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SB 657 in Review: Why Businesses Have a Stake in Supply Chain Transparency
It’s been five years since California signed a groundbreaking piece of legislation that set a legal precedent around the world. the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act, better known as SB 657, requires manufacturers and retailers with more... View More
WRAP to Lead €2.1M Raw Materials Recovery Project for Electronics
UK waste-reduction charity Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) is launching a first-of-its-kind project to explore commercial opportunities for harvesting critical raw materials (CRMs) and precious metals from everyday end-of-life electronic ... View More
Trending: UK Grocers Turning Waste into Packaging
British grocery chains Tesco and Waitrose have added a new facet to their waste-mitigation efforts by launching upcycled packaging.Beginning this month, Tesco shoppers could get their groceries in recycled plastic bags made from back-of-store waste p... View More
H&M Accused of Dragging Feet on Worker Safety in Bangladesh
Earlier this month, H&M was accused of being “dramatically behind schedule” in meeting the requirements of the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh in a joint report from the Clean Clothes Campaign, International Labor Rights Foru... View More
Report: Food Companies Gaining Ground on Product Sustainability
Food production dominates fresh water use and is a primary driving force for soil and biodiversity loss – and food demand is on the rise. The good news is that while faced with such challenges and often considered to be lagging on sustainability, t... View More
Skeleton Tech's Graphene-Based Ultracapacitors Could Revolutionize Long-Life Storage
Out of 37 nominated startups, Skeleton Technologies won the Gold ECO15 London Award at the Ecosummit 2015 conference. The company manufactures high-performance, graphene-based ultracapacitors — energy storage devices with much higher power and long... View More
New App Aims to Disrupt Retail by Cutting Out Big Box Middlemen
Flipping the business-to-consumer (B2C) model on its head, San Francisco-based startup WUSIC wants to disrupt the retail industry through a “consumer-to-business” (C2B) model where consumers go straight to manufacturers for the largest savings po... View More
7 Reasons Why Recycling Is Not a Waste: A Response to 'The Reign of Recycling'
Recycling in the United States is an economically unsustainable trend — or at least that’s what New York Times writer John Tierney recently argued in his opinion piece, “The Reign of Recycling," published in the October 4th Sunday Review. ... View More
Better Analysis, Better Choices: A New LCA Tool for a Climate-Challenged World
New Leaf Paper founder Jeff Mendelsohn hosted a workshop on day one of Sustainable Brands’ New Metrics ’15 about an improved Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) framework that helps users make better decisions by incorporating current climate science imp... View More
Creating Shared Value: Nestlé USA Achieves Zero Waste to Landfill, Makes 1,000 Products More Nutritious
Today, Nestlé USA released its second Creating Shared Value (CSV) report, which details the company’s progress against 27 commitments set in 2013 related to nutrition, health and wellness, environmental impact and water use, social impact, and res... View More
Levi's New Wellthread Collection Launches Water<Less Fabric, Holistic Approach to Sustainable Design
Levi Strauss & Co. has led the charge in dramatically reducing the environmental impact of its garments by improving the efficiency of its processes: As the company announced in March, it has saved more than 1 billion liters of water since the in... View More
What Can the Ethical Fashion Movement Teach Us About Tackling Sustainability In Challenging Industries?
The sustainability challenges facing the clothing industry today are immense. In 2013 the Danish fashion institute estimated it to be the second-most damaging industry in the world, with 25 percent of the world’s pesticides used to grow cotton alon... View More
Carlsberg Saying 'Cheers' to Crowdsourced Solutions for Sustainable Beer
Carlsberg Group is inviting companies and members of the public to submit their ideas on how to make Carlsberg beer more sustainable. The competition, “Cheers to Green Ideas,” was launched in partnership with Scandinavian think tank Sustainia on ... View More
Dell Advances Circular Economy Model with CE100, Industry-First Recycled Carbon Fiber
On Monday, Dell announced additional progress against its circular economy initiatives, including the expansion of its closed-loop recycled plastic supply chain, introduction of reclaimed carbon-fiber source materials and new industry collaborations ... View More
adidas Reveals Plans to Close Materials Loops with Custom, Recyclable, Zero-Waste Sporting Goods
Today, adidas announced Sport Infinity, the sportswear giant’s plan for a new breed of sporting goods that will never be thrown away. Instead, football (soccer) players will be able to constantly reimagine and recycle their dream products using an ... View More
Sealed Air Releases 2020 Goals for Its Own Sustainability, Reimagining Customer Solutions for Same
Today, Sealed Air, the packaging solutions company that brought you Bubble Wrap®, released its latest sustainability report. The report outlines new goals for 2020, including reducing operations intensity by 25 percent. ... View More
It All Started With Bubble Wrap: Announcing Our Annual Sustainability Report
Since our company’s founding, Sealed Air has provided solutions for our customers and solutions for the world. From the start, Bubble Wrap was truly revolutionary both as a product and as a value proposition. It could reduce total packaging cost by... View More
#BusinessCase: Sustainability Initiatives Have Saved PepsiCo Over $375M Since 2010
The water, energy, packaging and waste-reduction initiatives have been tallied up, and PepsiCo, Inc. asserts that its environmental sustainability initiatives have saved the company more than $375 million since its goals were established in 2010. The... View More
How Avery Dennison Helped Christopher Raeburn Produce Sustainable Style for London Fashion Week
Award-winning British designer Christopher Raeburn showcased his new Spring/Summer 2016 SARAWAK collection on Tuesday at London Fashion Week. Raeburn worked closely with apparel branding, labeling, packaging and embellishments company Avery Dennison ... View More
NIKE Commits to 100% Renewables, Partners With MIT Climate CoLab on Materials Innovation
As part of NIKE, Inc.’s goal to reduce its environmental footprint and enable business growth, the company announced two efforts today aimed at furthering that commitment: a collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Climate... View More
