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Zara Bows to Greenpeace, Commits to Zero Chemical Discharge

December 3, 2012December 3, 2012 by Kirsten Korosec

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 »

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

October 26, 2012October 26, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

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

October 25, 2012October 25, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

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

October 22, 2012October 22, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

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

September 24, 2012September 25, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

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 »

Nike, Walmart, Levi’s Launch Sustainable Apparel Index

July 26, 2012July 27, 2012 by Kirsten Korosec

Walmart, Nike, Target, JC Penney, Levi’s and fellow members of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition have unveiled the group’s index for measuring the environmental impact of apparel products across the supply chain. The Higg Index is an indicator-based tool for apparel that allows clothing manufacturers and brands to evaluate material types, ... Read more »

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