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Dutch Design Students Turning Fruit Waste Into Leather
Not to be confused with the Fruit Rollups many of us probably grew up with here in the States — we’re talking about a solution to one of South Holland's (not to mention the rest of the Western world’s) biggest social issues (food waste), develo... View More
Trending: Walmart, Tom's of Maine Face Up to Misleading Label Claims
Today’s instant communication means brands must respond to calls for transparency or risk widespread exposure to reputational damage. Two recent investigations of major brands reveal the power of public calls for accountability in motivating brand ... View More
IKEA to Raise UK Employee Pay Above National Living Wage By 2016
IKEA will be the first national retailer in the United Kingdom to pay workers above the government's new National Living Wage, BBC News reports.The Swedish furniture company said it would pay all of its 9,000 UK workers at least £7.85 (US $12.22) pe... View More
Whole Foods, Wegmans Top Greenpeace Scorecard for Sustainable Seafood
Greenpeace released the ninth edition of its Carting Away the Oceans (CATO) report today, ranking 25 supermarkets on the sustainability of their seafood procurement. Whole Foods ranked first for the third year in a row, followed by Wegmans, Hy-Vee, ... View More
AT&T, Verizon Pledge to Improve Energy Efficiency of Home Internet Equipment
AT&T, Verizon, and Cisco are among the dozens of internet service providers, equipment suppliers and retail equipment manufacturers to join the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NC... View More
Trending: After Finding Redemption Abroad, Ugly Produce Now Being Vindicated in the US
As awareness has grown of the reprehensible amount of food we throw away in the western world (an estimated 40 percent), efforts to combat food waste have emerged from a variety of places along the food value chain, particularly at the retail level, ... View More
Whole Foods' 365 Stores to Offer Whole Foods Quality, Standards at Lower Prices
On Thursday, Whole Foods Market today announced the name of its new streamlined, value-focused brand of stores: 365 by Whole Foods Market. Slated to begin opening in 2016, the new stores promise lower prices on natural and organic products that meet ... View More
Tesco Fighting Food Waste by Redistributing Surplus to People in Need
UK grocery giant Tesco has announced a new scheme to mitigate food waste, where surplus food from its stores is redistributed to people in need.Tesco has partnered with UK food redistribution charity FareShare and Irish social enterprise FoodCloud to... View More
France Voting to Forbid Major Supermarkets from Throwing Away Unsold Food
In a landmark move last week, France's parliament voted to forbid major supermarkets from destroying unsold food, encouraging them to donate to charities or to farms for animal feed, as part of a national campaign against food waste; an estimated tha... View More
Walmart Announces New Animal Welfare Policy, $4M in Savings After Water Policy Revamp
Today, Walmart announced a commitment to improving farmed animal welfare across its global food supply chain with one of the most comprehensive animal welfare policies of its kind. The change in policy comes after six hidden-camera videos taken by an... View More
Trending: Companies Being Transparent, Re-Evaluating Goals After Slow Progress Toward Sustainability
In their latest reports, two major companies are being forthcoming about respective shortfalls in terms of expected progress toward their long-term sustainability goals.In its latest annual report, released last week, British department store group t... View More
‘Smart’ Grocery Cart Wins Sprint’s First Upcycled Smartphone Contest
Sprint, in conjunction with Brightstar Corp. and HOBI International, announced today the winner of its inaugural Smartphone Encore Challenge, a contest for Net Impact college students to find profitable and innovative ways to repurpose old smartphone... View More
Two Years On, How Are Global Fashion Supply Chains Changing in the Wake of Rana Plaza?
Today marks the two-year anniversary of the devastating collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory in Bangladesh. It also marks the second Fashion Revolution Day, launched last year to commemorate the Rana Plaza disaster with the aims of encouraging ... View More
Woolworths Teams Up with Pharrell Williams, Asks South Africa ‘Are You with Us?’ on Sustainability
Woolworths CEO Ian Moir announced a partnership with Grammy Award-winning musician, record producer and philanthropist Pharrell Williams last week. The collaboration is the first of its kind for a South African retailer.Williams will become the new S... View More
The 'Quaint Economy' 2.0: Will Etsy Be Selling Its Soul Along with Its Shares?
Etsy’s IPO begins trading tomorrow, Thursday, April 16th. The online craft marketplace will be the largest B Corp to go public.Etsy’s stated mission — “To reimagine commerce in ways that build a more fulfilling and lasting world” — is bol... View More
Meijer Cookbook Helping Food Pantries, Customers Get the Most from Their Food
Meijer was facing three compelling realities as it put together its recently released Simply Cook: Easy, Healthy Meals cookbook.First, the Grand Rapids, Michigan-based Midwestern grocery and discount chain in had committed its resources to help food ... View More
Target Becomes Latest Retailer to Raise Worker Pay
Target plans to increase the pay of all its workers to at least $9 an hour starting next month, following similar moves by rivals Walmart and T.J. Maxx.In February, Walmart announced it would be giving pay raises to around 500,000 full-time and part-... View More
Brands: Why Should It Be Up to Walmart to Tell Us If You Are Sustainable?
Walmart recently launched its Sustainability Leaders online shop. While I commend the company’s efforts over the past six years to elevate sustainability as an important attribute of products and their manufacturers, I feel that this launch is a bi... View More
WRAP: Extending Product Life by One Day Will Prevent 250,000 Tons of Food Waste
In a report published this week, Waste Resources Action Programme (WRAP) estimates that an increase on product life of just one day across a range of foods could prevent roughly 250,000 tons of food waste each year — in households and in the supply... View More
soleRebels: Rising to the Top of the Footwear Industry Through Decent Work
“It was pretty basic. We self-financed. Five workers plus myself working inside a workshop situated on my grandmother’s plot of land inside our village of Zenabwork,” recalls Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu, now CEO and managing director of soleRebels,... View More
