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Levi’s Expands Recycling Initiative

July 22, 2015July 21, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Levi Strauss & Co. has expanded its clothing recycling initiative to all Levi’s mainline and outlet stores in the US. Annually, Americans discard more than 28 billion pounds of unwanted clothing, shoes and other textiles. About 85 percent — 24 billion pounds — end up in landfills, Levi’s says. The ... Read more »

Rethinking Sustainability in the Supply Chain

July 8, 2015July 7, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Executives from leading companies including Michael Kobori (Levi Strauss & Co), Tim Mohin (AMD), and Mary Wroten (Ford Motor Company) sat down with Ceres at the Ceres Conference to discuss their companies’ approach to managing the environmental and social impacts of their supply chains.

Levi’s VP: 3 Ways to Engage Consumers in Sustainability

April 24, 2015April 23, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Levi Strauss & Co.’s vice president of sustainability, Michael Kobori, outlines three key ways in which businesses can bring sustainable practices to the level of the consumer in a blog post. First, he says, make consumers aware of their environmental impact. Levi’s recently launched a campaign to make sure people ... Read more »

Target, H&M, Gap, Levi’s Textile Mills Save $14.7M, Cut Water Use 36%

April 16, 2015April 16, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

More than 30 Chinese textile mills, many of which create clothing for major high-volume apparel brands and retailers including Target, Gap, Levi’s and H&M, are saving $14.7 million annually by adopting efficiency measures in their production processes, according to an analysis by the Natural Resources Defense Council. These improvements have ... Read more »

Levi’s Saves 1bn Liters of Water

March 17, 2015March 17, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Levi Strauss and Co. says it has saved 1 billion liters of water since 2011 through its Water<Less process, which reduces the water used in garment finishing by up to 96 percent. This announcement coincides with the release of Levi’s Product Lifecycle Assessment (LCA), an update on the company’s groundbreaking 2007 ... Read more »

Nestlé, JLL, Levi’s Among 223 Companies Supporting the Clean Power Plan

December 3, 2014December 3, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

More than 200 companies, including Nestlé, JLL, Novelis and Levi Strauss & Co, have announced their support for the EPA’s Clean Power Plan. The comment period on the proposed carbon standard for electric power plants closed Monday. In a letter coordinated by the nonprofit sustainability advocacy organization, Ceres, 223 companies including ... Read more »

Levi’s, IFC Incentivize EHS Standards

November 5, 2014November 5, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Levi Strauss & Co is working with International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group, to provide financial incentives for garment suppliers in developing countries to upgrade environmental, health, safety and labor standards. IFC’s Global Trade Supplier Finance program adopts tiered pricing of short-term financing for garment suppliers ... Read more »

Levi’s, M&S, Other Brands Pledge Zero-Deforestation Fashion

October 30, 2014October 29, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Levi Strauss & Co., Marks & Spencer, Portico Brands and ASOS have joined Canopy’s Fashion Loved by Forests initiative, committing to ensure their fabric sourcing doesn’t harm endangered forests or contribute to deforestation. Most rayon, viscose, modal, lyocell and other trademarked cellulosic fabrics start their journey as trees. Canopy’s research ... Read more »

MIT: UN Climate Talks Likely to Fail

August 7, 2014August 7, 2014 by Ken Jennison

Talks at next year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris are unlikely to result in the goal of slowing climate change and keeping global temperatures below two degrees Celcius, according to a study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as reported by The Hill. The MIT study examines the ... Read more »

Levi’s Jeans Insulate Historic Building

June 13, 2014June 12, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

San Francisco’s 110 The Embarcadero will soon harbor 7,800 pairs of Levi’s jeans — that would otherwise end up in a landfill — within its walls, according to a Levi Strauss & Co. blog. Beyond delivering maximum thermal benefits, and reducing the amount of energy used to heat and cool ... Read more »

Levi’s Jeans Save 770 Million Liters of Water

March 18, 2014March 20, 2014 by Tamar Wilner

Levi’s Water<Less jeans collection, designed to reduce water used in the finishing process by up to 96 percent, has saved over 770 million liters of water since its launch in 2011, the company announced. That figure is equivalent to the drinking water used in New York City in a month, ... Read more »

Production Process Uses 100% Recycled Water

February 20, 2014February 26, 2014 by Bill Opalka

Clothing manufacturer Levi Strauss now has a process for using 100 percent recycled water in parts of its production. According to the Guardian, the company claims it is the first in the industry to use a new water recycling standard that reduces the impact on fresh water resources. The process is ... Read more »

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