Eco-Friendly

Storm Creek, a supplier of eco-friendly, outdoor-inspired apparel and outerwear, recently announced the results of its 2021 philanthropic and environmental initiatives, and key business awards and achievements. In 2021, Storm Creek contributed $190,000 in monetary and in-kind donations to national and local charities and...

Balenciaga, one of the most coveted luxury brands in the world, just released a reusable porcelain travel cup. The cup, part of Balenciaga's new Objects line of products, is thermal double-wall insulated and available in two colors (white and black). To add to the appeal, Balenciaga branded the cups with a city name under the logo...

Manchester City, a club that grew from lower-league irrelevance to one of the biggest soccer clubs in the world, is trying to eradicate "plastics" (i.e., frontrunning fans) from the club as well as the environment through a partnership with Heineken that involves two life-sized statues of literal plastic fans made from recycled plastic waste outside Etihad Stadium...

Ralph Lauren has been working with Dow Chemicals on a new process for cotton dyeing called ECOFAST Pure that reduces chemicals, water and energy, and could move garment dyeing into retail locations. Ralph Lauren has already used Dow technology in its “Color on Demand” project, which allows the company to dye the cotton at any point in the manufacturing process...

Storm Creek, Eagan, Minn., announced this week that it has successfully reached its goal to transition all of its products to eco-made. Through its sustainable sourcing practices, every product in production is now being made with recycled fabrics and insulation from post-consumer waste, such as plastic bottles and sustainable components, and/or is Bluesign or Oeko-Tex…

Brendan went to a wedding this weekend and received a lovely can cooler, but he forgot it at the venue before he could chronicle it for the Faves. But worry not, dear reader: Our five favorite promotional products list still features a bunch of good stuff, including T-shirts dyed with onion, Tim Hortons merch and more...

Coloreel, a Swedish textile innovation brand with a proprietary technology for embroidery enabling high-quality coloring of textile thread on demand, announced that it will begin offering 100% recycled polyester threads to be used with its instant thread coloring technologies...

TerraCycle, a social enterprise on a mission to eliminate the idea of waste, offers a range of national, easy-to-use recycling platforms allowing everyone to #RecycleEverything. You may have already seen TerraCycle in action at your local grocery store with their Zero Waste Box platform that allows you to drop off your TerraCycle approved waste where…

Charles River Apparel, Sharon, Mass., has introduced two new outerwear styles that reflect its commitment to developing sustainable products: the Lithium Quilted Hooded Parka for women and Lithium Quilted Hooded Jacket for men, both made of 100% recycled polyester, an eco-friendly fabric made using the yarn of recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles. PET is a…

Pangaia, the apparel brand, has taken the sustainable sweatshirt to new heights by using screen printing ink made from air pollution. The stylish comfortwear line already uses minimal ink for small logos on its products. And what little ink it does use is made from turning carbon emissions into what the company calls “Air-Ink"...