Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Your local reclaimed lumber dealer or architectural salvage retailer is your best option as it supports the local economy, requires fewer miles to transport the lumber to your building site and it allows you to have a look at the lumber in person and know exactly the quality you’re getting. RECYCLED STEEL. RECYCLED PLASTIC.

Building Energy Monitoring 148

Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Sustainability Recycling 148

Green Business Bureau

JULY 5, 2021

Improve Cultivation Techniques to be Organic . Natural and organic gardening techniques can provide this reliability while also being good for the environment. Organic products can be easily found by looking for the OMRI certification. Organic waste in landfills generates methane, a potent greenhouse gas.

Sustainability 148

Sustainability Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Organic 148

GreenBiz

MAY 26, 2021

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.". Bruno Van Steenberghe, founder of Kalani home textiles, started by only using 100 percent organic and fair trade cotton.

Sustainability 485

Sustainability Recycling Recycling Climate change 485

Green Business Bureau

JUNE 2, 2020

Headquartered in London, Core provides supply chain management, customs classification, and sustainability solutions and services to global retailers, with a vision to realize the benefits of a digitized supply chain through their three software-as-a-service platforms – Suppliview, TariffTel, and Leaf.

Business Energy Monitoring 141

Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability Energy Monitor Carbon-neutral 141

Green Business Bureau

MARCH 24, 2022

The cradle-to-cradle concept needs to take into account the shipping of a product from the producer, through to the retailer, and onto the consumer – a process which often involves significant quantities of expensive packaging materials. However, this is not an eco-friendly material as it is plastic based. Similar U.S.

Packaging 78

Packaging Biodegradable Plastics Recycling 78

Green Business Bureau

JULY 1, 2021

According to the United Nations World Tourism Organization, the hotel industry contributes 1% of total global emissions. Reduce Waste and Recycle. Perhaps organize an onsite composting program where guests can donate their food scraps. Here are some examples for hotel and motel owners to consider when greening their operations.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 5, 2021

Improve Cultivation Techniques to be Organic . Natural and organic gardening techniques can provide this reliability while also being good for the environment. Organic products can be easily found by looking for the OMRI certification. Organic waste in landfills generates methane, a potent greenhouse gas.

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Sustainability Business Energy Monitoring Organic Building Energy Monitoring 78

AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

To celebrate the inauguration of Green Pea, Italy’s first dedicated green retail park, Cristina Celestina of Pianca recently presented Calatea Green, a chair that follows a circular economy model. The chair’s padding is now made of recycled PET fabric, sourced from water bottles, that is both recyclable and compostable.

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Home Energy Monitoring Recycling Recycling Energy Monitor 36

Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 16, 2022

With this in mind, in Europe, the Green Sports Alliance have brought large football organizations together to push for environmentally friendly ways to enjoy these games. Add a sufficient number of labeled recycle bins in every field and stadium. Team games should be better organized and scheduled to reduce travel.

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Sustainability Upcycling Carbon Organic 148

AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

This fall, online retailer ASOS is launching its first collection of circular fashions. Circular design refers to a constant recycling loop, with no materials ending up in the landfill. When possible, they chose materials that were already at least partially recycled, yet still durable.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

If IKEA can’t resell an item, the company plans to recycle it or donate it to community organizations. Here are a few of IKEA’s other recent waste reduction and circular economy efforts: The retailer plans to remove all non-rechargeable alkaline batteries from its global home furnishing offerings by October 2021.

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Business Green

JUNE 6, 2022

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. The collection is, in theory, a taster of Asos' entire product range if the retailer is to achieve its 2030 sustainability goals.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 17, 2020

.” But meat companies that raise animals such as poultry, pigs, cattle and other livestock for protein also must take into account something else few widget, gadget or electronics makers need to worry about — how to manage water and materials contaminated by organic, biological waste.

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Packaging Waste Waste Recycling 28

AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

For example, select bracelets made from ocean plastic, shoes or sunglasses made from coffee grounds or indoor gardens sourced from recycled plastic. Look for companies that ship using recyclable materials, too. You just have to do a little bit of searching. Select natural fibers for sheets, towels, blankets and clothing.

Plastics 36

Plastics Upcycling Packaging Recycling 36

AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

With Our Responsible Journey, Samsonite strives to lead the lifestyle bag and travel luggage industry across key sustainability indicators, including the use of recycled materials in its products and packaging and achieving carbon neutrality across its owned and operated facilities.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Surrounded by 40 acres of organic farmland, the beautiful blue double decker is a great way for guests to reconnect with nature. The converted bus is located at Ceridwen Centre, an organic farm that offers a number of unique lodgings, such as converted barns, yurts and even a cool eco pod.

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Cooling Organic Retail Recycled materials 28

AGreenLiving

MAY 26, 2021

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.” Bruno Van Steenberghe, founder of Kalani home textiles, started by only using 100 percent organic and fair trade cotton.

Sustainability 28

Sustainability Recycling Recycling Climate change 28

Green Business Bureau

MARCH 16, 2021

To uphold their aesthetic standards, many retailers will not accept foods that are dented, bumpy or bruised. Buy organic. Organic food producers are prohibited from using synthetic fertilizers and pesticides that threaten water supplies, wildlife and the farm workers that apply them. Avoid packaging made from multiple materials.

Packaging 148

Packaging Sustainability Biodegradable Plastics 148

Green Business Bureau

MARCH 16, 2021

To uphold their aesthetic standards, many retailers will not accept foods that are dented, bumpy or bruised. Buy organic. Organic food producers are prohibited from using synthetic fertilizers and pesticides that threaten water supplies, wildlife and the farm workers that apply them. Avoid packaging made from multiple materials.

Packaging 133

Packaging Sustainability Biodegradable Plastics 133

AGreenLiving

JUNE 23, 2021

Now the company is introducing a shoe collection that uses recycled plastic bottles as a main ingredient. What you can’t see with the trendy yet casual footwear is that the upper portion of each shoe is made from material developed by recycling plastic. New Blowfish Malibu shoe collection uses recycled plastic bottles.

Plastics 36

Plastics Recycling Recycling Recycled materials 36

Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 18, 2022

With humble beginnings as a small business selling to Vancouver’s dock workers in 1918, Watson Gloves is now Canada’s largest manufacturer and distributor of gloves to the industrial and retail market. The brand prioritizes using organic, renewable, and recycled materials whenever possible. Operating in most major U.S.

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Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Carbon-neutral 158

Business Green

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Fashion retail giant says share of clothes including sustainable or recycled materials has almost doubled to 45 per cent. Forty per cent of all cotton clothing units sold by Primark now contain cotton that is recycled, organic or sourced through the PSCP programme, up from 27 per cent a year ago.

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Sustainability Fashion Recycling Recycling 36

Green Business Bureau

APRIL 28, 2021

The fashion manufacturers, suppliers, brands and retailers must all do their part to address the changes required. This consumption demand has driven fashion retailers to producing almost twice the amount of clothing than they did in 2000. . Major organizations are creating guidelines and coalitions for sustainable fashion practices.

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Fashion Sustainability Ethics Waste 109

Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

These cheap playthings have a shorter life span than high-quality toys and are extremely difficult to recycle. Hence, social responsibility is embedded into the organization’s core. Sourcing sustainable materials to adopt a circular economic model. In 2021, the direct economic impact of the toy industry in the U.S.

Sustainability 78

Sustainability Recycled materials Plastics Recycling 78

AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Headphones The stylish headphones from House of Marley are made from sustainable materials such as FSC-certified wood , stainless steel, recyclable aluminum and soft natural leather. House of Marley also offers a line of eco-friendly turntables and Bluetooth speakers built from natural bamboo and organic cork.

Sustainability 36

Sustainability Biodegradable Health Packaging 36

AGreenLiving

MARCH 12, 2020

Although many retailers do their best to buy from reputable dealers, the supply chain is questionable at best with no transparency to truly know the path of the crystal you hold. Additionally, many municipalities don’t allow recycling of the glass bottles because essential oils are classified as a flammable substance.

Recycling 36

Recycling Recycling Waste Waste 36

GreenBiz

MAY 11, 2020

Last year, the company announced two major initiatives: Carbon renewal technology , or CRT, which breaks down waste plastic feedstocks to the molecular level before using them as building blocks to produce a wide range of materials and packaging. These Franken-materials are a nonstarter for most modern recycling systems.

Plastics 544

Plastics Recycling Recycling Waste 544

Business Green

MAY 15, 2020

Last year, the company announced two major initiatives: Carbon renewal technology , or CRT, which breaks down waste plastic feedstocks to the molecular level before using them as building blocks to produce a wide range of materials and packaging. These Franken-materials are a nonstarter for most modern recycling systems.

Plastics 41

Plastics Recycling Recycling Waste 41