GreenBiz

AUGUST 27, 2019

From new ventures from sustainability stalwarts to tech executives in energy management, it's an interesting time of the year for the sustainability field.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Fashion industry has 'failed to make headway' in curbing its damage on the environment and dependence on fossil fuels, campaigners warn. The fashion industry is fuelling the climate emergency and waste crisis through its huge and growing addiction to synthetic fibres made from carbon-intensive fossil fuels.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Retailers need to make the switch from plastic shopping bags to eco-friendly alternatives. Plastic bags are not biodegradable and can last over a 1000 years. Plastic bags are so lightweight that they can travel long distances through the wind and water. Customers demand non-plastic alternatives. Stop harming wildlife.

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Business Green

MARCH 25, 2022

Investigation by the Changing Markets Foundation claims a host of industry sustainability initiatives are not fit for purpose. The Changing Markets Foundation analysed 10 certification labels and industry initiatives used by fashion brands to measure and promote their environmental credentials.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 18, 2021

This Global Recycling Day (18 March), Robert Lockyer, CEO and founder of Delta Global, a sustainable packaging solutions provider for luxury fashion brands, discusses some of the ways in which he believes the industry is making great headway in terms of recyclability, as well as where more can still be done. The rise of resale.

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Business Green

APRIL 13, 2021

New UBS analysis warns consumption of fast fashion items is likely to decline by up to 30 per cent over the coming decade as consumers increasingly embrace more sustainable fashion choices. A growing number of fashion brands are aware of these risks, but many are unsure as to how best to respond. "If

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

This, in turn, is dehydrated to create ethylene – a stage of the process handled by Technip Energies – and this ethylene is then polymerized – by circular plastics expert Borealis – to produce EVA (ethylene vinyl acetate), in the form of small plastic pellets, which then enter On’s production process for the creation of the CleanCloud foam material.

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Green Living Guy

MAY 31, 2022

Adidas launches its SS22 Tennis Collection, a high-performance tennis apparel line featuring graphics inspired by Paris’ botanical gardens and green spaces, garments in the collection were made either in part with Parley Ocean Plastic or in part with recycled content.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Related: SAOLA offers sustainable sneakers sourced from algae and recycled plastic + Roya Aghighi Via Dezeen biogarmentry, roya aghighi, living clothes eco fashion, eco clothing

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Business Green

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Firms representing more than $857bn in combined revenues have now signed up to the CanopyStyle initiative which aims to eliminate destruction of endangered and ancient forests from fashion supply chains. CanopyStyle is a brilliant addition to our sustainability work, and we look forward to our collaboration.".

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

A collaboration between the fashion sector, the plastics industry, and academia is set to bring a sportswear range to market that embodies circular economy principles. plastic bottles to produce and can be sent back to Presca for recycling at the end of its life.

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Business Green

JULY 6, 2021

Research reveals that just 19 policies have been introduced to tackle negative impacts of fast fashion since 2007 - compared to 689 to try and tackle obesity. The huge environmental and social impact of the fashion industry is becoming ever more apparent," he said. "The

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 12, 2021

What are sustainable construction materials? Today, there is a growing variety of sustainable construction materials taking the place of traditional materials. Picking the right sustainable construction material for your project depends in large part on your location. Concrete and Cement.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Companies across the fashion industry have deployed pilots for circular - or more sustainable - products, but too often they stop there. The fashion industry is damaging to the planet - it's responsible for 10 per cent of the world's carbon emissions. But there are companies both large and small trying to solve this problem.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Sustainable fashion is on the rise, with materials from plastic water bottles to vegan apple leather becoming more and more common in the industry every day. Recent design graduate Jasmine Linington is taking sustainable fashion a step further with a new couture collection that uses seaweed-derived textiles.

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Low Impact

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Explore how to reduce plastic use in the kitchen, living area, bedroom, bathroom and even the garden, with the help of our friends at Ethical.net. Plastic packaging is, of course, not the end of the story; most of us also have a huge array of plastic items in our homes. Reduce plastic use in your kitchen.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 5, 2021

Earths to sustainably support our current resource use. It means changing consumption patterns to reduce new purchases and keep clothes in use for longer, for instance by developing the second-hand and rental markets as well as changing the culture of fast fashion. percent gets recycled and used again. We would need 1.5

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 31, 2020

A circular economy is urgently required for the shift to a more sustainable planet. Our main focus is to make sure they're able to become a sustainable business model, and one that can be supported into the future of how things will be done," she said. . Holly Secon. Mon, 08/31/2020 - 01:00.

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Business Green

JULY 6, 2021

The fashion industry is on course to take-up 25 per cent of the world's carbon budget, yet despite this huge impact, the UK government is failing to tackle the negative impact of fashion. Only 32 per cent of policies proposed actively sought to address the issue of fashion, rather than just increasing awareness.?The

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AGreenLiving

JULY 26, 2021

The Ecologyst brand is known throughout Canada for creating sustainable fashion. Related: Intergravity launches sustainable clothing that reduces the need to do laundry Located in a heritage building dating back to 1892, the facility is spacious and full of natural light, with high ceilings and gleaming whitewashed brick.

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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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AGreenLiving

JULY 20, 2021

Businesses around the globe have heard the consumer call for sustainable fashion products. The fashion industry as a whole has earned a notably bad rep for wasteful and dirty manufacturing. Bucha delivers lab-made leather alternative for clean fashion. Biomaterial manufacturing is the primary order of business at Bucha.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Recycled plastic: There’s market demand, but where’s the supply? Biodiversity in fashion (37:35) . The GreenBiz Intelligence Panel is the survey body we poll regularly throughout the year on key trends and developments in sustainability. Episode 247: Biden wish lists, supporting 'intersectional environmentalists'. Contributors.

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Business Green

JANUARY 26, 2022

The Competitions and Markets Authority has embarked on a major crackdown of misleading green claims made by fashion brands - but can it deliver? It represents a pretty demanding and comprehensive checklist for an industry that has frequently been accused of exaggerating its sustainability credentials.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Inside the world’s first VR circular fashion summit: 4 key takeaways Lilian Liu Wed, 10/14/2020 – 01:30 COVID-19 has radically accelerated the need for the fashion industry to innovate. The second edition of the Circular Fashion Summit bears fruit of this new socially distanced reality. Attendee avatars can be seen.

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 19, 2021

Clothing company Piki Poma’s founders, sisters Mirna Litovic and Ida Babic, both come from a fashion design background. Last year in 2020, Litovic and Babic decided to begin creating natural and eco-friendly bags, shoes and clothing made using sustainable, cutting edge materials (including 100% recycled fibers).

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Greentown Labs

MAY 16, 2023

DrinKicks’s sneakers are made of waste from apples, corn, bamboo, and cotton, along with recycled rubber and 100 percent post-consumer plastic bottles—also known as RPET, a plastic that is completely recyclable and requires a fraction of the manufacturing and processing energy that traditional plastics need. Think again.

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 27, 2019

From new ventures from sustainability stalwarts to tech executives in energy management, it’s an interesting time of the year for the sustainability field. Original post: Apparel industry fashions sustainability roles; insurers look to cut risk with new chiefs.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 22, 2020

The Relevance of Gemba Walk to Sustainable Businesses. For sustainability, leaders can confidently implement sustainability initiatives because it truly fits the purpose and not just because it feels good or right to do so. Secondly, it is not the time for quick fixes. How to Make The Gemba Walk a Fruitful Exercise.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 5, 2022

First round of negotiations to deliver a new treaty to end plastic pollution was characterised by much the same dividing lines that marred recent climate talks. The mandate agreed by UN member states opens the door to a legally binding treaty that deals with the root causes of plastic pollution, not just the symptoms," she said. "The

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Sustainability Program Challenges. Despite the continued CEO efforts and rising customer, employee, investor and political interest, many businesses are struggling to integrate sustainability into the core of their operations. In 2019, a mere 16% of executives stated sustainability as a built-in business function.

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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. We’ve used only the highest quality, sustainably sourced materials, and focused heavily on manufacturing quality and design. Crawford: As a sustainable designer, the majority of my work is in sourcing.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Award-winning conceptual material designer Shahar Livne collaborated with fashion design company Balenciaga to create a new line of jewelry made from recycled ocean plastic. The company sources plastic materials from all over the world, focusing mainly in Southeast Asia, where it says 60% of the world’s ocean plastic originates.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021. These 20 C-suite executives have steered their companies forward through much disruption, providing inspiration for the possibilities of advancing sustainability, social responsibility and circular business models — sometimes all at once. Elsa Wenzel. Mon, 01/11/2021 - 02:15.

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Business Green

APRIL 5, 2022

Launch of Mega Bloks Green Town range aims to encourage sustainable behaviours in children from an early age. Every product is made from a minimum of 56 per cent plant-based materials and a minimum of 26 percent bio-circular plastics, with the materials approved by the International Sustainability & Carbon Certification body.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 21, 2021

Sustainable Fashion Starts With Eliminating Toxic Fast Fashion. The use of toxic chemicals threatens the progress of creating a truly sustainable fashion industry. Understanding the toxic fast fashion industry and challenges is the first step in getting to a sustainable fashion industry.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

By taking the company’s own “space junk” from the floors of its manufacturing warehouses, Nike is turning waste into feedstock, creating a sustainable sneaker that combines high performance with low impact. The Space Hippie shoes are assembled using recycled “space junk”, such as recycled plastic water bottles, T-shirts and yarn scraps.

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