Business Green

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

High street fashion retailer's sustainability-linked bond was 7.6 H&M has issued a €500m bond linked to the high street fashion retailer achieving several of its 2025 sustainability targets to ramp up the use of recycled materials and drive down greenhouse gas emissions across its business and supply chain.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Retailer says old leggings can be reused or broken down to create insulation and new clothes. Sweaty Betty has launched a new recycling service for old leggings, allowing customers to return used sportswear for recycling or re-use.

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Greenability Magazine

JUNE 1, 2021

Discover locally crafted items made from repurposed and recycled materials at The Perennial Bee, a Green Works retail store that supports environmental leadership programs for youth. Green Works launched its retail store last spring as a workforce social enterprise that supports its environmental youth programs.

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Business Green

MAY 10, 2021

Online electricals retailer AO has announced it will recycle plastic from old fridges for use in energy saving ventilation products, as part of a new effort to cut down on waste and establish a more circular business model. AO opened its first recycling facility in 2017 and now recycles more than 1.2

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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.

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Business Green

MAY 4, 2021

The retailer said it would also promote its used furniture to online consumers through a partnership with e-commerce platform Gumtree. The retailer has also announced it plans to attach labels to its second-hand items that give customers a snapshot into a product's past at a handful of stores for a two-week period starting this week.

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GreenBiz

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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Business Green

JULY 29, 2022

Three fashion retailers could face legal action from the UK's Competition and Markets Authority if found to have misled its customers over the environmental credentials of their products. Online retailers ASOS and Boohoo both promote more ‘ethically'-produced clothing ranges on their websites.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 30, 2020

For example, as the world reopens after shutdowns related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the company plans to reduce the energy it uses in its retail stores as it related to lighting and heating. We are also having interest from companies that work with new materials. But stakeholders in this work are trying to get to work.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

The retail giant has published its new sustainability strategy with targets for 2030. At the heart of its sustainability strategy, ASOS has set four goals under two overarching pillars, Planet and People. This year, the brand also partnered with DPD to help consumers donate used clothing to charity via DPD collection.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 24, 2023

By ending the ambiguity around what can and can’t be recycled across the country, the initiative does seem like a huge advance. Valpak’s Steve Gough said it also means packaging brands and retailers will be better able to communicate with consumers on recycling, via labelling and direct messaging. “It

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The Environmental Blog

MARCH 1, 2023

Online stores and retailers like Lowe’s also offer special wood orders with no added formaldehyde. Where to purchase reclaimed wood cabinets You can find eco-friendly kitchen cabinets at many stores and online retailers like Etsy and Wayfair. You can check out other retailers like U.S.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Their clients are in a variety of industries, including professional services, distribution and warehousing, retail and consumer goods, manufacturing, natural resources, and public sector/not-for-profit. Purchasing office paper products made from 100% post-consumer recycled materials. Green Business Journey.

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Business Green

JANUARY 4, 2021

The milestone means the firm has met its November 2019 pledge to remove one billion pieces of plastic packaging from its UK stores, as the retail sector faces growing pressure to reduce its heavy reliance on plastic.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Phillip Lim weekend bag is made from the same bio-based and recycled materials found in Volvo’s leather-free car interiors, known as Nordico. The color’s name is Dawn, but a black color option from the same material will be released for the Volvo interiors. Phillip Lim. “The collaboration with 3.1

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Business Green

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Retailer has committed to slashing the emissions generated by its supply chain by 30 per cent by 2030 as it joins Adidas, Nike, Mango and Chanel in supporting UN's sustainable fashion pledge.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

The global retail giant is beefing up its take-back service to mark Black Friday, but its sweeping sustainability plans extend far beyond recycling and re-use. I think in a dream world, it is that every product that you would buy is coming from recycled materials that are closed-loop in our own supply chain.

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Business Green

APRIL 28, 2021

The Textiles 2030 scheme, launched this week by waste charity WRAP, commits the fashion retailers to halving their carbon emissions by the end of the decade and reducing the aggregate water footprint of their products by 30 per cent.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The 'buyback' scheme is part of the Swedish retail giant's effort to become a circular business by 2030. The items will be resold in the store's 'as-is' section, a section of its retail space that typically offers items - such as selection of floor samples, discontinued pieces and customer returns - at a discount.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Environmental Audit Commitee argues electronic and retail giants need to join their brick and mortar rivals in contributing more to a circular economy, but the tech powerhouses insist they are leading efforts to tackle global e-waste mountain.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 5, 2021

Using innovative, recyclable materials can be an eco-friendly alternative to the landfill. For other retail pots and containers, it is highly recommended that they are recycled and reused. Options for plastic alternatives can be found here.

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Business Green

JULY 28, 2020

The commitment announced on Monday came at a roundtable event coordinated by diamond firm De Beers and industry advisor Gemdax, alongside nine of De Beers' biggest customers drawn from the "midstream" of the global diamond sector, where manufacturers process rough diamonds into gems for jewellers and luxury retailers.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 24, 2022

One of the biggest culprits when it comes to an industry’s impact is packaging materials and accessories. This has led to a wave of innovative new eco-friendly alternatives from environmentally damaging packaging materials. AIR PILLOWS MADE OF RECYCLED MATERIALS. RECYCLED CARDBOARD AND PAPER. Click to Access.

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Business Green

APRIL 13, 2022

The companies also today published the results of an independent study which concludes that chemical recycling of plastic waste is less toxic for the climate than waste-to-energy incineration tapped by many retailers today.

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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.". It is with no exaggeration that I say all 191 companies are our class of 2020 and indeed leading the way on Creating Material Change.

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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. Instead of waste, ASOS aims to create an endless series of new fashions.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Created in collaboration with major Chinese fashion brand JBNY Group, the sustainable puffer jacket is made with a mix of upcycled and recycled materials , including deadstock fabrics for the exterior and recycled polyester for the lining. The jacket now retails in over 100 stores in China.

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Green Business Bureau

MAY 4, 2021

They have launched a partnership with second hand retailer, Kids O’Clock , that incentivizes customers to resell their gently used kids clothing in exchange for a discount. Use Recycled Materials. When clothing and fabrics become too worn from long-term wear, they can be broken down and recycled into new garments.

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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 legs are made of FSC-certified ash wood sourced from responsibly managed forests with controlled logging.

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Business Green

MARCH 1, 2023

As set out in our Environmental Improvement Plan, these reforms will encourage businesses to increase their use of recyclable materials, shifting costs away from the taxpayer and supporting our work to protect the environment from the scourge of waste." We've been working with these key groups since 2018 to help collaboration on pEPR."

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

We’ve watched as retailers have made public commitments to remove products packaged in non-recyclable materials from their shelves and have seen governments implement policies to support the circular economy.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The supermarket chain said the site will be able to turn 15,000 tonnes of flexible plastic packaging into plastic flakes, pellets, and boards which can then be turned into new plastic products, as well as ‘Ecosheets' which can be recycled again at the end of their life.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 21, 2020

As head of energy and climate at Ingka Group, the Swedish company that owns most of Ikea's retail stores, his job involves poring over future energy scenarios and risk registers to strategise how the flatpack furniture giant can remain profitable and relevant as the global economy decarbonises.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 1, 2021

Further, hotel waste consists largely of common recyclable materials – aluminum cans, cardboard, paper, plastic bottles and landscape waste – all materials that could be processed into a new useful material.

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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. Instead of waste, ASOS aims to create an endless series of new fashions.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The e-commerce giant is inviting early-stage sustainability start-ups to apply for the latest round of its accelerator programme Tech and retail giant Amazon has announced it is today launching the second round of its Amazon Sustainability Accelerator - a 12-week bespoke programme which is designed to help green start ups expand their businesses.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 16, 2022

Tip #4: Retail and merchandise sales. Brands such as Patagonia , Organic Basics , and Pact use recycled materials to make new and creative sportswear. You could also get your team involved with Earth Day, where they can help plant trees or support other conservation or carbon offset practices.

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