Ray Anderson Interface Carpet
In a gentle understated way he shares a powerful vision for sustainable commerce.
Ray anderson interface carpet. Its founder ray anderson was featured in the documentary film the corporation discussing environmental sustainability in modern business. Ray anderson founder of interface and green business pioneer died monday from cancer at the age of 77 leaving an important legacy. At his carpet company ray anderson has increased sales and doubled profits while turning the traditional take make waste industrial system on its head. After discovering carpet tile in europe in the early 1970s ray c.
Anderson july 28 1934 august 8 2011 was founder and chairman of interface inc one of the world s largest manufacturers of modular carpet for commercial and residential applications and a leading producer of commercial broadloom and commercial fabrics. Anderson recognized its future in modern offices. One that demands ecological awareness. Its factories products and suppliers.
He was known in environmental circles for his advanced and progressive stance on industrial ecology and sustainability. He proved to the world that swinging for the sustainability. Simply conforming to government regulations didn t satisfy anderson who has made the march toward total sustainability an integral part of his company s customer appeal. Interface was founded in 1973 by ray anderson whose decade and a half in the carpet trade had led him to create one of the first u s.
Ray anderson watch his tedtalk the chairman and founder of carpet company interface inc is part of a new industrial revolution. Open plan office systems were emerging bringing with them the need to easily access flat wire and walker duct systems state of the art infrastructure at the time. Manufacturers of carpet tiles also known as modular carpet or carpet. Working swiftly to develop a plan to reduce the company s impact on the environment interface focused on reducing impact in three key areas of the business.