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Why Sustainability Meant Opportunity to Innovate for Nike | INSEAD Knowledge - 0 views

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    Nike identified water inadequacy and resource cost volatility among the risks, opportunities and challenges surrounding its business. This became the driving force behind the forging of the relationship between Nike and Dutch award-winning startup DyeCoo, a Dutch company that launched the world's first ever industrial dyeing machine that uses high pressure carbon dioxide (CO2) as a replacement for water to dye polyester.
Adriana Trujillo

What is Nike Flyleather? - Nike News - 0 views

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    Nike introduced Flyleather, a new material made with at least 50% recycled natural leather fiber. The material requires 90% less water to produce and has an 80% lower carbon footprint, compared to traditional leather manufacturing
Del Birmingham

Nike's Waterless Dye Factory Cuts Energy Use 60% · Environmental Management &... - 0 views

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    Nike has opened its first water-free facility, which will end the use of water and process chemicals from fabric dyeing at its Taiwanese contract manufacturer Far Eastern New Century. The process, which Nike has dubbed ColorDry, reduces dyeing time by 40 percent, energy use by about 60 percent and the required factory footprint by 25 percent compared to traditional methods, the company says. ColorDry products will be introduced to the marketplace in early 2014
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    The process, which Nike has dubbed ColorDry, reduces dyeing time by 40 percent, energy use by about 60 percent and the required factory footprint by 25 percent compared to traditional methods, the company says.
Adriana Trujillo

Nike Challenge Seeks 'Revolutionary' New Low-Impact Materials · Environmental... - 0 views

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    Nike on Friday announced two efforts to reduce its environmental footprint and enable business growth: a collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Climate CoLab to bring innovation in materials to the forefront of the climate conversation, and a commitment to reach 100-percent renewable energy in company-owned and operated facilities by 2025.
Adriana Trujillo

Nike Expansion Cuts Supply Chain's Carbon Footprint · Environmental Leader · ... - 0 views

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    Nike has expanded its European Logistics Campus in Belgium and implemented several new environmental sustainability aspects as part the company's efforts to reduce the carbon footprint of its supply chain.
Adriana Trujillo

Coke, Nike Call Climate Change 'Commercial Threat' · Environmental Management... - 0 views

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    Coca-Cola and Nike are among the global companies that have acknowledged that climate change is a major threat to commerce and adapted their business practices as a result, the New York Times reports.
Adriana Trujillo

Coke, Ford, Nike Form Bioplastic Feedstock Alliance · Environmental Managemen... - 0 views

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    Coca-Cola, Ford, Nike, Procter & Gamble, and Unilever are among the 9 founding members of the Bioplastic Feedstock Alliance, which seeks to encourage the use of sustainable materials to make bio-plastics.
Adriana Trujillo

Nike fires starting gun on water-less dye factory - 03 Dec 2013 - News from BusinessGreen - 0 views

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    Nike opened a waterless dying facility in Taiwan that requires 60% less energy than traditional factories.
Adriana Trujillo

Nike Builds Concept Store from Trash | Earth911.com - 0 views

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    Nike has created a new concept store that's literally made from trash. The Shanghai store was entirely made from recycled materials, including 50,000 used CDs and DVDs and thousands of beverage containers
Adriana Trujillo

Why Sustainability Meant Opportunity to Innovate for Nike | INSEAD Knowledge - 0 views

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    In two years, the global fashion industry uses as much water as is in the entire Mediterranean Sea, and that makes conservation a key priority for sustainably run fashion brands. Nike is working with Dutch eco-dying company DyeCoo to reduce its water consumption and to encourage better conservation practices across the fashion industry
Adriana Trujillo

Nike and H&M try reused threads on for size | GreenBiz - 1 views

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    The Ellen MacArthur Foundation launched the Circular Fibres Initiative, a multi-stakeholder effort to build a circular economy for textiles. Nike and H&M have joined the initiative as corporate sponsors. The C&A Foundation, the Danish Fashion Institute, Fashion for Good, Cradle to Cradle, and Mistra Future Fashion will also participate in the initiative.
Adriana Trujillo

Nike Forms Strategic Partnership for Apparel Manufacturing in the Americas | Sustainabl... - 0 views

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    NIKE, Inc. has announced a new strategic partnership with private equity firm Apollo Global Management, LLC, aimed at building a transparent and ethical apparel supply chain in the Americas.
Adriana Trujillo

Nike, UPS, Starbucks Shareholders Demand GHG Cuts, Sustainability Reporting ·... - 0 views

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    Investors filed 110 shareholder resolutions this proxy season related to sustainability issues and climate change with 94 US companies, according to business nonprofit Ceres, which helped coordinate the shareholder filings.
Del Birmingham

Toxic Chemicals in World Cup Soccer Gear, Greenpeace Says · Environmental Man... - 0 views

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    Soccer merchandise produced by adidas, Nike and Puma ahead of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil has been found to contain hazardous chemicals, according to an investigation by Greenpeace Germany.
Adriana Trujillo

Meet the nine billion-dollar companies turning a profit from sustainability | Guardian ... - 0 views

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    A growing number of billion-dollar companies are showing that sustainability can be a real driver of profits, writes Freya Williams. Companies such as Tesla, Chipotle Mexican Grill, IKEA, Nike and Whole Foods Market are making serious money through eco-friendly business models. "The green giants are turning a strategy of sustainability or social good into a billion-dollar business proposition, and profiting in the process," Williams explains
Adriana Trujillo

Why Nike and MIT see textiles as material to climate change | GreenBiz - 1 views

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    The company has hit the ground running with a new set of initiatives seeking sustainable innovations in textiles and materials. 
Del Birmingham

Nike, H&M and Burberry join forces for sustainable fashion | Reuters - 1 views

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    The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, set up by the record-breaking sailor, announced on Wednesday that the brands were joining its Make Fashion Circular scheme to reduce global waste from fashion by recycling raw materials and products.
Adriana Trujillo

Nike Jumps On Upcycling Bandwagon With New Shoe Packaging - 0 views

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    The new shoeboxes will be made from 100 percent post-consumer waste, including milk and orange juice containers and coffee lids.
Adriana Trujillo

Nike's Newest Concept Store in Shanghai Built with 100% Trash · Environmental... - 0 views

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    Miniwiz Sustainable Development Ltd., a Taiwanese architectural firm, completed a building in Shanghai, China, at the end of July, built with 100% trash. The building, Nike's newest concept store, used 5,500 soda cans, 2,000 PET water bottles and 50,000 old CDs and DVDs, the company says.
Adriana Trujillo

Google, Facebook, Others Launch Sustainability Platform · Environmental Manag... - 1 views

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    A group of 29 companies and organizations launched collectively.org, a website designed to engage millennials on environmental issues by showcasing examples of sustainability in art, culture, food, and technology. CEF members involved in the initiative include Coca-Cola, Dow Chemical, Facebook, Google, Johnson & Johnson, Microsoft, Nike, Salesforce and Unilever.
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