Ray Anderson: An Appreciation

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greenbiz.com 08 Aug '11, 9pm

Ray Anderson: An Appreciation

What is there to say about Ray Anderson , the iconic and iconoclastic industrialist, who passed away today at age 77 after a nearly two-year battle with cancer? Over the past two decades, he has been deservedly celebrated and awarded like nearly no one else in the world of green business. Anderson, you likely know, was founder and chairman of Interface, Inc. , the Georgia-based carpet maker that has set what may well be the highest sustainability benchmark of any industrial company. That benchmark was Anderson’s doing, way back in the early 1990s, when he experienced the “spear in the chest” moment that would launch countless hundreds of speeches he would subsequently make around the world, along with two inspiring books. I first encountered Anderson in 1994, when Paul Hawken , whose book The Ecology of Commerce inspired Anderson to recognize that he was, by Anderson’s own...

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@GreenProcure » 16 Aug '11, 1pm
@GreenBiz-- Very nice tribute article to Ray Anderson--a green business pioneer! [link]
@TheGreenMBA » 14 Aug '11, 12pm
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@TamaraGiltsoff » 11 Aug '11, 6pm
Ray Anderson RIP. You are the business leader that this world needs of many. You are our example. (Greenbiz tribute [link]
@E3strategy » 11 Aug '11, 6pm
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@astrablaze » 11 Aug '11, 7am
RT @UrbanFarmMag: Great obit on #rayanderson [link] We hope more corporation leaders think like him.
@hackmanagement » 10 Aug '11, 10pm
RT @dscofield: A great man & early biz model innovator, RIP by @makower Ray Anderson: An Appreciation [link]
@aimeelevens » 10 Aug '11, 8pm
RIP to an eco-hero [link]
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@UrbanFarmMag » 10 Aug '11, 3pm
Great obit on #rayanderson [link] We hope more corporation leaders think like him.
@manicorganik » 10 Aug '11, 2pm
Ray Anderson, eco-business pioneer, passed away. Watch "The Corporation" if you're not sure who he is. [link]
@UrbanFarmMag » 10 Aug '11, 2pm
Ray Anderson, eco-business pioneer, passes away: [link]
@boydcohen » 10 Aug '11, 4am
RT @co2nation: Ray Anderson appreciation - [link] One of the true heroes of the sustainability movement - RIP
@corporateethics » 10 Aug '11, 2am
Sad loss today of one of my personal heros--Ray Anderson, CEO of Interface, Inc. [link] via @PurpleLisa
@dew55 » 10 Aug '11, 2am
RT @SustainableSols: RIP @RayCAnderson You were truly an inspiration and we appreciate all you have done for the cause of sustainability > [link]
@carbonmarket » 10 Aug '11, 1am
RT @AdamCMarkham: Ray Anderson: #Sustainability pioneer and champion - R.I.P. [link] via @greenbiz
@TNSNZ » 09 Aug '11, 10pm
A wonderful appreciation of Ray Anderson - many will follow - his entrepreneurial sustainability will be missed - RIP [link]
@SourcingDavid » 09 Aug '11, 9pm
RT @NISchain: How Ray Anderson put green business on the map [link]
@NISchain » 09 Aug '11, 9pm
How Ray Anderson put green business on the map [link]
@michaelwmchugh » 09 Aug '11, 9pm
RT @fortweetsake: RIP Ray Anderson, southern businessman who understood and embraced sustainability. (via @greenbiz ) [link]
» 09 Aug '11, 7pm
RT @RenewablePorter: Ray Anderson: An Appreciation GreenBiz.com [link] Thanks for everything Ray - gone, but never forgotten #sustainability
@hlporter » 09 Aug '11, 7pm
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@fortweetsake » 09 Aug '11, 6pm
RIP Ray Anderson, southern businessman who understood and embraced sustainability. (via @greenbiz ) [link]
@corporateethics » 09 Aug '11, 6pm
Sad loss today of one of my personal heroes--Ray Anderson, CEO of Interface, Inc. [link] via @PurpleLisa
@IBiS_Lisa » 09 Aug '11, 6pm
Sad loss today of one of my personal heroes--Ray Anderson, CEO of Interface, Inc. [link] #ethics
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@jen_martinez » 10 Aug '11, 6pm
RT @BGIedu: [link] Our thoughts go out to a great friend of sustainability, Ray Anderson. You will be missed.
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RT @hoopfund - Ray Anderson: An Appreciation (1934-2011) [link] #leadership #management #bioneers... [link]
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@manicorganik » 10 Aug '11, 3pm
Great obit on #rayanderson [link] We hope more corporation leaders think like him.
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RT @cliffgmj: Ray Anderson of Interface: An Appreciation (1934-2011)- [link] | #leadership #management #bioneers #socap
@ecolarge » 10 Aug '11, 2am
RIP Ray Anderson, founder of Interface Inc, practitioner of the Ecology of Commerce and sustainability visionary. [link]
@RESTORE_NYC » 09 Aug '11, 11pm
RT @bethejensen: RIP Ray Anderson of @interfaceflor - passed away today at 77. True sustainability pioneer. [link]
@simon_harvey » 09 Aug '11, 10pm
A wonderful appreciation of Ray Anderson - many will follow - his entrepreneurial sustainability will be missed - RIP [link]
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@EarthKnowledge » 09 Aug '11, 7pm
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@hlporter » 09 Aug '11, 7pm
Ray Anderson: An Appreciation GreenBiz.com [link] Thanks for everything Ray - gone, but never forgotten #sustainability
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Ray Anderson: An Appreciation via @GreenBiz.com [link]