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Fast Retailing Applies Unique SPA Business Model to Help Forge Brighter Future in Bangladesh

Bangladesh is no longer one of the world’s poorest nations. Today, this emerging nation is steadily growing as one of the world’s leading apparel manufacturers. However, the country’s economic structure remains fragile due to its heavy dependen... View More

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IKEA to Invest Over €3B to Ensure Stable Supply of Sustainable Materials

As companies and governments around the world are working to meet climate goals set out by the Paris Agreement, the IKEA Group’s 2016 Sustainability Report shows considerable progress towards its People & Planet Positive strategy and continued ... View More

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Trending: European Packaging Solutions Continue to Drive a Circular Economy

Ambitions of a circular economy continue to drive decisions around Europe as more circular packaging solutions emerge as a prominent piece to the puzzle. ... View More

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New Higg Module Empowers Apparel, Footwear, Textile Producers to Design Impacts Out of Products

The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) today launches the Higg Index Design and Development Module (DDM). Along with the release last month of its updated Higg Materials Sustainability Index (MSI) - a cradle-to-gate scoring tool that measures and co... View More

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Avery Dennison Partners with Apex on Wind Energy PPA: Advances towards 2025 GHG Reduction Goal

Global labeling and packaging materials manufacturer Avery Dennison Corporation has signed a wind power purchase agreement (PPA) with Apex Clean Energy to offset 50 percent of the company’s U.S.-based greenhouse gas emissions derived from electric... View More

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An Ethical Footwear Force Awakens with Po-Zu and Its Better Shoes Foundation

This week, ethical shoe brand Po-Zu will unveil its Star Wars-themed footwear at the FFANY trade show in New York as part of a major collaboration with the movie franchise. It’s a highly significant launch for Po-Zu, as it will enable the UK-based ... View More

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ICTI CARE Piloting Supply Chain Solutions to China's Left-Behind Children Problem

Domestic migrant workers make up a substantial percentage of the workforce in China's manufacturing industry. Latest figures estimate that there are 247 million migrant workers in the country. These workers often originate from towns and villages hun... View More

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Fashion Tech Startup Helps Brands Tackle Supply Chain Efficiency and Transparency

Tom Singh, founder of UK fashion brand New Look, has backed a London-based fashion technology company to help apparel retailers and manufacturers manage their supply chains. ... View More

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How2Compost Label Aims to Facilitate Proper Packaging Disposal

With private and municipal composting programs becoming more mainstream, as well as more companies turning to more sustainable packaging designs, composting is now easier than ever. The next step in the crusade to reduce waste? The Sustainable Packin... View More

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GM Makes its Largest Green Energy Purchase to Date

DETROIT — General Motors has made its largest renewable energy procurement to date, purchasing enough wind power to equal the electricity needs of 16 of its U.S. facilities, including business offices in Fort Worth and Austin, Texas, a major assem... View More

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Braskem Takes Biobased Plastic to the International Space Station

Green Plastic, which is made from sugarcane, is now being used to fabricate parts in space, thanks to a partnership between Braskem, the largest thermoplastic resin producer in the Americas, and U.S.-based Made In Space, the leading developer of zero... View More

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Target Launches 'Big and Tough' Sustainable Sourcing, Worker Wellbeing Goals

Today, Target announced the launch of its 2020 sustainability goals, focused on reaching new levels of transparency and sustainable sourcing. The goals center around three key commitments: ... View More

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Not Buying It: Fast Fashion, Lies & Sustainability

Fast fashion has followed a trend similar to the fast food chains that inspired its name - explosive growth, massive popularity, and then consumer skepticism. Turns out that having access to clothes en masse mere days after the latest runway shows re... View More

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Nevada Facility Begins ‘Clean Lead Recycling,’ Could Lead to Sustainable Lead-Acid Batteries

Recycling and refining high-quality lead has commenced in Nevada, and will soon reach commercial-scale production. Aqua Metals has used its patent-pending ‘AquaRefining’ technology, which the company is calling “the only clean lead recycling me... View More

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Industry Collaboration Critical for Sustainable Denim

It’s no secret that "denim is a dirty business.” But does this mean our love affair with denim is over? To open the KingPins 2016 Amsterdam Show on October 24, 10 leaders transforming the denim industry were invited to answer one question: I... View More

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Walmart Unveils New Sustainable Packaging Priorities to Complement Zero-Waste Goal

Walmart hopes to reignite the passion around sustainable packaging with vendors, store buyers, packaging suppliers and consumers with three new, clear goals: Optimize Design; Source Sustainably; and Support Recycling. The priorities were unveiled alo... View More

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Disney Thought ‘Outside the Box’ for Its New Moana Doll, Challenges Families to Do the Same

Disney is inspiring fans to think outside the toy box and help protect the planet in celebration of Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Moana.” Inspired by the Disney Store’s new Classic Moana doll box, which can be turned into a boat inspired by... View More

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Innovation or Disruption? The Current State and Projected Future of Certification

Part one of this two-part discussion on The Future of Certification was, in my opinion, the most interesting discussion I attended at SB’16 Copenhagen. This was in part due to the thought-provoking questions and comments coming from the audience, b... View More

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Trending: New Cross-Sector Collaborations Delve Into Circular Packaging Solutions

Newly formed groups in Europe and Canada are working to deliver a circular economy for packaging materials: PlasticsEurope has created a Plastics Packaging Circular Economy Group to maximize resource efficiency across the plastics value chain; and On... View More

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