The current economic climate could breathe a second life into packaging. It’s a win-win. The consumer gets their product in beautiful packaging at little or no extra cost that then goes on to fulfill a second life with its own intrinsic value. The brand lives on, building brand values, awareness and loyalty for a second life.
sustainability
The luxury watches brand Hublot is set to make its own contribution to the global water-saving movement that is being actively supported by many eco-minded fashion labels like Giorgio Armani, H&M and Levi’s to name a few. The brand has teamed up with the legendary electronic music band Depeche Mode to benefit the non-profit organization charity:water by raising funds to bring drinking water to the poorest countries.
WWF annually encourages people around the globe to switch off the lights from 8:30 pm for just one hour. For this year’s Earth Hour initiative, set to culminate on March 23, the international ecological organization has launched a series of programs relevant to the global effort. Along with inviting celebrities to support the initiative, WWF has unveiled a spin-off of its successful “I Will if You Will” effort and a new cross-continental “Earth Hour City Challenge” contest. There is also a standalone design project in the UK, launched by the creative environmental charity Do The Green Thing, to create posters for the upcoming event.
H&M continues to commit to a more sustainable fashion future with a new eco-friendly seasonal collection, presented by Vanessa Paradis. In the promotion of the H&M’s Spring/Summer 2013 Conscious collection, which is launching internationally in two months, the French celebrity is wearing very feminine and spring-inspired clothing items in the settings, inspired by a spring garden.
Coca-Cola, the modern world’s ‘saviour’, who inspires people to make good things and eat healthy, is not just making fun filming cute movies about its 90-year advertising icons — polar bears, but taking the problems facing the Arctic (such as global warming, fast shrinking of sea ice etc) and, therefore, the plight of bears very seriously.