SoftBank, Al Gore’s Generation Back Secondhand Platform Vestiaire Collective In $209M Round
3 Mins Read Secondhand fashion platform Vestiaire Collective bags $209 million in a new round backed by SoftBank and Al Gore’s Generation Investment.
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3 Mins Read Secondhand fashion platform Vestiaire Collective bags $209 million in a new round backed by SoftBank and Al Gore’s Generation Investment.
5 Mins Read Starbucks, the world’s largest coffee chain, is going circular. In a new global campaign, the company will be serving handcrafted beverages in reusable cups, offering increased discounts for customers who bring in their own cup for a limited time and gifting free drinks depending on the country, in a bid to get customers into the […]
3 Mins Read There’s no shortage of innovation in sustainable fashion, with brands making bags out of mushroom leather and clothing from recycled plastic bottles. But what about sustainable eyewear? Prepare to be impressed, because sunglasses are now featuring lenses made with carbon capture technology. British sustainable fashion brand Pangaia has just debuted its new eyewear collection, featuring […]
5 Mins Read We zone in on six packaging startups from all over the world who are at the forefront of fighting plastic waste with their solutions.
4 Mins Read The latest data shows that secondhand fashion that will lead sustainable fashion and see explosive growth in the next few years.
5 Mins Read By: Alejandro Gallego Schmid, Adisa Azapagic & Joan Manuel F. Mendoza We are facing a waste crisis, with landfills across the world at full capacity and mountains of “recycled” waste dumped in developing countries. Food packaging is a major source of this waste, giving rise to an industry of “environmentally friendly” reusable food and drink containers that’s projected to […]
5 Mins Read SourceGreenPackaging.com, the world’s first global B2B marketplace dedicated to sourcing forevers plastics free packaging products, has just launched with an oversubscribed pre-seed round. The company, based in Hong Kong and addressing an international audience of buyers, offers an online e-commerce platform to help food companies and retail brands find sustainable packaging materials amid growing consumer […]
3 Mins Read These startups are making refillable groceries convenient—delivering them in clean energy-powered vehicles and bikes to customers’ doors.
3 Mins Read Tech companies have come under greater pressure in recent months to clean up their act, and now, Samsung wants to stem criticism by launching a new sustainability plan. The South Korean giant says it wants to divert all waste from landfill within the next three years, as well as up the percentage of recycled materials […]
3 Mins Read The Mills Fabrica, the Hong Kong-based innovation hub for sustainable textiles, has just opened up a new location in London. Situated at the heart of the British capital in King’s Cross, the hub is part of the platform’s expansion into sustainable tech-style and ag-tech. In addition to housing eco brands, the concept will feature a […]
3 Mins Read Tennis champion Naomi Osaka has just launched a brand new upcycled denim collection. Teaming up with Levi’s, the new limited-edition collection features four pieces made from repurposed and vintage denim from the brand’s old stock. Osaka, who has spoken out for social justice and her own mental health, described the “sustainability aspect” of the collection […]
4 Mins Read Genecis has secured US$6 million to help scale a novel biotech platform to upcycle organic waste into sustainable bioplastics.
4 Mins Read The Last Beach Cleanup has filed a lawsuit against TerraCycle, alleging the firm is misleading consumers about its recycling platform.
4 Mins Read Millennials in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia are buying secondhand because they want to be more sustainable, according to a Carousell report.
4 Mins Read Dole has partnered up with London startup Ananas Anam to repurpose its pineapple leaves into Piñatex, the vegan leather alternative.
3 Mins Read One of the largest online resale apparel platforms, ThredUp will be acquiring Remix, one of Europe’s major fashion resale companies.
3 Mins Read Sojo is the app that’s making circular fashion easy for everyone, offering a Deliveroo-like service for clothing repairs and alterations.
4 Mins Read Switching just 10% of plastic packaging to reusables could prevent half of the world’s annual ocean plastic waste, a new WEF report says.
4 Mins Read As part of its existing partnership with the secondhand apparel platform thredUP, clothing retailer Madewell launches a digital resale platform. Called ‘Madewell Forever’, the initiative is supported by thredUP’s Resale-as-a-Service (RaaS), a platform working on building a circular fashion economy. Growing demand for circular fashion Madewell’s new resale platform ‘Madewell Forever’ is supported by thredUP, […]
3 Mins Read Outdoor apparel brand Patagonia has launched a new line that upcycles 3-6 pieces of old, damaged clothing.
3 Mins Read McDonald’s collaborates with zero-waste delivery platform Loop to unveil a pilot returnable coffee cup scheme across six UK outlets.