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Summary Of Confession Of A Radical Industrialist By Ray C. Anderson

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In the chapter entitled “The Power of One Good Question” in Confession of a Radical Industrialist, the author is Ray. C Anderson (2010) demonstrates that profit and sustainability can be attained through practical ideas of a new technological invention that eradicate waste from measurable outcomes. This report will examine the attempts of recycling conceivably raw materials, for a more sustainable business and an effective environment. The main point of the report will be on the effect Interface rug tiles has on the ecology, the risk of the environment and well-being that impact Interface with renewable resources, and the ultimate achievement on zero waste.

1) Interface Environmental Impact

Anderson is a businessperson and the founder of Interface. In 1994, he received a question related from a customer by one of his salesmen he is responsive to customer concerns, the question led him to his own business practices which failed to realize the outcomes of the environmental consequences of wastes practice. He read a book The Ecology of Commerce by Paul Hawken, point out that essential cause leading to global annihilation. Anderson knew that Interface has to turn into a sustainable company, he realized that he has to give the earth back what the industry took and not harm the earth. The …show more content…

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