Day: May 4, 2023

Mind the action gap: Only one in ten corporates feel they have an ‘actionable’ sustainability strategy.

Mind the action gap: Only one in ten corporates feel they have an ‘actionable’ sustainability strategy.

Story via Edie.net: A new survey conducted by Smurfit Kappa, in partnership with the Financial Times, has found that just one in ten businesses believe they have a robust and actionable strategy, creating more concerns over an “action gap” that could be perceived as greenwashing. The survey was conducted among 440 senior and executive business […]

Katie Perry partners with Green Friday to encourage sustainable shopping habits

Katie Perry partners with Green Friday to encourage sustainable shopping habits

Katy Perry Newsroom Australia’s first online sustainable shopping event, Green Friday, has partnered with Katie Perry and a range of Australian brands across a breadth of categories to encourage consumers to shop mindfully this sale season. The digital event – that first launched in 2021 – aims to tackle Australia’s mass-consumption habits through peak shopping […]

The Sustainable Shopping Trend Has a Greenwashing Problem

The Sustainable Shopping Trend Has a Greenwashing Problem

The word ‘sustainability’ finds itself at the forefront of numerous studies and shopping trends, but what does ‘sustainable shopping’ actually mean?  What does it mean to shop sustainably? A study ‘Green is the New Black‘ conducted by the UK’s Retail Week, found that the concept of sustainability means several different things to consumers. Popular answers […]

Secondhand Shopping is HOT right now. So are FAKES

Secondhand Shopping is HOT right now. So are FAKES

Shopping secondhand is a growing trend, particularly for fashion items, including sneakers, handbags, and accessories. StockX is an immense player in the game, valued at nearly $4 Billion. Earlier this year, Nike accused StockX of selling look-alike versions of its shoes and asked a federal judge to force the online marketplace to remove the alleged knockoffs from its website.  […]

Looking for a zero-impact diamond? This is the only one.

Looking for a zero-impact diamond? This is the only one.

The phrase ‘sustainable diamond’ has a nice ring to it and in recent years, has become a marketing buzz term often associated with lab-grown diamonds. While it’s true that, generally speaking, diamonds manufactured in a lab compare favorably to the methods used to mine natural diamonds from the earth, these lab-grown gems are not without […]