UN Global Compact Teams up with the Fashion Industry to Find Sustainable Solutions The United Nations Global Compact has teamed up with the Nordic Initiative Clean and Ethical (NICE) to launch the initiative addressing the challenges of the global fashion and textile industries. Continue reading →
Tide Smart Bag Fights with Plastic Pollution in the UAE P&G has unveiled its Tide’s Smart Bag, an eco-friendly package that can be used as a shopping list paper for many times. It looks like a lined notepad and is supplied with a marker. After having used the detergent, consumers can use the bag for shopping. Continue reading →
The Coca-Cola Company Announces Partnerships to Develop Commercial Solutions for Plastic Bottles Made Entirely From Plants The Coca-Cola Company announced multi-million dollar partnership agreements with three leading biotechnology companies to accelerate development of the first commercial solutions for next-generation PlantBottle™ packaging made 100% from plant-based materials. Continue reading →
Kraft Foods Maps Its Total Environmental Footprint Kraft Foods shared results of a pioneering survey that measured its impact on climate change, land and water use. The multi-year footprinting project—in partnership with Quantis Inc. and reviewed and analyzed by World Wildlife Fund and notable academics at the University of Minnesota Institute on the Environment—goes far beyond the company’s walls. Continue reading →
Toyota Unveils Prius G in Japan and Creates a New Prius V Campaign Bothered with the planet environment state, Toyota continues to upgrade its electric Prius vehicle. The company has just released Prius G, a hybrid with racy looks for the road. It’s based on the S trim level and is only offered in Japan. It has a more focused suspension setup, as well as courtesy of altered springs and shocks. Continue reading →
Nissan Is to Produce Wireless Charging Pad for Its 2013 Leaf Nissan has unveiled its plans on producing its 2013 Leaf with a special wireless charging pad for drivers to easily charge their electric Leaf car by simply parking it on the requisite spot in the garage. Continue reading →
Vivienne Westwood Has Pledged £1 Million to Help Prevent Climate Change Dame Vivienne Westwood has donated £1 million to help prevent climate change. With this move the designer claimed governments have been too slow to distribute funding for green projects. Continue reading →
Designers Have Created Fashion Accessories out of the Recyclable Lexus CT Hybrid Parts Lexus has unveiled The Lexus Fashion Workshop in which four of fashion’s most inventive designers were tasked to rethink their notions of automotive design for an ad campaign to appear in Vogue. The project’s idea is to find a new way of recycling automobiles’ parts. Continue reading →
New Balance and Dasani Promote Recycling with the newSKY Footwear New Balance and Dasani have teamed up to produce a shoe with a brand new sustainability concept. To unveil the shoe called newSKY, the brands rolled out a national program, which encourages increased recycling and features Dasani PlantBottle packaging and New Balance footwear with the headlines ‘Step Up and Recycle’ and ‘A bottle today. A shoe tomorrow. Recycle.’ Continue reading →
Patagonia Asks People Not to Buy ‘This Jacket’ Patagonia continues its Common Threads sustainability campaign asking people not to buy ‘this jacket’. Continue reading →