AddALL.com - Confessions of a Radical Industrialist: Profits, People, Purpose: Doing Business by Respecting the Earth 1441706828 9781441706829

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. Now, in the most inspiring business book of our time, Anderson leads the way forward and challenges all of industry to share that goal.

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; businesses can improve their bottom lines and do right by the earth.