Business Green

JUNE 6, 2022

BusinessGreen gets a behind-the-scenes look at the fast fashion company's new green range. A growing band of major fashion retailers have pledged to achieve net zero emissions and overhaul their design and manufacturing processes to make the notoriously resource intensive industry more sustainable.

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Greentown Labs

MAY 16, 2023

Michael Fletcher and Kristeen Reynolds are bringing their passion for sneaker culture, circularity, and community engagement to the pavement with DrinKicks —a startup turning food waste and recycled materials into shoes with 89 percent lower carbon emissions than their cow-leather counterparts. We joked that we can’t really top that.”

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 30, 2021

Being eco-conscious folks, it was important to them that they use high-quality recycled materials and skip the plastic packaging. A community of devout fans and wearers has organically discovered and shared the product, including a number of A-list celebrities who’ve become BioRomper “superfans.”

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GreenBiz

MAY 26, 2021

A few key takeaways from this years analysis: Ambition is in fashion. We are committed to only be using recycled polyester from 2024. By 2025, nine out of 10 adidas articles will be sustainable: Made with recycled materials, made to be remade or made with nature.".

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

New fashion house Valani has launched its debut collection of biodegradable separates and dresses inspired by “light living.” The fashion brand has designed its pieces to reflect sustainability, with soft styles that can be worn throughout the year — regardless of season.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

New fashion house Valani has launched its debut collection of biodegradable separates and dresses inspired by “light living.” The fashion brand has designed its pieces to reflect sustainability, with soft styles that can be worn throughout the year — regardless of season.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 28, 2021

The World Needs a More Sustainable Fashion Industry. Sustainable fashion is our only option. The future of our planet, maintaining adequate resources, and protecting human rights all depend on our toxic fashion industry evolving to a more sustainable and circular fashion industry. Demand for Sustainable Fashion.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 5, 2021

5 opportunities of a circular economy David McGinty Fri, 03/05/2021 – 00:12 More than 100 billion tons of resources enter the economy every year — everything from metals, minerals and fossil fuels to organic materials from plants and animals. percent gets recycled and used again.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Shop Allyoos Shampoo and Conditioner on Amazon Little Spoon It’s the season of special treats in the food and drink department, so include the babies and toddlers in the occasion with organic, non-GMO baby food and healthy finger foods for toddlers. There’s a vast range of options from housewares to fashion to jewelry.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

We're looking at advanced recycling and just to find recycled polyester and different recycled materials. We have a foundation that, over the course of the pandemic, has donated over $10 million to different organizations [focused on the] outdoors. We've looked quite a bit at regenerative agriculture. Shutterstock.

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Business Green

MAY 14, 2021

Research from World Economic Forum (WEF) and the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) estimates that suppliers in eight industries - food, construction, fashion, consumer goods, electronics, automotive, professional services and freight - account for 50 per cent of global emissions. The team even reports to its chief technology officer.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Related: Phoenix Earthship features a food garden and jungle in off-grid fashion The Urban Earth House has many green design features. Double-glazed windows, recycled glass bulk insulation batts in the roof and ceiling spaces, mud bricks and recycled concrete walls help the home maintain a comfortable temperature year-round.

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Business Green

JANUARY 31, 2020

As an organization, Textile Exchange supports the apparel and textiles sector in switching to preferable materials that have a more positive impact on people and the environment compared to conventional. Two currently available preferred options are organic and recycled, but they are relatively small in scale.

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Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2023

However, you can't call a product 'compostable' if someone can't compost it safely and in a 'timely' fashion at home. The FTC considers these terms deceptive if a product has any substance, including volatile organic compounds (VOCs), known to erode the ozone layer. Recycled content. Then it may belong in a compost bin.

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Unsustainable

MAY 1, 2019

Silent, after discovering his innate skill for fashioning surfboards, has been inspired to try his hand at making and selling furniture one day, whilst his classmate Luciano can’t wait to pass on his expertise to his own children in the future. Label making for Vanderful Organic surf wax.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 26, 2021

A few key takeaways from this years analysis: Ambition is in fashion Business is driving a race to the top with leading companies stepping up on ambitious target setting. We are committed to only be using recycled polyester from 2024. “They know that we are going to pay the right price for organic and fair trade cotton.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Fashion retail giant says share of clothes including sustainable or recycled materials has almost doubled to 45 per cent. It's felt challenging at times and we know we're only getting started but one year in, we're more committed than ever to make more sustainable fashion affordable for all.".

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 13, 2021

This is an extraordinarily unique gift for the camera lover in your life that offers the basics of photography along with sustainable and recycled materials. bags “The future of fashion is circular, meaning items are sustainably produced, used and reused with love, then upcycled into other equally valuable items. Nena and Co.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Just as you have blue bins for recyclable materials, brown bins are meant only for organic materials. Composting converts organic waste into soil carbon, averting landfill methane emissions in the process. Here are some useful tips: Simple and effective ways to manage food scraps and prevent ‘yuckiness’.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 14, 2020

Just in time to celebrate National Forest Week from July 13 to July 19, fashion brand Solo New York is planting one tree per purchase for its line of affordable bags made from recycled plastic bottles. The first run of the company’s Re:cycled Collection recycled over 90,000 bottles, and this is just the beginning.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Too many products relied on animal ingredients, from food to cosmetics to fashion. Special fashion collections from Awear Clothes Awear is a USA vegan clothing brand with an elephant fashion collection to help save elephants and a rhino collection for the rhinos. And even the puzzle itself is recyclable.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 16, 2020

We’ve looked quite a bit at regenerative agriculture… We’re looking at advanced recycling and just to find recycled polyester and different recycled materials. We have a foundation that, over the course of the pandemic, has donated over $10 million to different organizations [focused on the] outdoors.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 22, 2021

Made from recycled, ocean-bound plastic, the Cadence magnetic, refillable containers offer a sustainable, convenient and stylish solution to single-use travel bottles. From shampoo to vitamins and skincare to jewelry, the customizable, honeycomb-shaped capsules stick together magnetically to keep everything organized in your travel bag.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 31, 2020

based startup company that is creating sustainable pet products made from recycled materials such as plastic, textiles and leather. The yarn combination is then used to fashion sturdy pet toys and beds. Project Blu also works with a tree-planting organization in Africa to help counteract any carbon emissions from transportation.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Shop Beeswax Wraps on Amazon Alternative Apparel The alternative to fast fashion that pollutes the environment and consumes resources is Alternative Apparel, an eco-conscious label dedicated to the creation of casual clothing made from natural and recycled materials. Gwynn also developed another recipe that’s completely vegan.

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Business Green

APRIL 22, 2021

We've rounded up some of our favourite announcements from drinks, fashion, consumer goods and tech brands this year. Those itching to buy a 'sustainable' shoe in the short term, meanwhile, might be interested in a shoe made from recycled water bottles and recycled green algae launched by casual footwear brand Hush Puppies this week.

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GreenBiz

MAY 11, 2020

Contamination by food and other foreign materials is another problem that literally gums up the works. And after plastic has been mechanically recycled once, it’s rarely suitable for another round of recycling. This means that the recycled material eventually will end up in waste streams. Fashion forward.

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Business Green

MAY 15, 2020

From plastics to fashion, the US chemicals giant is innovating in pursuit of a new approach for managing the world's most ubiquitous materials. In chemical recycling, depolymerization breaks down plastics into their raw materials for conversion back into new polymers. Fashion forward.

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