How to measure private label sustainability risks
Partnership aims to help companies avoid ethics and transparency pitfalls within private brands…
Source: storebrands.com
Partnership aims to help companies avoid ethics and transparency pitfalls within private brands…
Source: storebrands.com
HP has published a new study underscoring the importance of sustainablility in business practices in recruiting, hiring and retaining talent…
Let’s all welcome the European Union (EU) to the anti-plastic pollution movement. On Wednesday, EU lawmakers voted 571 to 53 in favor of a complete ban on 10 single-use plastics including straws, cutlery, and coffee stirrers.
Sustainability in fashion is a path-breaking concept. Not that the textile industry has been steadily working towards making the industry a little greener than it was. But to accelerate from the present slow pace, we need technological and creative disruptions. We remember when Adidas went all the way to create sneakers from ocean waste. Many brands have been working towards such goals. The leather industry has been a painted target for both sustainable evangelists as well as animal lovers. Bioengineers from Provenance fabrics are now designing collagen molecules to create lab-made leather. Nano textile technology is also on the surge. It helps to add a special property to fabrics like odor repellency, temperature control, bacterial repellant, etc, without using harmful intermediaries. This protects both the user as well as the environment from harmful exposures. Japanese studio Nendo has collaborated with Italian studio Up To You Anthology, to design handbags people can assemble at home. Linear panels will cut down production lines and manufacturing costs.
IKEA has never really been the portrait of sustainability, but in a major shift, the company has announced some seriously ambitious green initiatives.
More than 60 objections to regulator about claims by world’s biggest oil company…
While the real estate industry is no stranger to sustainability drives, an aspiration to join circular economy could represent its biggest challenge yet.