After their Garden collection and the precious ten garments made of organic cotton which are included in the H&M selection every three months, the textile giant has decided to take on the next giant challenge: Waste. Recently, the Swedish fashion company launched a new collH&Mection with garments created out of unsold clothes. It is difficult [...]
Does your company have outstanding corporate responsibility and sustainability practices? Would you like to gain recognition from your peers and experts as a global leader in CSR, receive acknowledgement for your company’s commitment to responsible business practice and boost your reputation for ethical best practice? Then you should be aware that
What is the future of liveable cities? 26th of February marks the start of two-day conference Cognitive Cities, which tries to find an anwer to this question. Urban planners, designers, technology geeks, environmental experts, public officials, urban gardening enthusiasts and cultural influencers are attending the conference in Berlin, which aims to create a platform for [...]
Inspirational speaker for today is Ray Anderson, founder of Interface, the company behind successful carpet tiles Flor. Since reading Paul Hawken’s book The Ecology of Commerce, Anderson has run his company in a sustainable fashion and has made a commitment to what he calls Mission Zero: “our promise to eliminate any negative impact our company may have on the [...]
The Post-Carbon Reader gathers essays by 29 of the world’s leading sustainability experts, such as Bill McKibben, Richard Heinberg, Stephanie Mills, David Orr, Wes Jackson, Erika Allen, Gloria Flora many more, presenting their ideas on how to make the planet a better, more sustainable and fairer place to live. This well-recieved book offers in-depth discussions [...]
There is no denying that the esthetics of our surroundings affect us greatly. But there are more reasons to fall in love with the fantastic examples of architecture pictured above: these buildings are also models of sustainable construction. At the top: Norway is in the process of
UK newspaper The Guardian has launched a Sustainable Business Awards programme aimed to recognize companies that integrate sustainability into the core of their operations and showcase genuine innovation in corporate sustainability. The goal is also
In memory of a man who loved the forest, my beloved grandpa, today’s blog entry concerns the ever ongoing problem of deforestation. At the moment, an outcry from organization Ecological Internet warns against a UK goverment plan to put half of England’s state-owned forests
How will you remember 2010? Awesome site GreenBiz.com helps you refresh your memory by compiling lists of the 10 most hopeful green business stories of 2010 and the 20 most popular stories of the past year. Covering the latest news in green business, GreenBiz.com, the “Business Voice of the Green Economy”, launched in 2000 to become [...]
