All CSR & Sustainability articles – Page 17
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McKinsey has issued a report on sustainability for purchasing officials...
McKinsey has issued a report on sustainability for purchasing officials in the fashion industry, entitled “Fashion's New Must-have: Sustainable Sourcing at Scale.” The report, which is the fifth in the series since 2011, highlights that social and environmental sustainability has grown as a major priority for apparel companies, and not ...
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Timberland has opened its first “purpose-led” flagship store in Europe...
Timberland has opened its first “purpose-led” flagship store in Europe at 5-7 Carnaby Street in London, following the opening of similar stores in Philadelphia and New York. The 2,594-square-foot store in London features living trees, a real green wall and other natural elements. The purpose is to combine nature with ...
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Selfridges has doubled its sustainable labeling scheme with the launch...
Selfridges has doubled its sustainable labeling scheme with the launch of six new categories across its fashion, beauty and interiors offers. The new labels, part of the department store's Buying Better scheme, highlight different sustainability attributes and include: Responsible Leather, Reducing Waste, Vegan, Forest-Friendly, Cruelty-Free and Supporting Communities. Selfridges first ...
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J'hayber has eliminated single-use plastic in its Olimpo collection. The...
J’hayber has eliminated single-use plastic in its Olimpo collection. The Spanish brand of sneakers, apparel and padel equipment plans in time to eliminate such plastic from all of its products. To this end, it has forged an environmental policy around the “three R’s” – reduce, reuse and recycle – and ...
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A new conference on the leather value chain for brands,...
A new conference on the leather value chain for brands, retailers and manufacturers is making its debut in New York, with a featured event on deforestation. The Leather, Compliance & Sustainability Conference will take place on Nov. 13 and focus on the latest developments in chemistry, compliance and sustainability. One ...
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Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, the German newspaper, has looked into the...
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, the German newspaper, has looked into the reputations of 25,000 companies to find out which are regarded as sustainable businesses. After surveying some 350 million German online sources, FAZ has conferred the label of “excellent sustainability” in women's shoes on Gabor.
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Prada has signed a five-year “sustainability term loan” worth €50...
Prada has signed a five-year “sustainability term loan” worth €50 million with Crédit Agricole Group, reportedly the first deal of its kind in the luxury industry. Upon the terms of the agreement, the Italian fashion house will see its interest rates decrease on an annual basis if it achieves certain ...
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Zalando is launching a four-week pilot project to introduce reusable...
Zalando is launching a four-week pilot project to introduce reusable packaging for its customer deliveries. The Berlin-based online retailer will ship deliveries to 10,000 customers in Finland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark in envelopes that can be used for shipments as well as returns in a bid to reduce packaging waste ...
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A group of PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of...
A group of PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) supporters poured buckets of black “toxic slime” over their heads at London Fashion Week, to call attention to the harmful waste generated by the leather industry – represented by that “toxic slime.” Text on the buckets read “Dump Leather” ...
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Ecco has opened a high-tech leather-cutting plant next to its...
Ecco has opened a high-tech leather-cutting plant next to its tannery in Xiamen, China. The company says it wants to establish the facility as a center of excellence for leather cutting. To minimize the environmental footprint, it is equipped with photovoltaic solar panels on the rooftop. The renewable energy makes ...
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Veja has developed the “Condor,” a new running shoe that...
Veja has developed the “Condor,” a new running shoe that is said to be 53 percent bio-sourced. For the French company, known for its sustainable shoes and accessories, this is the first venture in the running market. The Condor is described as a “post-petroleum” running shoe. The shoe, which is ...
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The wages and labor conditions in the leather footwear manufacturing...
The wages and labor conditions in the leather footwear manufacturing sector of the Tamil Nadu region, in India's South, are worse than those in the region's garment sector. According to a study funded by the Ethical Trading Initiative, entitled “Due diligence in Tamil Nadu leather footwear manufacture,” the sector suffers ...
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Skechers is making a variety of claims on the sustainability...
Skechers is making a variety of claims on the sustainability of its packaging. Apparently, the Californian shoe brand has reduced the plastic in it by 85 percent and limited the plastic in its foot forms to 10 percent. All of this plastic is, with the right local infrastructure, recyclable. In ...
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Euro Brand Management (EBM) has established a partnership with Climate...
Euro Brand Management (EBM) has established a partnership with Climate Partner of Munich. Based in Grünwald, Germany, and run by Luigi Grosso, EBM is a B-Corporation (subject to B-Lab's standards of corporate social responsibility and sustainability) that analyzes and reworks the supply chains of its clients, focusing on the supply ...
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Gucci claims that it has become a completely carbon-neutral company,...
Gucci claims that it has become a completely carbon-neutral company, in its own operations as well as across its entire supply chain. In addition to ensuring that its in-house manufacturing operations are carbon neutral, the luxury house is offsetting “all greenhouse gasses produced by its third party materials suppliers and ...
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The United States Hide, Skin and Leather Association (USHSLA) has...
The United States Hide, Skin and Leather Association (USHSLA) has launched the U.S.' first traceability initiative for hides and skins, a voluntary certification program that will provide independently certified traceability back to an identifiable point of origin. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Market Service (USDA AMS) will conduct independent ...
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Bernard Arnault, the chief executive of LVMH, has signed an...
Bernard Arnault, the chief executive of LVMH, has signed an agreement with the Fondation Notre Dame that finalizes the donation of €200 million for the restoration of Notre-Dame de Paris, which he had announced in the immediate aftermath of the fire in April of this year
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Salvatore Ferragamo has received the SA8000 social accountability certification for...
Salvatore Ferragamo has received the SA8000 social accountability certification for all its Italian operations, which include its headquarters in Florence, its design lab in Osmannoro, near Florence, as well as its logistics hub and stores. The SA8000 standard measures social performance in eight areas of social accountability: child labor, forced ...
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Pavers Shoes has donated more than 1,000 pairs of children's...
Pavers Shoes has donated more than 1,000 pairs of children's shoes to Shoe Aid, a charity that collects and redistributes unused and unwanted footwear across the U.K. and other countries in an effort to reduce waste and shoe poverty. Pavers' acquisition of Jones Bootmaker in 2018 brought with it a ...
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In Brazil, a group of companies have collaborated for the...
In Brazil, a group of companies have collaborated for the production of a sneaker made with biodegradable materials, which they claim uses 30 percent fewer resources in the production processes as compared to conventional methods. Rhodia supplied the Amni Soul Eco biodegradable polyamide yarn for the upper, which was knitted ...
