Ray Anderson: The business logic of sustainability

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15 жыл бұрын

www.ted.com At his carpet company, Ray Anderson has increased sales and doubled profits while turning the traditional "take / make / waste" industrial system on its head. In a gentle, understated way, he shares a powerful vision for sustainable commerce.
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@mahalayananda 4 жыл бұрын

When I started working for them I thought it sounded too good to be true, but had to change my mind. Truly a good person with good intentions an success bringing them into life. Even inspiring all their partners to follow the same line

@biancazeroway650 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, eleven years this video has been online, and I haven't seen any change in the global corporate landscape. But I guess this is what happens to people who already have a solution. They are ignored until the last moment. Well, it's time to wake up Corporate America, and the rest of the world. Mount Sustainability is probably the most important peak to try and conquer during our generation!

@crudhousefull 12 жыл бұрын

This guy gives me more hope than any other person that 'talks' about climate change on TED. This guy is someone who actually does it (did it!), while others just jump on the bandwagon of promoting what others should do. You are a great man!

@350orbust 13 жыл бұрын

RIP, Mr. Anderson. Thank you for your inspiring leadership.

@Brandi.Nicole 2 жыл бұрын

Not going to lie - I cried. So beautifully said and very inspirational. Thank you for sharing.

@Hello_riders_1993 4 жыл бұрын

10 years later.. This is so relevant

@Brandi.Nicole 2 жыл бұрын

This is one of the best Ted talks I have have seen - and I have seen a lot. Thank you for all of your innovation and dedication to our planets well being!

@ratholin 15 жыл бұрын

Great speech. It's so good to see someone with the courage of their convictions. The world could use a lot more like him.

@dorotwhy 15 жыл бұрын

This man brings hope and promise to humankind. I think I'm in love. If anyone deserves a standing ovation... He does!

@rbrichard51 13 жыл бұрын

Ray Anderson, RIP at 77. A towering leader of the type of change we need.

@ShineolaCom 13 жыл бұрын

Ray leaves a legacy of hope. Love the mathematical equation he concocted that includes a factor for Happiness. The world needs more of that kind of arithmetic :o)

@xTriad 15 жыл бұрын

Great speech, the world could use more people like this man.

@romanzadorozhnyy2087 3 ай бұрын

That poem was amazing.

@samala51 11 жыл бұрын

RIP Ray Ansderson, an inspiration and a prolific man.

@KaneyoshiSouji 10 жыл бұрын

I started to cry by the end. Thank you.

@sayhoohyas5428 4 жыл бұрын

einverstanden

@956lizz 11 жыл бұрын

Ray Anderson, you're amazing.

@grizzlymartin1 4 жыл бұрын

God Bless and keep Ray Anderson.

@sulavthami1668 Жыл бұрын

Love the equation. Brilliant presentation.

@sheepwshotguns 15 жыл бұрын

this guy's actions bring a glimmer of hope to humanity.

@eligraham55 11 жыл бұрын

Great TED talk.

@aceofspades989 15 жыл бұрын

Lovely talk. I really enjoyed it.

@emmah1911 11 жыл бұрын

So truly inspirational

@simpledaylife 15 жыл бұрын

wow... first time meeting ray anderson. had a speaker from interface come to our lects last yr, interesting philosophies/principles for a carpet company...

@Dayvit78 15 жыл бұрын

very humble speaker

@ronprasad5125 10 жыл бұрын

Excellent!

@SomethingSoOriginal 9 жыл бұрын

Laziest standing ovation i ever saw

@LEEyring 11 жыл бұрын

When I need carpet someday, I know where I'm going.

@iwrestledasharkonce 11 жыл бұрын

The David Blaine TED video has 1.8mil views, this video has 61,000. *sigh* I'm hoping the 60k were CEOs of companies.

@marcosrissi 9 жыл бұрын

I watch it quickly while doing things around the bedroom. It sounds great. I will watch with proper attention and see what lesson I can take from it. No doubt sustainability is the way. ;-)

@sudiin 15 жыл бұрын

There is no award in existance that would measure up to the deeds and accomplishments of Ray Anderson. *salute* P.S. watch "The Corporation"

@fredfarrell 15 жыл бұрын

fantastic, what a great man

@1966human 15 жыл бұрын

I watched 2:20 of this vid he has the right idea, i only want to say that the ideals of grass roots need to be changed in order to introduce electric engines and other sustainable ( forward thinking ideas ). Now changing the ideas of grass roots is not easy.

@livilottiesytlivilottiesyt9430 6 жыл бұрын

Maria,the girl you met on holiday,told me about this channel and she really misses you and your brother. Could you mum please text her mum to get together soon. I really love your channel.

@ninaa8347 8 жыл бұрын

Love the talk and especially the poem at the end.

@zijingxu8568 4 жыл бұрын

yes, beautiful poem

@joannahoang5578 3 жыл бұрын

Please can you rely the poem to me ? I can't hear him that well. I even turned my speaker up.

@ninaa8347 3 жыл бұрын

@@joannahoang5578 The title of the poem is "Tomorrow's child". Here are the lyrics: Without a name, an unseen face, and knowing not your time and place, Tomorrow's child, though yet unborn, I met you first last Tuesday morn. A wise friend introduced us two, and through his sobering point of view, I saw a day that you would see, a day for you but not for me. Knowing you has changed my thinking, for I never had an inkling that perhaps the things I do might someday, somehow threaten you. Tomorrow's child, my daughter, son, I'm afraid I've just begun to think of you and of your good, though always having known I should. Begin, I will, the was the cost of what I squander, what is lost, If ever I forget that you will someday come and live here too.

@GinaRGilberto 13 жыл бұрын

Rest in Peace Ray, I wish more CEOs thought like you

@TurtugaBlanku 14 жыл бұрын

Great and inspiring presentation! Cheers, Turtuga Blanku *Solar Power Music*

@Atoyota 15 жыл бұрын

Good talk recognizing the unsustainability of the retail mercantile systems we now have, and ways to correct it.. BUT the real 'primary' culrpit of the biosphere is agribusiness and NOT these other industries... yes they too need to follow this example, but agribusiness has done more to ecosystems than all the rest combined.

@saleemisgod 11 жыл бұрын

"More happiness with less stuff!" Only a polite applause from the TED crowd.

@artparty222murphy9 3 жыл бұрын

Al Sunshine interesting. Does not appeal to the crowd?

@tomekstec981 3 жыл бұрын

A legend in sustainability education curriculum.

@andrzejcelinski1 2 жыл бұрын

An amazing man!

@firstnamelastname6244 3 жыл бұрын

Our brief visit to this astonishingly beautiful earth should be memorable. Let's try not to squander our time.

@kazipushpita7593 9 жыл бұрын

about the H letter in the equation ... makes quite a bling in the equation :)

@dosborn05 12 жыл бұрын

The world lost a giant when Ray passed away. He will be forever missed.

@llennonbrown 15 жыл бұрын

Does anyone know whether there are many other companies carrying out similar schemes?

@KirneH004 15 жыл бұрын

My college's cafeteria once offered a lunch of "sustainable fish"; on the day that it was to be served, the cooks prepared it wrong and it burned. The cafeteria couldn't "sustain" the sustainable fish. Henrik PS: They didn't have time to make another main dish, so we had to fall back on pizza, burgers, and weak chicken soup.

@sofs5679 3 жыл бұрын

Can someone tell me? which managerial mindsets this entrepreneur represents.

@aaronkeogh 15 жыл бұрын

Live simply so others can simply live.

@asmodeus585 15 жыл бұрын

Ok, I can agree upon that - but this can be only achieved through concious entrepreneurship, just like Ray Anderson tried to tell us.

@ResistingDeath 7 жыл бұрын

Damn.

@ManoloRafael 14 жыл бұрын

@Th0usandMaster hahahahaha!!! How did you see that?! Sooooo funny!! Good catch! :)

@mooxim 15 жыл бұрын

I'd stand after that.

@kboann 12 жыл бұрын

"The cheapest, most secure, barrel of oil there is, is the one not used through efficiencies."

@Happy0 15 жыл бұрын

Wow... He's aged since I saw him in the documentary "the corportation" xD

@benpeacock6354 3 жыл бұрын

RIP Ray

@gabydewilde 15 жыл бұрын

There was a poem. :-)

@cloudninemedialtd 6 жыл бұрын

R.I.P. Ray - an incredible self transformation story, proving that embedding sustainability does pay off in the long run. It's the only way to ensure businesses will survive in the future. www.cloud9m.co.uk/portfolio_page/edie-this-is-mission-possible/

@EliteXclutchX21 5 ай бұрын

a massive pool of contradictions. I needed a second page of notes to cover all of them. Let's not forget in order to get a ticket to attend one of these you need to spend thousands of dollars. or have a connection with massive luck to score you a free bee.

@dashlukky 15 жыл бұрын

I liked the talk, but his voice got weird during the poem.

@Ekove 15 жыл бұрын

exactly, that is not to say that man actions didn't have a moral side to them.

@HempForPresident 15 жыл бұрын

Thank God for democracy, then, because we can change that! Get active!

@niccunneen22 4 жыл бұрын

Its 2020 where is the business in terms of 0 impact now?

@chawk111 15 жыл бұрын

He sounds like Randy Newman dose when he sings, but not when he talks.

@aaronkeogh 15 жыл бұрын

if only everyone could live in a co2 neutral way

@Happy0 15 жыл бұрын

Corporation*

@highac3s 15 жыл бұрын

yay first comment and viewer!!!!

@jimmshorts 15 жыл бұрын

the cynic believes and perpetuates scarcity. Hubris, greed, avarice restricts abundance to a priviledged few. My studies and observations say that more accurately reflects the sentiment of those in poverty, in hunger, in disease. To work with the Earth, wth social responsibility is an invitation to live in solution. Perhaps you prefer to be part of the problem.

@bobian81 14 жыл бұрын

just found out rays got cancer,god bless him

@moulingalette 15 жыл бұрын

Just because people can do what they want to the Earth doesn't mean they would be "anti-green." In fact, since the Earth belongs to the people, they should do their best to take care of it... As usual, you can't base a complicated social system like "Communism" on what certain people have chosen to use it for. That would be like me saying all Capitalists only seek to make capital even if that means having slaves. Just because some people have done it doesn't mean you can make that label.

@ProfessorT07 15 жыл бұрын

I feel asleep watching this and Im an insomniac...

@TheTTBT 10 жыл бұрын

I love Ray Anderson. My epitaph will read: Useless Shag, like me. Consumption, in and of itself, green or red or red-white-and-blue, is a flying carpet in this context. Fuck the carpet, Ray. Really use your mind. The Sun should set, with the permission of you and Ayn Rand, in, at the very least, a place where humans don't have to hang their heads amongst Laughing Hyenas. $$$$$$$$$$$$$

@TurtugaBlanku 13 жыл бұрын

Very inspirational guy! (Has been an inspiration for the lyrics of this solar power song on youtube: watch?v=8W_sR-fbKo0 )

@fajpatsmurf8250 3 жыл бұрын

Was mission zero accomplished?

@rajpatel8025 5 жыл бұрын

Ray Anderson, recovering plunderer, should be as celebrated and known to the public just as Jobs, Bezos, and all the other plunderers.

@HANSCHTV 3 жыл бұрын

Geht doch.

@blularkspur 15 жыл бұрын

What?? Have you ever been part of a real poor community? TED is about removing conventional thought, and these 'wake up things can't be different' attitude is like totally missing the point..

@Hemphempmind 15 жыл бұрын

Heh oh wow, carpet company talking about sustainability....if only that company grew some BALLS and actually produce their carpets out of HEMP/Marijuana...now THAT WOULD BE SUSTAINABLE!@!!!