Overview

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.

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<p> Highly inspirational...Essential reading for anyone, whether lay, student, or practitioner, interested in business success today and in the environment. -- Library Journal (starred review)<p> Fascinating, instructive, and very timely. -- Publishers Weekly <p> Ray Anderson with his team has transformed Interface, Inc. in one of the best cases of sustainability. All employees led by him were committed with the 'climb of Sustainability Mountain', as he says, and believed the challenge was possible. Throughout the book, Anderson reinforces that the concept 'I have financial success or I have environmental success' is not true and I truly believe in it. Besides all the skepticism, he shows us that everybody, from the CEO to the homeowners, can be part of this movement of building a new society. This is the main role of this book: to prove this is possible! - Fabio Barbosa, President, Grupo Santander Brasil <br> Ray Anderson is a personal inspiration for me and for anyone trying tou

<p> Highly inspirational...Essential reading for anyone, whether lay, student, or practitioner, interested in business success today and in the environment. -- Library Journal (starred review)<p> Fascinating, instructive, and very timely. -- Publishers Weekly <p> Ray Anderson with his team has transformed Interface, Inc. in one of the best cases of sustainability. All employees led by him were committed with the 'climb of Sustainability Mountain', as he says, and believed the challenge was possible. Throughout the book, Anderson reinforces that the concept 'I have financial success or I have environmental success' is not true and I truly believe in it. Besides all the skepticism, he shows us that everybody, from the CEO to the homeowners, can be part of this movement of building a new society. This is the main role of this book: to prove this is possible! - Fabio Barbosa, President, Grupo Santander Brasil <br> Ray Anderson is a personal inspiration for me and for anyone trying tot

<p> Highly inspirational...Essential reading for anyone, whether lay, student, or practitioner, interested in business success today and in the environment. -- Library Journal (starred review)<p> Fascinating, instructive, and very timely. -- Publishers Weekly <p> Ray Anderson with his team has transformed Interface, Inc. in one of the best cases of sustainability. All employees led by him were committed with the 'climb of Sustainability Mountain', as he says, and believed the challenge was possible. Throughout the book, Anderson reinforces that the concept &nbsp;'I have financial success or I have environmental success' is not true and I truly believe in it. Besides all the skepticism, he shows us that everybody, from the CEO to the homeowners, can be part of this movement of building a new society. This is the main role of this book: to prove this is possible! - Fabio Barbosa, President, Grupo Santander Brasil <br> Ray Anderson is a personal inspiration for me and for anyone trying

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<p>RAY ANDERSON was named one of Time magazine's Heroes of the Environment and one of MSNBC.com's Top 15 Green Business Leaders in 2007. He and Interface have been featured in three documentary films, including The Corporation and So Right, So Smart. He co-chaired the President's Council on Sustainable Development and the Presidential Climate Action Project. He and Interface have been featured in The New York Times, Fortune, Fast Company, and many other publications. <p>

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