Summary:雷·安德森(Ray Anderson)是著名的地毯生产产家Interface(界面地毯)的创始人兼CEO。在这个深情的演讲里,安德森讲述了自己从一个掠夺者到环保公益人士的转变。对于政府、企业和NGO,可以让我们直观的看到商业领袖自身在环境气候问题上的变化。

全文听写

HINTS
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.
我们每一年都非常详实的计算我们的进步,所以我可以很清楚的告诉大家我们从94年开始的12年里做了些什么。温室气体净排放量绝对值下降了82% (掌声),在同一时间里,销售额上涨了三分之二,利润翻了一番。这82%的温室气体排放下降值,其中有90% 来源于产品的革新。这是很大一个数字,全球的科技界都应当知道,并且需要在2050年之前达到这一数字。唯有如此,我们才能避免灾难性的气候危机。科学家告诉我们说,因为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% 我们发现,最为廉价的石油,是 那些因为使用效率不高而尚未被充分使用的石油。我们公司耗水数量下降了75%,这对于我们公司整个全球生产基地都是如此。我们的宽幅地毯生产所需的水也下降了40%,那是我们于1993年收购回来的。工厂就在加州。大家也都知道,这里的水是多么的宝贵。可再生或可回收材料的比例是25%,并且正在快速增长,可再生能源比例则为27% 并且将走向100%。我们也成功的将1.48亿磅,也就是七万四千吨的旧地毯从填埋厂回收回来。 我们通过反向循环以及回收技术,成功的搭起了生产材料的回路。那是我们一开始的时候没有的。