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How effective stakeholder engagement shaped Samsonite’s ESG strategy

GreenBiz

In March, Samsonite announced "Our Responsible Journey," a new global sustainability strategy that outlines its commitments across four priority areas: Product Innovation; Carbon Action; Thriving Supply Chain; and Our People, including engagement, development, diversity and inclusion.

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Today’s wind turbine blades could become tomorrow’s bridges

Grist

Meanwhile, General Electric recently announced it has begun turning decommissioned wind turbine blades into cement, while scientists at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory are cooking up new materials that could make the blades of the future far more recyclable than today’s state of the art. Unfortunately, in the U.S.

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How effective stakeholder engagement shaped Samsonite’s ESG strategy

AGreenLiving

Samsonite is proud of its 110-year history of industry leadership in the innovation, quality and durability of its products. For example, Samsonite North America launched its first product made with post-consumer recycled PET fabric, in January 2018, one month after I started.

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How Dell and Levi's envision the future of repair

GreenBiz

Paul Dillinger, head of global product innovation at Levi Strauss & Co., With that mindset, Dillinger led the design of Levi’s innovative Wellthread shirts, jackets and jeans, which launched in 2015. The company rebuilt blue jeans for recyclability, also slashing the use of water and being mindful of workers' well-being.

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The U.S. Plastics Pact launches new initiative to redesign the plastics value chain at Circularity 20

GreenBiz

recycling market has been in free fall since 2018, when China, Malaysia, Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries announced that they would no longer import many types of recyclable material scraps. percent of all the plastic produced in 2017 eventually got recycled, according to the U.S. Of course, the U.S.

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How Dell and Levi's envision the future of repair

Business Green

Paul Dillinger, head of global product innovation at Levi Strauss & Co., It's called on all of my home [economics] skills, all of my ability to prototype and ideate using just the materials around my house, which has been a really exciting exercise," Dillinger said. works hands-on with denim, zippers and buttons.

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How Dell and Levi’s envision the future of repair

AGreenLiving

Paul Dillinger, head of global product innovation at Levi Strauss & Co., “It’s called on all of my home [economics] skills, all of my ability to prototype and ideate using just the materials around my house, which has been a really exciting exercise,” Dillinger said. works hands-on with denim, zippers and buttons.