Tag: Ellen MacArthur Foundation

Make Fashion Circular launches the Jeans Redesign

Stuart Mitchell

Leading fashion brands and manufacturers are to transform the way they produce jeans, tackling waste, pollution, and the use of harmful practices, thanks to new guidelines published by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. The Jeans Redesign Guidelines set out minimum requirements on garment durability, material health, recyclability, and traceability. Based on the principles of the circular economy, the guidelines will work to ensure jeans last longer, can easily be recycled, and are made in a way that is better for the environment and the health of garment workers. The Jeans Redesign…

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Students win award for creating a device which redesigns emergency care

Stuart Mitchell

Two design students took first prize in the ‘Student Design Awards’, in a category supported by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. Maire Kane and Hannah Grogan adopted circular economy principles to design the ‘Personal Patient Pack’, a reusable medical device which stays with patients throughout their treatment journey, eliminating single-use alternatives, and designing out waste by up to 67%. The pair triumphed in the ‘Circular Emergency’ brief, a category sponsored by Royal Philips, with the support of the Foundation. Winning the RSA Circular Emergencies Design Award was such a proud moment…

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The Estée Lauder Companies joins the Circular Economy 100 (CE100) programme, run by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation

Stuart Mitchell

The Estée Lauder Companies is delighted to announce today that it has become a member of the Circular Economy 100 (CE100) programme, the world’s leading circular economy network, run by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. The CE100 is a global platform that brings together cross-industry corporations, governments, cities, academic institutions and emerging innovators from around the world to accelerate the transition to a circular economy. The network enables members to collaborate and unlock new opportunities that support the objective of building a framework for an economy that is restorative and regenerative…

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New Plastics Economy Global Commitment Spring 2019 Report launched

Stuart Mitchell

First Global Commitment report reveals details of industry and government efforts to tackle plastic waste and pollution Details of how brands, governments, and other organisations are tackling plastic pollution have been set out side-by-side for the first time, thanks to a new report published by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s New Plastics Economy initiative, in collaboration with UN Environment. Major companies including Carrefour, Colgate Palmolive, MARS, Incorporated, Nestlé, SC Johnson, The Coca-Cola Company, and Unilever are publicly disclosing their annual plastic packaging volumes, marking an important step towards greater transparency in…

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SC Johnson becomes an Ellen MacArthur Foundation Global Partner

Stuart Mitchell

SC Johnson, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of household cleaning and other consumer and professional products, has become a Global Partner of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. From its base in Wisconsin, USA, SC Johnson joins the Foundation’s nine existing Global Partners including Intesa Sanpaolo, Danone, Google, H&M, Nike, Phillips, Renault, Solvay and Unilever in driving forward market leading circular economy initiatives at scale. The multi-year partnership builds on SC Johnson’s decade long journey to improve the sustainability of its products. As part of this effort, the company has spent…

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