Ray Anderson - the way of the plunderer

Ray Anderson (CEO Interface, world's largest commercial carpet manufacturer)
in 'The Corporation' (2003 - Mark Achbar)

'The Ecology of Commerce' by Paul Hawken (Collins, 1994):
"we need a design for business that will ensure that the industrial world as it is presently constituted ceases and is replaced with human-centered enterprises that are sustainable producers."

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[bryceronie]

If CEOs think that they have their hands full minimizing costs, and they believe someone else should deal with the issues of social and environmental responsibility, something has to change dramatically. Ray Anderson is a remarkable example of what can happen

[nicolausgbauman]

This give me a glimmer of hope we can turn the ship around for our civilization. That we might be able to pull back from the brink of self-destruction, which is bad enough. But our destruction would entail the destruction of so much more than ourselves. Time is not on our side.

[ki11aki77en]

RIP Ray and thank you.

[jacopman]

Mr. Anderson's realization of this responsiblity of sustainablity is a noble act to install within his organization.....

We need to replicate this process and action in as much of our commerce as possible......

[bryceronie]

If CEOs think that they have their hands full minimizing costs, and they believe someone else should deal with the issues of social and environmental responsibility, something has to change dramatically. Ray Anderson is a remarkable example of what can happen