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Ray Anderson on Sustainability

Ray Anderson discusses corporate responsibility and the environment. Extract from The Corporation - 2004

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25 Responses to “Ray Anderson on Sustainability”

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  2. sunflowerarwen on August 1st, 2009 at 12:22 am

    Ray Anderson is a …
    Ray Anderson is a hero to me. I teach international business law, speciailizing in environmental protection and sustainability. Anderson provides a valuable message for my students (future business leaders) and business leaders throughout the world.

  3. I’d never heard of …
    I’d never heard of Ray before this. Very cool. Very good point about plunderers of the earth.

    we need more people like this.

  4. Ray is probably the …
    Ray is probably the greatest CEO on the planet, just because he respects nature’s gift.

  5. TheGreenSandard on August 1st, 2009 at 12:22 am

    Ray is a great guy. …
    Ray is a great guy. I had the please of working for Interface in their corporate sustainability and research group and have had many interactions with Ray through my close to 10 years there (sometimes too many work intensive interactions :-) . Seriously though, he is as genuine as they come. As some posts have indicated, Ray has never left his business instincts behind, sustainability has financial rewards too through cost savings, efficiencies, new markets, better products, etc. Good Luck!

  6. just emailed to my …
    just emailed to my boss. Yikes!! lets see if i get fired…

  7. true words. We …
    true words. We cannot allow capitalism to destroy this world. Business men and women alike are on a daily basis continuing on a path of zero regard toward decency and regard for life. Cast aside our weapons of fear, our poisonous egos, and deadly, negative tactics. We are children of this world, why do we kill our brothers and sisters. Destroy our oxygen bearing trees? A new beginning is waiting for our acceptance, shall it wait and wither? With it our entire civilization, planet?

  8. StevePodmoreGSC on August 1st, 2009 at 12:22 am

    Ray Anderson is a …
    Ray Anderson is a complete hero. One of the first modern day executives to ‘get’ what sustainability means in a business context, and whats more he about faced Interface corp and came out on top for doing so. Rays example is how business should be. If we have to do business, the only way should be to embed sustainability in the DNA. Thank you Ray.

  9. People who …
    People who undertake the project of living sustainably - - they can be from varied socio-economic, cultural, and geographic backgrounds; who live in varied type of landscapes (even suburban); who may actually still use some modern technologies, even while growing their own food, building their own homes, etc.
    People who live off-the-grid can set up their home economy so as to have MORE spare time than wage-earners.
    Does that sound so bad? Is fresh air, healthy food, fair labor… “primitive”?

  10. All I know is that …
    All I know is that I want my kids to grow up respecting the environment that gives them life. If they don’t grow up with that built, intrinsically, into their persona, then won’t they be guilty of taking it for granted? Cause let’s face it, if big momma Earth gets really angry, there ain’t nothing any of us can do (no amount of cussing each other out) will stop her from wiping us out.

  11. CrossoverManiac on August 1st, 2009 at 12:22 am

    You know who lives …
    You know who lives a sustainable lifestyle?

    Peasants in third world nations
    Cavemen
    The Amish

    If you want to live that, fine. Go out in the woods and live in the woods with the Unabomber and leave the rest of us alone.

  12. PlanetThoughts on August 1st, 2009 at 12:22 am

    Thank you for the …
    Thank you for the very uncommon honesty.

  13. ray gets it. thanks …
    ray gets it. thanks for the epiphany.

  14. Triple Bottom Line. …
    Triple Bottom Line.
    It is the way business is being run now in this case, and will change slowly in each business.

  15. accountnotavailable on August 1st, 2009 at 12:22 am

    people wouldn’t be …
    people wouldn’t be complacent if it werent for wads like you. They would be active. they would be chopping the ing head off of your body you !

  16. accountnotavailable on August 1st, 2009 at 12:22 am

    no its not!
    no its not!

  17. You ungrateful cur! …
    You ungrateful cur! You should be down on your kneees, PRAYING to the corporation not to fire your hippie ! Here’s a nickel’s worth of free advice buddy - it’s beatniks and hippies like YOU that are on the way out, NOT the corporate system that makes use of your otherwise wasted sack of organs.

  18. WakingMindsDOTorg on August 1st, 2009 at 12:22 am

    Basically Trying to …
    Basically Trying to Converge The Digital Scene with the Sustainability/Green Scene.

    Anyone into this sort of thing?

    check it: WakingMinds . Org

  19. Then I understand …
    Then I understand it’s a win-win. You got a problem with profit?

  20. You need to …
    You need to understand the only reason Ray is getting this to work is that at the end of the day it will be profitable.

  21. The end of “The …
    The end of “The Corporation” will offer sustainability. Private control of resource extraction and production must end. The tyranny of the Corporation should be replaced with democratic, worker-owned non-corporations. Ending wealth controling the means of production through Corporations.

    Forty-hours per week within the economic tyranny of the Corporation is in contradiction to democratic principles. Systemic changes such as employee-elected managers offers hope for sustainabile communities.

  22. alternativeinfo on August 1st, 2009 at 12:22 am

    Don’t thank god, …
    Don’t thank god, thank Ray Anderson. He’s the one who deserves the credit!

  23. Read the book, …
    Read the book, Ishmael by Daniel Quinn. Ray Anderson has.

  24. Check out “The …
    Check out “The Natural Step”. Most of what he is saying is based on their Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development.

  25. The freefall …
    The freefall metaphor will stay with me…

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