Ray Anderson Awarded WFCA Hall of Fame Award at Flooring Sustainability Summit in DC
Washington, DC, July 18, 2025-Scott Humphrey, CEO of the WFCA, awarded Ray Anderson’s World Floor Covering Association Hall of Fame Award to Ray’s grandson, John Lanier, at the Flooring Sustainability Summit held this week in Washington, D.C.
The award, which is recognized as the pinnacle award within the flooring industry, was given posthumously to the man who founded Interface Inc. (NASDAQ: TILE), and at age 60 shifted his industrial focus to sustainability after reading Paul Hawkin’s book "The Ecology of Commerce."
According to Kemp Harr, publisher of Floor Focus Magazine and who helped present the award, “There is no more fitting venue to present the industry's highest award to Ray Anderson-an icon to both leadership and sustainability, than here in the nation’s capital at this Sustainability Summit. Ray’s gentlemanly southern charisma, passion and gift of telling stories enabled him to credibly convince other business leaders to respect nature and our planet and do less harm."
In accepting the award for the family, John Lanier, executive director of the Ray C. Anderson Foundation, reminded the audience that in the end, his grandfather wanted us to focus on the health of the planet and the type of world we are leaving for the generations to come.
Anderson died of cancer in the fall of 2011 at the age of 77.
Joey Shea, Interface’s director of sustainability, was also on hand to receive the award on Interface's behalf.