journey to not just tweak the edges of his business towards green goals but to fundamentally re-think and re-design every aspect of its operations to respect environmental limits… ”- Annie Leonard, author of The Story of Stuff

- CONTACT -
Sally Orme
Marketing Communications Manager
InterfaceFLOR Australia
+61 403 099 135
sally.orme@interfaceflor.com
http://www.interfaceflor.com.au

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nterfaceFLOR is a global designer and manufacturer of carpet tiles committed to Mission Zero – InterfaceFLOR’s promise to eliminate any negative impact it may have on the environment by 2020.
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