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Adidas Sustainability Report: Misses Goal to Verify Supplier Data

Adidas missed its goal to verify supplier data last year, according to the company’s 2012 Sustainability Progress Report. The verification is a necessary step towards Adidas’s targeted 10-15 percent cut in relative energy consumption at core suppliers by 2015. The sportswear maker says it could not fully verify the data in ... Read more »

Standards & Compliance Briefing: Prop.65 Reforms, ISO 14001 Revision, LEED-CI

Governor Jerry Brown (pictured) has proposed reforms to California’s Proposition 65 chemical disclosure law, saying it has been “abused by unscrupulous lawyers.” The package of reforms will build on ongoing legislative efforts in the state, Brown said, and includes proposals to cap attorneys’ fees in Prop. 65 cases, change the ... Read more »
Patagonia

Patagonia Commits ‘$20 Million & Change’ in Venture Funding

Patagonia yesterday launched an internal fund to invest in environmentally responsible startups focused on clothing, food, water, energy and waste. In a May 6 letter announcing the in-house venture fund, called $20 Million & Change, Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard — a long-time advocate of corporate environmental stewardship — said the ... Read more »

Kohl’s Sustainability Report: Carbon Intensity Down 2.8%

Kohl’s relative emissions were down 2.8 percent last year to 7.74 metric tons of CO2e per 1,000 square feet of building space, from 7.96 the year before, according to the company’s 2012 corporate social responsibility report. The decline puts the retailer back on track following a slight rise in its ... Read more »
Launch Challenge

Nike, NASA Launch Sustainable Materials Challenge

Nike, along with partners NASA, the US Agency for International Development and the US Department of State, have challenged materials manufacturers and others to create new, sustainable materials. About 150 billion garments were produced around the world in 2010 and by 2015 the global apparel industry is expected to produce ... Read more »
Ann Taylor

Ecolab, Ann Taylor Beat GHG Targets, Set New Enviro Goals

Ecolab and the parent company of Ann Taylor and Loft have both set new environmental targets after surpassing earlier carbon-reduction goals. Water and energy technology and services company Ecolab has set five-year targets including a 5 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, a 10 percent reduction in water use and ... Read more »
Dell

Earth Day Roundup: Dell, InterContinental Hotels, Delta, Haggar

In celebration of Earth Day today, a host of companies have announced eco-initiatives and sustainability targets. These include: InterContinental Hotels Group announced progress made with its online environmental management tool IHG Green Engage, which helps more than 2,300 IHG hotels reduce energy, water and waste consumption. The group exceeded its ... Read more »

H&M Sustainability Report: 95% of Factories Revealed

H&M has published a supplier factory list alongside its 2012 sustainability report. The retailer says it is one of the first and largest fashion companies in the world to take this step. The list of supplier factories covers about 95 percent of total production volume. H&M says the publication is a ... Read more »

Nike Supply Chain to Use Bluesign Sustainability Tools

Nike has partnered with Bluesign Technologies in an effort to use more sustainable materials and chemistries in its products. The partnership makes available Bluesign’s assessments tools and data to Nike’s materials suppliers. Previously, to access these tools and data, a brand would have to take its supply chain through individual ... Read more »

Puma Launches Cradle-to-Cradle Sportswear Line

Sportswear company Puma has launched InCycle, the brand’s first “closed-loop” collection of footwear, apparel and accessories, all of which have earned the Cradle to Cradle Certified Basic certification. Puma’s InCycle products are entirely biodegradable or recyclable, the company says. Products in the collection, which will be available starting next month, include ... Read more »

REI CEO Brings Sustainability Know-How to Interior

Sally Jewell (pictured), the REI CEO announced yesterday as President Obama’s pick for interior secretary, has steered the outdoor goods company through a number of environmental initiatives since taking the post in 2005. The company opened its first prototype green building store in 2007 at the University Oaks Shopping Center in ... Read more »

Walmart, Lowe’s Develop Chemical Reporting Tool

The Retail Industry Leaders Association has rolled out an initiative designed to streamline the required safety data sheet process used by suppliers and retailers to exchange chemical and product information. Retailers require detailed information to safely handle chemical products in compliance with regulations from the US Department of Transportation, Occupational ... Read more »


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