In recent times, we’ve seen a gradual shift in corporate attitudes away from the naked profit-making motives towards a more socially conscious approach. Brands both big and small, aware that the millennial generation of consumers are wanting more from companies than just the best-priced or the best quality goods and services, are investing more in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) approaches.
One Tree Planted has stepped into this environment with the aim of making a difference by tapping into both changing consumer and corporate attitudes. This 501(c)(3) charity, founded by Matt Hill, was set up in Vermont in 2014 to help…
DECENT WORK & ECONOMIC GROWTH
Employment and economic growth are two key factors in a country overcoming poverty. Increase the capacity for nations to develop and offer residents opportunities to make a decent living and you reduce the dependency on external aid and support. This is why, when the UN announced its global Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) in 2015, work and the economy was a central feature. Decent Work & Economic Growth is goal number 8 of the 17 goals to be achieved by 2030. …
Urban farming is big news. You may not have heard too much about it but according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (UNFAO), urban agriculture is something that is practised by 800 million people worldwide, over one-tenth of the global population. So what exactly is it and how is it changing how we produce and distribute food?
What is urban farming?
Urban farming, or urban agriculture, can be described as the growing of plants and raising of animals in and around towns, cities and urban environments. Until recently, farming has been a largely rural activity. …
With nearly 800 million people worldwide going hungry on a daily basis, tackling the problem is not an easy task. But it’s something that FEED has been getting stuck into over the past decade. This socially-minded business raises money for hungry and malnourished children, both in its home country the US and overseas through the UN World Food Program, through the sale of its products.
FEED Projects describes itself as an “impact driven lifestyle brand”. …
New York-based clothing brand Elegantees started off as a socially-oriented enterprise with a goal of donating a portion of profits to charity organisations fighting sex trafficking. However, owner and founder Katie Martinez decided to change her business model early on after a chance meeting
with a Nepalese campaigner against trafficking.
“I learned about human trafficking in class when I was a student at the Fashion Institute of Technology. After founding the business in 2010, I declared that profits from Elegantees would benefit a non-profit that is fighting sex trafficking” she explains. “Then in 2011, I met a man from Nepal…
Ending world hunger is number 2 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) announced in 2015. Food poverty is a global problem that persists and, although overall global hunger levels have decreased in the past couple of decades, there are still many parts of the world experiencing food shortages. Climate change, conflict and natural disasters all impact on people’s ability to grow, distribute and consume food. Here, we look at the UN’s plans to achieve zero hunger by 2030, detailing how it is being tackled, what progress has been made and how brands can get involved.
WHAT IS THE GOAL…
Rose & Fitzgerald’s journey began when founders Courtney and Laren Poole relocated from San Diego, California to Kampala, Uganda. Laren was working on a peacekeeping and reconciliation project in East and Central Africa. It gave his wife Courtney a chance to discover what she wanted to do with her life.
“I constantly dreamed of doing something I was truly passionate about — work that gave me greater purpose and fulfillment,” she says.
Having always harbored ambitions about starting up a small craft and design business, Courtney was inspired by the local Kampalan artisans selling uniquely-made goods on craft stalls. …
Some brands go for the abstract when choosing a name. Maybe it will be simply a single word, consisting of one syllable, designed to conjure up a feeling or emotion but nothing too specific.
Stop The Water While Using Me! haven’t gone down this route. This German cosmetics brand is passionate about the issue of global water scarcity and it’s there for all to see in the unusual but memorable name.
The brand’s General Manager, Kaya Line-Knust explains that the name was chosen to “send a clear and unmistakable message to the entire world with an international focus on countries…
It’s one of the clothing industry’s more interesting and unlikely stories that one of the most eco-friendly brands was born at an arms fair in Abu Dhabi.
That’s where Amour Vert founders Linda Balti and Christoph Frehsee met in 2007. Frehsee was exhibiting with his land-mine clearing company MineWolf while Balti worked as a systems developer for the French defense firm Thales Group.
It was the start of a relationship between the couple who are now married, and also the catalyst for a drastic career change for the pair who went on to set up a sustainable women’s clothing brand…
Nisolo is an emerging brand with twin aims — to provide consumers with the highest quality tailor-made products and to revolutionize the fashion industry with its model of ethical production.
The Nashville-based company was formed in 2011 when development economist Patrick Woodyard was working in Trujillo, Peru. He noticed a problem. The city was full of extremely talented shoemakers who were unable to maximize their skills as they had no access to the global market.
Being an economist with a background in micro-finance, Woodyard had a solution for this problem — set up an American shoe company and pay these…
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