Emily Southey

Environment

David Jones Opens Mindfully Made, a One-Stop Shop for Sustainable Goods

August 1, 2020

Australian department store chain David Jones recently launched Mindfully Made, a hub where consumers can shop for sustainable goods, like fashion and beauty, all in one place.

Beauty

InStyle Launches Line of Cruelty-Free, Sustainable Lipstick

July 31, 2020

Women’s magazine InStyle recently launched its own line of lipsticks inspired by the mantra, “show up, speak up, get things done.”

Beauty

LOLI Is the Very First Completely Zero Waste Beauty Brand

July 28, 2020

Founded in 2014, LOLI (which stands for Living Organic Loving Ingredients) has been all about natural, organic ingredients since the beginning.

Fashion

Wolf Circus Creates Jewellery From Recycled Metals

July 27, 2020

Wolf Circus is a Vancouver-based jewellery brand that is changing the jewellery game by offering pieces made out of recycled metals.

Fashion

Alexander Taylor Launching Online Platform to Combat Fashion Industry Waste

July 24, 2020

Recently, Talyor announced the launch of ATID, an online platform that will sell technical apparel made from biomaterials and leftover inventory from the fashion industry. It will be a space for the brand to showcase its sustainability-led concepts and products.

Fashion

Veja Unveils Urca, a New Vegan Sneaker Composed of Corn Leather

July 22, 2020

Identical in style to their best selling V-12 Trainer, the new Urca sneaker is 100% vegan and made entirely out of sustainable materials.

Beauty

Kinship Uses Containers Made Out of Recycled Ocean Waste Plastic

July 22, 2020

All Kinship products are packaged in containers made out of 100% recycled materials, and many of these materials are sourced from Ocean Waste Plastic.

Fashion

Fashion Brand Kowtow Specializes in Eco-Friendly Knitwear

July 21, 2020

Designed, produced, and headquartered in New Zealand, women’s fashion brand Kowtow has made a name for itself thanks to the luxury and sustainable knitwear they offer.

Fashion

Whitney Port in Collab With Rent the Runway Launches Sustainable Capsule Collection

July 11, 2020

Online fashion rental platform Rent the Runway has teamed up with designer, entrepreneur, and star of the TV show The Hills, Whitney Port, to release a sustainable capsule collection.

Tech

Organic Basics Introduces Low Impact Website to Reduce Carbon Emissions

July 4, 2020

Taking sustainability to a whole other level, Organic Basics recently introduced what they refer to as a “low impact website” in order to reduce carbon emissions.

Environment

L’Oréal Announces Its Plans to Be Fully Sustainable by 2030

July 3, 2020

L’Oréal has just made a major statement regarding environmental sustainability. They have revealed that they plan to be fully sustainable by the year 2030.

Fashion

Boody Makes Sustainable Clothing Out of Bamboo

July 1, 2020

Unlike your typical eco-conscious fashion brand that uses materials like Lyocell, Tencel, organic cotton, and EcoVera, Boody makes its pieces out of bamboo.

Fashion

Zero + Maria Cornejo Makes Sustainable Clothing in the Heart of New York City

June 28, 2020

Zero + Maria Cornejo operates with three principles in mind: designed by women for women, locally produced, and responsible design.

Fashion

Girlfriend Collective’s Activewear Is Made Out of Recycled Water Bottles

June 26, 2020

Since the beginning, they have been dedicated to reducing their carbon footprint. How do they do this, you may be wondering? By creating activewear made of recycled plastic.

Beauty

Elate Cosmetics Uses Refillable Bamboo Packaging

June 23, 2020

With the release of the Perfectly Imperfect line, Elate Cosmetics has sought to eliminate waste not only by creating packaging made out of sustainably sourced bamboo, but by joining the refillable beauty movement.

Food

Sproud, a Pea-Based Milk Is Now Available in the United States and Canada

June 17, 2020

Created by Swedish entrepreneurs, pea protein-based milk Sproud is now available in grocery stores in the United States and Canada.

Fashion

Footwear Brand CAVAL Launches Vegan Shoes Made Out of Apple Leather

June 15, 2020

To be specific, the newly released shoes, aptly dubbed “The Apple Riders,” are made out of vegan apple leather.

Fashion

Carcel: The Danish Fashion Brand That Employs Incarcerated Women

June 14, 2020

That’s right, Carcel employs incarcerated women. The brand provides these women with jobs and fair wages in a place where they would otherwise lack such an opportunity.