All CSR & Sustainability articles – Page 20
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Timberland has announced a partnership with Other Half Processing to...
Timberland has announced a partnership with Other Half Processing to build a leather supply chain sourced from regenerative ranches. Ranchers and farmers who use regenerative grazing practices in the management of their cattle enable more rest and re-growth of grasses. These practices can lead to better food for livestock and ...
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On its inaugural Checkerboard Day, which took place on Nov....
On its inaugural Checkerboard Day, which took place on Nov. 21, Vans put its headquarters on pause, donated about $1 million to Imagination.org and announced the Vans Checkerboard Fund, which will support charities worldwide that “enable creative expression through Vans' core pillars of action sports, art, music and street culture.” ...
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Vans has launched the “Save Our Planet” collection, in an...
Vans has launched the “Save Our Planet” collection, in an effort to promote environmental awareness. The range has four different shoes including the Era, Slide-On, UltraRange Rapidweld and Sk8-Hi Reissue. Each shoe features a graphic of the world map alongside the slogan “Save Our Planet,” printed in a graffiti style. ...
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This past summer, Scorett launched a shoe rental concept in...
This past summer, Scorett launched a shoe rental concept in its store in the Femman district of Gothenburg, Sweden. The idea has been successful, so the chain has applied it to four more stores. The “Rent your party shoes” program has definitely put Scorett on the map for convenience and ...
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Zappos.com has launched Goods for Good, a new customer experience...
Zappos.com has launched Goods for Good, a new customer experience that makes it easier and more convenient to purchase products from more than 150 ecologically and socially responsible brands. The products featured in the Goods for Good experience fall into the following categories: Vegan products; Give Back products, with brands ...
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Kering has teamed up with the Institut Français de la...
Kering has teamed up with the Institut Français de la Mode (IFM) to launch a new chair at the IFM to drive scientific research on sustainability-related topics. The “IFM – Kering Sustainability Chair” will seek to create a research and teaching center in the fashion industry, doing research into all ...
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Timberland has stated that in the future it will be...
Timberland has stated that in the future it will be using leather from farms with sustainable pasture practices. Such practices foster the welfare of the animals, taking into account their herd instinct. They also reduce CO2 emissions, as lower use of grazing areas allows them to regenerate, bind more CO² ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 ...
