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GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
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. Goals that are specific, yet ambitious.
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 2, 2020
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. Shooting for 2025, its main goals are: Make sure all plastic packaging is 100 percent reusable, recyclable or compostable .
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GreenBiz
MAY 27, 2020
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.
Business Green
MAY 22, 2020
Some of the world's largest corporations promised to quickly slash their use of virgin plastic packaging. Yet the recycled material available to make bottles, bags and boxes has become harder to find and more expensive. Progress was being made toward adopting post-consumer recycled feedstocks.
AGreenLiving
FEBRUARY 12, 2020
The startup has innovated coffee brewing by making it as convenient and simple as steeping a tea bag, only it’s coffee you’re tasting. And once you’ve finished your mug of coffee, you can simply compost the bag and recycle the packaging, which is already made from recycled materials as well.
Greentown Labs
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
Active Surfaces is working to make these innovations possible. DRINKICKS DrinKicks is developing sneakers made from food waste and recycled materials in an effort to engage the sneaker-enthusiast community in circularity. It’s been a very good acceleration pathway.” Its co-founders are Lina M. González and Connor Crawford.
Greentown Labs
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
These early-stage startups, which hail from the Boston and Houston metro areas where Greentown’s incubators are located, are working on innovations from bio-based polymers to solar technology. After a highly competitive selection and deliberation process that saw close to 80 applicants, a cohort of six cutting-edge startups was selected.
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