In the Balkan Peninsula of Southeast Europe, designers have noticed a considerable amount of textile waste on factory floors. Recognizing the need to support a sustainable industry, Daniela Milosheska founded Bastet Noir in 2012, which ...
Tags: Eco-Friendly Methods, Apparel
Organic, cage-free or home-grown? We think about our purchasing ethics in many areas of daily life, but not often about technology. As with any product, though, we should think about the effects of our actions on workers and the ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Phone
The concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has hit the supply chain management with increasing intensity. Now OEMs have to navigate the complexity of getting the supply chain on board. CSR initiatives span the breadth of the ...
Tags: Chain, Industrial Equipment, Components
Engineers at Microsoft Research are taking on the world of weight management with a bra designed to measure heart and skin activity to gauge stress levels. When the device detects high stress levels, it offers advice via a smartphone app to ...
With the rise in demand for sustainable and organic products, several textile and apparel firms are focusing on ethical production process which covers a range of issues such as working conditions, child labor, fair trade and ethical ...
A lack of certainty in renewable energy policy and expertise of renewable energy projects are holding institutional investors back according to a new EY survey released today. Of the 75 North American and European major pension and ...
Tags: renewable, energy, policy, uncertainty, expertise, institutional, investor
After 85 years, antibiotics are growing impotent. So what will medicine, agriculture and everyday life look like if we lose these drugs entirely? A few years ago, I started looking online to fill in chapters of my family history that no ...
Tags: imagining, post-antibiotics, future
With the first faint rays piercing the economic gloom after five years there is anecdotal evidence that things are beginning to warm up for lighting design. The British Chambers of Commerce released an optimistic Quarterly Economic Survey ...
Sainsbury’s has been named QBE FTSE 100 Business of the Year at the 2013 National Business Awards in a ceremony and gala dinner hosted by Sky’s Dermot Murnaghan. The event recognises at Britain’s top performing FTSE ...
A pioneering consortium aimed at helping developing and emerging nations improve the efficiency of their oil & gas and renewables’ industries was launched at a United Nations Association Scotland (UNAS) charity dinner in Edinburgh on ...
Tags: consortium, oil, gas, energy, Ethical
More and more consumers and corporations are touting the benefits of "local" foods, often described as "sustainable," "healthy," or "natural." According to the trade publication, Sustainable Food News, "local" as a marketing claim, has ...
Tags: local food, organic food, farming
Stockport-based schoolwear supplier Rowlinson Knitwear has implemented a new foreign exchange strategy to help protect the firm from currency volatility risk. Working with HSBC's Manchester Commercial Centre, Rowlinson has ensured ...
Tags: schoolwear, Knitwear
Autumn-winter 2013 sees the launch of the brand new apparel range ' Hannah' by luxury organic clothing manufacturer Beaumont Organic. The Hannah range is a sophisticated & exclusive addition that perfectly complements the company's ...
Tags: Beaumont, A/W Clothing
Severstal North America announced Wednesday that it has joined two of the most renowned sustainability organizations in operations and sourcing, the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) and the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative (CFSI). ...
Tags: Conflict-Free Sourcing, Mineral
Hannibal Industries has announced its vice president, Steve Rogers, as the president of the Rack Manufacturer's Institute (RMI), an affiliated trade association of MHI. Serving as the liaison between RMI and MHI, Rogers' responsibilities ...
Tags: Manufacturing, Processing Machinery, MHI