A new research in England says that while the UK’s leading clothing retailer Marks and Spencer has encouraged more sustainable consumption of clothes, such successes are unlikely to be replicated on a larger scale without more ...
North Face, an apparel and footwear brand owned by VF Corporation said it has expanded its ‘Clothes The Loop’ recycling programme to all of its retail and outlet stores in the US. In tandem, it will also run an in-store and ...
Tags: North Face, Apparel Recycling Programme, apparel, footwear
Coach USA is preparing to trail GreenRoad system on its subsidiary Megabus.com’s fleet of 2,400 buses across the US, targeting a 3% reduction in fuel consumption. The plan to install the eco-driving system on buses in the US ...
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Orange County Property Appraiser (OCPA) has introduced a fleet of 30 new Toyota Prius vehicles that are to be used by staff members as they travel across Orange County appraising 439,676 parcels. The company said that the hybrid ...
The Pakistan Mercantile Exchange (PMEX) has re-launched International Cotton (ICotton) contract which is duly approved by Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), it said in a statement. The contract aims to offer opportunities ...
Tags: PMEX, PMEX ICotton contract, Textile
For the first quarter ended March 31, 2015, Danish industrial enzymes producer, Novozymes reported an 8 per cent year on year organic sales growth. In Danish currency, it posted a massive growth of 18 per cent from the prior year ...
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The upcoming Performance Days functional fabric fair in Munich this month will have two awards this time. Apart from coveted Performance Award for the best innovation, the brand new Eco Performance Award for the best sustainable development ...
Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA (which manufactures analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) has released its 2014 Sustainability Report, a voluntary non-financial public document that addresses the firm's commitment to sustainable ...
Germany-based label printer Etibana Haftetiketten has joined UPM Raflatac’s recycling concept RafCycle that involves the reuse of self-adhesive label stock to create new materials. As a part of the programme, the company has used ...
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The World Trade Organization and the Food and Agricultural Organization are joining hands to step up collaboration over trade and food security, as well as other issues such as functioning of international grain markets. As part of the ...
Allied Bakeries has invested £31m in its Stevenage bakery, marking the completion of a £210m five-year programme across the Allied Bakeries portfolio. The bakery benefitted from the installation of a new bread line that is ...
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The country will move faster to develop its energy-saving and new-energy vehicle industry to ease pressure on resources and the environment. Subsidies for new-energy car buyers in 2014 and 2015 will be raised from previous levels set by a ...
Akzo Nobel N.V. has reported a solid first quarter with positive developments in all three Business Areas despite a challenging market environment. First quarter operating income increased 42 percent to €306 million, reflecting the ...
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Axalta Coating Systems has planted the first lot of trees to start the “Axalta Forest” in Jiangjiakou City, Hebei Province, setting down the roots for a better environment in China and enabled itself be part of the local ...
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Based on the information released by the National Bureau of Statistics of China, we can see that China’s coatings market in 2014 grew by around eight percent last year over 2013. And the fact that China’s architectural coatings ...