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BASF pioneers fashion revolution with Seven Crash and San Fang at New York Fashion Week
PRESS RELEASE - Fashion label Seven Crash unveiled its innovative ‘Quantus’ collection of unlimited possibilities with its futuristic urban streetwear outfits at the Autumn/Winter New York Fashion Week 2019.
Novozymes, VTT Crafting Next-Gen Solutions to Plastic Waste (and More)
WASTE NOT - Promising technologies from Finland, France could bring waste-free future closer to reality.
Over 170 Brand Partners, Innovators Hard at Work on Sustainable Viscose
CHEMISTRY, MATERIALS & PACKAGING - Global fashion brands highlight new solutions to viscose made from ancient and endangered forests.
Unifi, Saint Haven, TreeToTextile Pioneering New Breed of Sustainable Textiles
CHEMISTRY, MATERIALS & PACKAGING - Market demands continue to drive innovation in sustainable fabrics.
Building the Next Generation of Sustainable Fashion Leaders
WALKING THE TALK - There is a clear opportunity to transition to a more conscious approach to fashion, and up-and-coming designers have great potential to help influence this shift.
Q&A: Savers on a Mission to Help Us All ‘Rethink Reuse’
WASTE NOT - Fashion and sustainability: Can they go together?
Trending: Fashion Giants Take Further Steps to Create Climate-Friendly Industry
THE NEXT ECONOMY - The fashion industry has kicked December off with a bang, launching a number of game-changing initiatives and partnerships aimed at further improving its image by reducing its impacts.
Trending: Regenerative Sourcing, Circular Models Revamping Fashion
COLLABORATION - This week, two fashion giants with extensive brand portfolios announced partnerships that show promise for cleaning up “dirty fashion.”
The Gen Z Breakthrough Brands and Why They Love 'Em
MARKETING AND COMMS - What Gen Z want from brands is the new Holy Grail for marketers — you only have to look at the myriad surveys and reports published recently that seek to analyze their preferences and intentions. This obsession with Gen Z is understandable — after all, this new generation of consumers already are two billion strong and have a combined $44 billion in purchasing power.
China Lags on Sustainable Viscose, Australia Unveils Tree-Free Alternative
CHEMISTRY, MATERIALS & PACKAGING - Report: Chinese viscose sector’s sustainability roadmap fails to deliver
Q&A: South Pole on Its Next-Gen Climate Neutrality Certification
WALKING THE TALK - With the urgency of reducing our carbon footprint becoming more visible by the day, it’s great to see more and more brands making claims about their carbon reductions.
Sustainable Brands Reveals Initial Conference Details for Annual Flagship Conference
PRESS RELEASE - 3,000+ brand and innovation leaders to convene June 3-6 at SB’19 Detroit SAN FRANCISCO, November 27, 2018 – Sustainable Brands® recently released the event brochure for its annual flagship conference: SB’19 Detroit. More than 3,000 business leaders are expected to gather June 3-6, 2019 at the Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan to learn how brands can stay relevant by delivering the Good Life consumers seek today, marked by balanced simplicity and connections to family, community and the environment.
The New Black: How New Breed of Consumers Will Spend Money, Energy This Friday
BEHAVIOR CHANGE - During this season of giving, many of today’s more discerning consumers won’t be joining the masses scrambling to answer the siren call to stock up on discounted “stuff” — they’ll be remembering the values meant to be at the heart of this season, by taking REI’s advice to #OptOutside to enjoy nature and giving back by cleaning up; and when they do shop, they’re increasingly basing their loyalty and purchasing decisions on companies’ reputations rather than just product features and price.
McGill University's Bensadoun School to Shape Sustainable Future of Retail
THE NEXT ECONOMY - On Friday, Montreal’s McGill University announced the opening of the Bensadoun School of Retail Management (BSRM) — a hub for students, researchers and practitioners to work collaboratively towards bringing retailers into the 21st century. An interdisciplinary, forward-looking school dedicated to all facets of the retail industry, its research and programming will focus on fostering sustainable consumption and healthy societies.
Dow Wins Six Prestigious 2018 R&D 100 Awards from R&D Magazine
PRESS RELEASE - Six innovative technologies from Dow, the world’s leading materials science company, were recognized with R&D 100 awards on November 16, 2018. The R&D 100 Awards, a signature program of R&D Magazine, is designed to identify and celebrate the top 100 revolutionary technologies introduced during the past year.
Trending: Bison Down Jacket, Circular Undies Latest Apparel Nixing Waste
WASTE NOT - The global movement to end textile waste continues, with the release of outer- and undergarments from new and established brands alike.
DuPont Biomaterials Joins the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s CE100 – A Pre-competitive Innovation Program Accelerating the Transition to a Circular Economy
PRESS RELEASE - In another step toward promoting sustainability and the bio-economy, DuPont Biomaterials has elevated its partnership with The Ellen MacArthur Foundation by joining the organization’s Circular Economy 100 (CE100) initiative. The pre-competitive innovation program brings together corporates, governments and cities, academic institutions, emerging innovators and affiliates in a unique multi-stakeholder platform to learn and collaborate for a circular economy.
New Global Map of Ancient, Endangered Forests Brings Conservation Science to Boardrooms
SUPPLY CHAIN - Today marks the public launch of a new online tool that will enable global companies to identify the world’s ancient and endangered forests.
#NewMetrics18: The ROI of Sustainability Strategy — and 6 Ways to Get There
NEW METRICS - Last week at Sustainable Brands’ New Metrics ’18 conference in Philadelphia, PA, over 300 delegates from brands, NGOs, strategists and practitioners across sectors gathered to share their latest tools and findings regarding measuring the risks and impacts of previously unmeasured forms of value, the newest credible tools and solutions for assessing the ROI of Sustainable Business.
Trending: Nike, Native Shoes Projects Helping Shoe Industry Tread Lighter
PRODUCT, SERVICE & DESIGN INNOVATION - Earlier this month, Nike announced the winners of its Circular Innovation Challenge, which called for new products using Nike Grind — Nike's ground-up post-factory and post-consumer materials — and new technologies to advance footwear recycling.