Wrangler Digs into Science for Sustainable Cotton Sourcing: Q&A with Roian Atwood
Roian Atwood, senior director of global sustainable business for Wrangler, discusses the denim brand’s novel approach to sustainable cotton sourcing.
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Wrangler Sources 100% Local Traceable Cotton for New Denim Collection
Wrangler introduced a new denim collection today made with sustainably grown, traceable cotton from five US states. The Rooted Collection helps move the brand toward its goal of reaching 100% sustainable cotton by 2025.
Wrangler Shows How Sustainability Data Transforms Supply Chains
A white paper published by Wrangler and farm-management software company MyFarms demonstrates how field-level sustainability data can strengthen business relationships and results throughout agricultural supply chains. The paper draws on Wrangler’s cotton supply chain experience.
Wrangler Shows Economic Benefits of Sustainable Cotton Farming
In a new report, Wrangler shows that sustainable cotton farming techniques improve crop yields and reduce costs while slashing greenhouse gas emissions.
Wrangler to Cotton Farmers: Improve Sustainability, Boosts Profits, We’ll Help
In a move that it says will help increase the supply of sustainable cotton, Wrangler has joined a group called Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture. The group is another multi-stakeholder initiative that is working to increase supply chain sustainability around natural resources. Wrangler will coordinate with Field to ... Read more »
VF Launches Chemical Management Program
VF Corporation, whose brands include The North Face, Timberland and Wrangler, among others, has debuted a chemical management program, Chem-IQ. Developed in collaboration with third-party experts, including the Natural Resources Defense Council, Chem-IQ provides a proactive, cost-effective and scalable method for identifying and eliminating potentially harmful chemicals before they enter the ... Read more »
IPCC Report: Rising Temps, Oceans Increase Firms’ Risks
Global warming is “unequivocal” and humans are turning up the heat — but more slowly since 1998, according to a report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released today. Each of the last three decades has been warmer at the Earth’s surface than any previous decade since ... Read more »
Venstar Launches ‘Go Green for No Green’
Venstar has launched a program that allows retail chains and other multi-location businesses to install its energy management system — which Venstar says saves companies up to 25 percent on energy and maintenance costs — for no cash up front. The Go Green for No Green program applies to Venstar’s ... Read more »
The North Face, Wrangler Parent Company To Use Schneider Electric EMS
VF Corporation has announced it will use Schneider Electric’s online energy management and sustainability platform to track energy, water and emissions data across all of its brands including The North Face, Timberland and Wrangler. The software platform, Resource Advisor, is an online tool that provides users access to energy and ... Read more »