Summary:雷·安德森(Ray Anderson)是著名的地毯生產(chǎn)產(chǎn)家Interface(界面地毯)的創(chuàng)始人兼CEO。在這個深情的演講里,安德森講述了自己從一個掠奪者到環(huán)保公益人士的轉(zhuǎn)變。對于政府、企業(yè)和NGO,可以讓我們直觀的看到商業(yè)領(lǐng)袖自身在環(huán)境氣候問題上的變化。

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California
catastrophic
We have measured our progress very rigorously. So I can tell you how far we have come in the ensuing 12 years. Net greenhouse gas emissions down 82 percent in absolute tonnage. Over the same span of time sales have increased by two-thirds and profits have doubled. So an 82 percent absolute reduction translates into a 90 percent reduction in greenhouse gas intensity relative to sales. This is the magnitude of the reduction the entire global technosphere must realize by 2050 to avoid catastrophic climate disruption -- so the scientists are telling us. Fossil fuel usage is down 60 percent per unit of production, due to efficiencies in renewables. The cheapest, most secure barrel of oil there is is the one not used through efficiencies. Water usage is down 75 percent in our worldwide carpet tile business. Down 40 percent in our broadloom carpet business, which we acquired in 1993 right here in California, City of Industry, where water is so precious. Renewable or recyclable materials are 25 percent of the total, and growing rapidly. Renewable energy is 27 percent of our total, going for 100 percent. We have diverted 148 million pounds -- that's 74,000 tons -- of used carpet from landfills, closing the loop on material flows through reverse logistics and post-consumer recycling technologies that did not exist when we started 14 years ago.
我們每一年都非常詳實的計算我們的進步,所以我可以很清楚的告訴大家我們從94年開始的12年里做了些什么。溫室氣體凈排放量絕對值下降了82% (掌聲),在同一時間里,銷售額上漲了三分之二,利潤翻了一番。這82%的溫室氣體排放下降值,其中有90% 來源于產(chǎn)品的革新。這是很大一個數(shù)字,全球的科技界都應(yīng)當知道,并且需要在2050年之前達到這一數(shù)字。唯有如此,我們才能避免災(zāi)難性的氣候危機??茖W(xué)家告訴我們說,因為可替代能源的使用在界面公司,化石燃料的使用量可以降低60% 我們發(fā)現(xiàn),最為廉價的石油,是 那些因為使用效率不高而尚未被充分使用的石油。我們公司耗水數(shù)量下降了75%,這對于我們公司整個全球生產(chǎn)基地都是如此。我們的寬幅地毯生產(chǎn)所需的水也下降了40%,那是我們于1993年收購回來的。工廠就在加州。大家也都知道,這里的水是多么的寶貴。可再生或可回收材料的比例是25%,并且正在快速增長,可再生能源比例則為27% 并且將走向100%。我們也成功的將1.48億磅,也就是七萬四千噸的舊地毯從填埋廠回收回來。 我們通過反向循環(huán)以及回收技術(shù),成功的搭起了生產(chǎn)材料的回路。那是我們一開始的時候沒有的。