{"product_id":"business-lessons-from-a-radical-industrialist-how-a-ceo-doubled-earnings-inspired-employees-and-created-innovation-from-one-simple-idea-9780312544553","title":"Business Lessons from a Radical Industrialist: How a CEO Doubled Earnings, Inspired Employees and Created Innovation from One Simple Idea","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Inspirational . . . Essential reading for anyone, whether lay, student, or practitioner, interested in business success today and in the environment.\"--\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1994, Interface founder and chairman Ray Anderson set an audacious goal for his commercial carpet company: to take nothing \u003ci\u003efrom\u003c\/i\u003e the earth that can't be replaced \u003ci\u003eby\u003c\/i\u003e the earth. In this remarkable book, Anderson leads the way forward and challenges all of us to share that goal. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Interface story is a compelling one. Fifteen years after Anderson's initiative, Interface has: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Cut greenhouse gas emissions by 94 percent \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Cut fossil fuel consumption by 60 percent \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Cut waste by 80 percent \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Cut water use by 80 percent \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Invented and patented new machines, materials, and manufacturing processes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Increased sales by 66 percent, doubled earnings, and raised profit margins\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOffering practical ideas and measurable outcomes that every business can use, Anderson shows that profit and sustainability are not mutually exclusive; we can improve our bottom lines and do right by the earth. Written with passion and an executive's hardheaded savvy, \u003ci\u003eBusiness Lessons from a Radical Industrialist\u003c\/i\u003e is the most inspiring business book of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martin's Griffin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/29\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312544553\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 308\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Ray C. Anderson, Robin White","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36635904376988,"sku":"9780312544553","price":20.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_08385a70-72d6-4611-8ba8-c19d9ed32f70.jpg?v=1603840856","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/business-lessons-from-a-radical-industrialist-how-a-ceo-doubled-earnings-inspired-employees-and-created-innovation-from-one-simple-idea-9780312544553","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}