A Ray of sunshine

摘要

We have a choice to makeduring our brief visit to this beautiful blue and green living planet. To hurt it or to help it," he said. "For you, it's your call." These words were uttered not by an environmentalist, but an industrialist who founded a company in 1973 that grew into a billion-dollar corporation and was named by Fortune as one of the "Most admired companies in America" and one of the "100 best companies to work for." He was an honours graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology in the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering in 1956. A visionary engineer, whose actions were exactly what our times need. The company's vision statement today is as follows: "To be the first company that, by its deeds, shows the entire industrial world what sustainability is in all its dimensions: People, process, product, place and profits... and in doing so we will become restorative through the power of influence. And the results to date certainly demonstrate that the organisation is on the path to meet its vision." The company is Interface Inc, producer of soft-surfaced modular floor coverings, and the visionary is its founder Ray Anderson, who passed away in August. Interface is now a diversified and globalised business, with sales in 110 countries and manufacturing facilities on four continents.