The world’s top-performing companies are prioritizing sustainability as part of their corporate social responsibility efforts, and a majority of them are using LEED, the world’s premier green building program, to achieve their ...
As of 1 April 2015, Oeko-Tex has revised requirements applicable for the certification of environmentally friendly and socially responsible production facilities in accordance with STeP by Oeko-Tex. “In the future, production sites ...
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Bed Manufacturer of the Year and Royal Warrant holder Hypnos has been crowned winner of The Furniture Makers’ Company Sustainability Award 2015. This prestigious accolade has been awarded to Hypnos by a panel of renowned experts in ...
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Puma and The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) announced a new comprehensive partnership that will see Puma operate as the FIGC’s lead partner into the next decade. Through this agreement, Puma has extended and increased its ...
Two billion people use a Unilever product on any given day. Last year, Unilever spent $7.6 billion on brand and marketing activities. For a long time now, Unilever has been promoting its socially responsible side beneath the sound of its ...
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Scania is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of trucks and cfor heavy transport applications, and of industrial and marine engines. Core to Scania’s operations is to provide solid parts and service support as well as ...
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Gildan has signed on as the title sponsor of Esprit de She The Spirit of Her Race Series, the premiere athletic event series for women run by Life Time Fitness. Since its inception in 2013, more than 25,000 women ranging in age from 5 to ...
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Who are the world’s biggest polluters? A report by non-profit environmental and social responsibility organisation, As You Sow, and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), examined the packaging practices of forty-seven fast ...
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Faculty and graduate students from the University of Delaware’s Department of Fashion and Apparel Studies have come forward to help establish a Southern African Sustainable Textile and Apparel Cluster to boost South Africa’s ...
Tags: Cotton Industry, Textile, Apparel
Saving Life is commendable, but when you don't have the ability to save people, must make the meaningless sacrifice? The controversial topic, in every time a similar social news, will take out was discussed. In fact, we don't have the ...
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Nippon Paint China boosted its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program in 2014, with the launch of its "Society Care" programs in nine big cities around China. These charitable programs drew the participation of over 1,000 voluntary ...
Exports from the Vietnamese apparel sector are expected to touch US $24.5 billion and thereby surpass the set target by nearly $1 billion. “The garment and textile sector continues to top Vietnamese exports, mainly due to right ...
The reduction of bank credit available to the diamond industry is a game changer that will influence the market for many years to come. Therefore, this column has chosen bank credit as its most important story of 2014, rising above other ...
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Germany based Südwolle Group, a producer of pure wool and wool blend worsted spun yarns for weaving and knitting, says its new Mount Airy distribution center in the US has exceeded its expectations with regards to service levels. ...
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On December 17th, 2014, Volvo Trucks assisted Deppon Logistics driver Mr. Sun Honglin to accomplish his dream of donating books to underprivileged children. Volvo Trucks’ representatives along with Mr. Sun, traveled from Beijing to ...