Ray Anderson 
Biography
Business Executive, Industrialist from United States
Ray Anderson is widely recognized as one of the world’s most progressive industrialists having successfully shifted the focus of Interface Inc, the world’s largest manufacturer of modular carpet (ie carpet tiles), towards environmental sustainability. Mr Anderson received the inaugural Millennium Award from Global Green, presented by Mikhail Gorbachev in 1996. He was appointed to Chairman of the President’s Council on Sustainable Development in 1997 and was awarded the George and Cynthia Mitchell International Prize for Sustainable Development in 2001. He also appeared in the film The Corporation (2003) and “The 11th Hour”(2007).
He’s author of “Mid-Course Correction: Toward a Sustainable Enterprise: The Interface Model”.
Videos
Ray Anderson
How can business help the environment? (Part 1)
Ray Anderson describes when and how he became aware of the harm his and other industries were doing to the planet. He radically reoriented his company towards environmental sustainability…
Recorded: 5 May 2005
Ray Anderson
How can business help the environment? (Part 2)
Ray Anderson describes how his company’s efforts to achieve sustainability have enhanced profitability. Costs are down and a new zero-emission carpet, created though biomimicry…
Recorded: 5 May 2005
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