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Lycra Maker Joins Sustainable Apparel Coalition

Invista, a Koch Industries company and one of the world’s largest integrated producers of polymers and fibers, has joined the Sustainable Apparel Coalition and will provide data and resources to the group’s sustainability index. Invista, which owns the Lycra and CoolMax brands, will also work with select partners to better ... Read more »

Panel: 2013 a Breakthrough Year for Company Sustainability

Companies will continue to make breakthroughs in sustainability in 2013, including collaborating on environmental goals, finding new ways to bring innovation into operations and developing net positive plans, according to predictions by World Wildlife Fund UK’s Dax Lovegrove and the Guardian Sustainable Business advisory panel. As companies increasingly understand the ... Read more »

Gap, Calvin Klein, Levi’s Linked to Toxic ‘Textile Town,’ Greenpeace Says

Textile suppliers for Levi Strauss & Co, Zara and many other global clothing brands likely dump a wide range of hazardous chemicals into China’s wastewater systems, according to a Greenpeace study. In Toxic Threads: Putting Pollution on Parade, Greenpeace says its investigation, which focused on the discharge of effluent from ... Read more »

Unilever Leads as Companies Increase Climate Transparency

Companies are increasingly making their climate and energy strategies public, as Unilever once again leads a ranking of companies’ global warming commitments, according to research by ClimateCounts.org. Some 66 percent of companies rated in Climate Counts’ 2012 – 2013 Annual Company Scorecard Report have publicly available climate and energy strategies, up ... Read more »

Zara Bows to Greenpeace, Commits to Zero Chemical Discharge

Zara, one of the world’s largest clothing retailers, says it will eliminate all discharge of hazardous chemicals from its supply chain and products by 2020, following a Greenpeace campaign pressuring the brand to end use of toxic chemicals in its products. The commitment covers Zara and seven other brands under ... Read more »

Calvin Klein, Zara Among Worst Chemical Users, Greenpeace Says

Hazardous chemical residues have been found in clothing made by Zara, Calvin Klein, Benetton, Giorgio Armani, the Gap and 15 other global brands, according to a Greenpeace investigation. The study “Toxic Threads: The Big Fashion Stitch Up” found high levels of toxic phthalates in four of the products, cancer-causing amines ... Read more »

Levi’s, Case-Mate Join Coke’s Ekocycle Brand

Levi’s, MCM, RVCA and Case-Mate have joined Ekocycle, an initiative to brand recycled products and encourage sustainability among young consumers, according to Coca-Cola and musical artist will.i.am, who partnered to create Ekocycle this summer. They join two anchor partners, New Era and Beats by Dr. Dre. The Coca-Cola Company has also ... Read more »

Nike, LLamasoft Partner on Environmentally Friendly Supply Chain Software

Nike and supply chain software designer LLamasoft have partnered to make international supply chains more environmentally friendly and efficient. Nike, which has been a customer of Michigan-based LLamasoft for two years and has a minority investment in the company, says it will use Llamasoft’s software platform to make its supply ... Read more »

Sustainable-Fit Jeans: Levi’s WasteLess Denim Made With 3.5 Million Recycled Bottles

Levi’s has introduced a new denim collection made from recycled plastic bottles and food trays. In what the jeans brand calls the next chapter in its sustainable design initiative, each WasteLess product will include a minimum of 20 percent post-consumer recycled content, or, on average, eight 12- to 20-ounce bottles ... Read more »

Johnson & Johnson, Starbucks, 17 Other Companies Tell Congress to Extend Wind Tax Credit

Starbucks, Johnson & Johnson, Sprint and 16 other companies have sent a letter to Congress, urging elected officials to extend the wind production tax credit (PTC) before it expires at the end of 2012. The PTC, originally signed into law by President George H.W. Bush seven years ago, provides a ... Read more »


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