The National Association of Realtors (NAR) recently released its 2021 residential sustainability report and found these three major things: 32% of Realtors say they helped buy or sell a property in the last year that had eco-friendly features, more than a third say their local MLS has fields specifically for […]
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OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Biden seeks GOP support for infrastructure plan | House GOP’s planned environmental bills drop Democratic priorities | Advocates optimistic Biden infrastructure plan is a step toward sustainability
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Lansing municipal buildings to get $12M tech upgrade as part of sustainability plan
Lansing, Mich. (WLNS) — Improvements to Lansing city buildings are on the horizon. Mayor Andy Schor announced Wednesday that the City of Lansing plans to make improvements to municipal building infrastructure as part of an ongoing sustainability improvement plan. The City will partner with Johnson Controls (JCI) to upgrade City […]
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IKEA on Sustainability, Buy Back, Hacking & Linear To Circular
IKEA is working towards its goal of becoming a fully circular and climate positive business by 2030. Everyone’s favourite flat pack furniture store recently announced its new Buy Back initiative – which, as the name implies, will see IKEA buy back unwanted IKEA furniture from customers and resell it as […]
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Meet Anubha and Emi, winners of the sustainability and sports & denim categories in the first ever online global design graduate show
In 2020, sustainability and ethical, considered production within the fashion industry, has become more important than ever. With the judges having made their decisions for the winners of the fashion categories — supported by Gucci — of the i-D x ARTSTHREAD Global Design Graduate Show, both the chosen projects in the […]
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Hilfiger Unveils ‘Make It Possible’ Sustainability, Inclusivity Platform
Tommy Hilfiger has revealed an ambitious program to accelerate the company’s sustainability mission. Its platform, called “Make It Possible,” is an approach to environmental and social sustainability that reinforces the company’s commitment to create fashion that “Wastes Nothing and Welcomes All.” At the outset, the company is committing to 24 […]
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Stockholm Fashion Week Returns With a Message for Fashion: Sustainability Can’t Wait
LONDON — It was only last year that Stockholm Fashion Week announced plans to cancel its biannual showcase and become integrated into Copenhagen Fashion Week — the more internationally recognized Scandi fashion event. But now the showcase is back and show organizers had a lot to contribute to the conversation […]