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Article

15 Aug 2011

Author:
Elaine Woo, Los Angeles Times

Ray C. Anderson dies at 77; carpet tile mogul

[Ray] Anderson, 77, who died of cancer Aug. 8 in Atlanta, turned himself into the leading champion of sustainability in corporate America [as Chairman of carpet firm Interface]. "When it came to bending industrial processes to making peace with the planet, Ray Anderson was the greatest of them," Ralph Nader said in a statement last week...Anderson became an evangelist for green business, influencing practices at large and small companies, including mammoth Wal-Mart...