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Pineapple, Banana & Coconut: Sustainable Fabrics – Out of the Kitchen and Into the Closet

Unsustainable

Yet all three plants are now being used to make durable and sustainable fabrics. By Ellen Rubin Natural Sources for Sustainable Fabrics Banana Fiber Musa (banana) fiber is made from the stem of banana plants. It’s incredibly versatile, strong, sustainably grown, and biodegradable. It is finished in Spain or Italy.

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? Spinning CO2 into clothes

Climate Tech VC

Now the CEO of Rubi Laboratories , Mashouf wants to clean up the industrial sector and create processes that harness the powerful systems of the natural world to create a sustainable manufacturing ecosystem. fashion industry , which accounts for ~10% of global CO2 emissions —more than aviation and shipping combined.

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Is the end nigh for questionable climate claims in UK adverts?

Business Green

After many years of oil and gas companies coming under fire for targeting much of their marketing budget on touting clean energy investments that make up just a tiny fraction of their business activity, the acceptability of a firm promoting its green initiatives without provide a full picture of its environmental impact is fast receding.

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Lessons from 3 emerging bio-based material technologies

GreenBiz

Founded in 2007, New York based Ecovative Design leverages the naturally binding properties of mycelium — mushroom’s root structure — in several sustainable materials. Loliware was founded in 2016 in pursuit of "a radical leap towards [a sustainable packaging] future." Turning algae into straws that are 'designed to disappear'.

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Greenwashing terms to avoid at any cost

Business Green

"In other words, ‘eco friendliness' is part of the personal brand of nearly half of the American population," said Suzanne Shelton, president and CEO of Shelton Group and a leading expert on sustainability communications. "If Sustainability professionals are mostly aware of this, according to Shelton. General marketing claims.

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Retail Business Sustainability Guide: Retail Sustainability Initiatives and Trends

Green Business Bureau

Retail business sustainability. These 7 sustainable developments are business opportunities that arise from key market trends we’re witnessing today. Using these trends we then present retail sustainability initiatives that will help you kickstart your organization’s sustainability program.

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Guarding against 'greenwash': Inside the fight against misleading corporate green claims

Business Green

For example, as awareness of the climate emergency has grown, oil and gas giants have continued to run ad campaigns that gloss over their exploration and extraction activity and instead promote their clean energy ventures and newly-enshrined climate goals.