Publisher's Synopsis
“America’s greenest CEO” and the hero from the award-winning documentaryThe Corporationmakes the urgent, compelling case that sustainable business pays.
His story is now legend. In 1994, after readingThe Ecology of Commerceby 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 82%, and the goal is to reach zero environmental footprint by 2020. Thoughtful and winning,Confessions of a Radical Industrialistshows how Anderson revolutionized his company, in the process bringing costs down, improving quality, making it one ofFortune’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” — and driving up profits.
*The publisher has aimed for sustainability in all aspects of this book’s production, from the inks and glues to the trim size. The interior paper is 100% post-consumer recycled, certified by the Forest Stewardship Council, and ancient-forest friendly. Instead of a jacket, the cover boards are wrapped in 100% recycled paper stock coated in a biodegradable varnish – and these are just two examples among many.
