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Big Ideas

Not cashing in

US – In a continuing bid to redefine how transparent a company can be, Everlane has lowered the price of its cashmere clothing to keep in line with...

Everlane : Transparency : E-commerce

Big Ideas

Brands stand to gain from circular economy packaging

A new report has found that leading US fast food, beverage and grocery brands are wasting £7.48bn (€10.09bn, $11.40bn) a year due to poo...

Sustainability : Circular Economy : Plastic

Daily Signals

Distillation station: Device that turns Coca-Cola into water

Eindhoven – Multi-disciplinary artist Helmut Smits has developed a distilling device prototype that turns Coca-Cola into drinking water.

Coca-Cola : Water : Helmut Smits

Micro Trends

Whole-chain Thinking

Innovative start-ups are embracing vertical integration as a way of appealing to authenticity-hungry Millennials.

Vertical Integration : Shoes Of Prey : Zady

Communities

The Value Vanguard

Meet the consumers redefining value through imperfect sustainability, emotional spending and radical pragmatism, offering brands a glimpse into the...

Value : Finance : Society

Daily Signals

Follow the chain

UK – Marks & Spencer has created an interactive map to enable customers to see where its products are made.

Marks & Spencer : UK : Whole-system Thinking

Daily Signals

Stat: Why thousands of plants are facing extinction

Plant species that do not benefit humans directly through medicine, sustenance or material resources are at the risk of extinction.

Sustainability : Food & Drink : Society

Big Ideas

Pollinator’s plight

Austin – A world without bees is a lot less tasty. A new campaign from Whole Foods Market is showing why we depend on our winged, six-leg...

Whole Foods Market : Share The Buzz : Pollinators

Big Ideas

Indexing transparency

UK – Published last week, the Fashion Transparency Index assesses brands’ knowledge of their supply chain processes.

Transparency : Supply Chain : Fashion Revolution

Big Ideas

Several fashion brands linked to polluting factories

Global – Brands including H&M, Zara and ASOS have been named in a new report from the Changing Markets Foundation.

Fashion : Sustainability : Retail

Big Ideas

Hotel celebrates slow food and living with courtyard market

The Rosewood London hotel is celebrating food, artisanal craft and community with a new market opening in March 2015.

Rosewood Hotels & Resorts : Slow Food UK : Slow Food And Living

Daily Signals

This fashion label has carbon-negative ambitions

Working across New Zealand, Spain, Italy and the UK, Sheep Inc. is a new premium fashion brand striving to be carbon-negative.

Fashion : Sustainability : Carbon-negative

Big Ideas

Waste not, want not

Copenhagen – Charity DanChurchAid has opened WeFood, Denmark’s first food surplus supermarket.

Copenhagen : WeFood : Sustainability

Big Ideas

Transfats ban

US – Artificial transfats will be removed from the American diet thanks to a new ruling by the US Food and Drug Administration.

GMOs : U.S. Food And Drug Administration : Whole-system Thinking

Daily Signals

McDonald’s serves up a net-zero restaurant

Fast food chain McDonald’s has opened a carbon-neutral restaurant at Disney World in Florida.

Food : Drinks : McDonald's

Big Ideas

Ripe for change

London – Whole-system Thinking continues to shape the mainstream groceries market as Asda expands its anti-waste campaign.

Asda : Whole System Thinking : Wonky Veg

Daily Signals

This clothing tag doubles as a detergent sample

Unilever detergent brand OMO has developed a water-soluble clothing tag made entirely from its laundry detergent.

Fashion : Sustainability : Laundry

Viewpoints

Is the blockchain the crucial link in luxury goods transparency?

Why the technology is the vital next step towards reassuring luxury consumers concerned about provenance.

Luxury : Transparency : Tehcnology

Big Ideas

Cold-press convenience

California – Juicero is a home cold-press juicing system that takes the time and effort out of sourcing and preparing fresh ingredients.

Juicero : Cold-pressed Juice : Farm-to-glass

Big Ideas

Luxury road maps

Paris – Kering has unveiled its sustainability strategy until 2025.

Kering : Whole-system Thinking : Luxury

Big Ideas

Good housekeeping

New York – Some 16 luxury hotels have joined forces in a bid to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 30%.

Hospitality : Whole System Thinking : New York City

Big Ideas

The true price of fashion

US – Luxury fashion corporation Kering is launching a new app that helps new fashion designers to make sustainable choices.

Kering : Whole-system Thinking : Parsons School Of Design

Daily Signals

No waste Instock

Amsterdam – Dutch restaurant Instock rescues food that would otherwise go to waste from supermarkets and other vendors, and dev...

Trash To Table : Waste Food : Amsterdam

Big Ideas

1.618 Sustainable Luxury 2015 Review

The 1.618 Sustainable Luxury conference set out to challenge and prompt new conversations about sustainability as a worldwide catalyst f...

Luxury : Sustainability : 1.618 Sustainable Luxury Conference

Big Ideas

Retailers should focus on womenswear to cut carbon emissions

UK – Women’s dresses and jumpers have the most profound environmental impact because of the way they are produced and the quantities sold, accordin...

Fashion : Retail : Sustainability

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