LS&Co. Unzipped
May 09 2013
Hop On...and Head to Work
Today is Bike to Work Day, San Francisco’s biggest bicycle day of the year! It’s a day for bike riders, bike advocates and bike-friendly companies, like Levis Strauss & Co, to celebrate the huge and growing bicycling community in San Francisco.San Francisco is a great city for biking. With our mild climate, 7x7 square mile geography and huge and growing number of people biking, commuting by bike is one of the best ways to get around. And we hope you join us in pedaling to the office today, and every day.
Posted By: Jodie Medeiros, San Francisco Bicycle Coalition |
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Apr 24 2013
Red Ribbons of Hope
Last year, while undergoing routine medical tests prior to breast cancer surgery, Mrs. Zeng found out that she was HIV-positive.
The diagnosis was not only devastating news, but it also meant a disruption to her breast cancer treatment at a public hospital in Taishan, Guangdong.
Posted By: Thomas Cai, Founder, AIDS Care China |
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Apr 22 2013
Earth Day
It’s Earth Day 2013. A good day to think about the planet and our impact on it.And consumption.What’s a company like Levi Strauss & Co. – a company that depends upon people buying our products – doing talking about consuming?Yes, we want you to buy our jeans and khakis and shirts and jackets.But here’s the thing, we make these products to last. They won’t quickly fall apart or go out of fashion. Ask Maggie Meyers, who finally had to replace her favorite Levi's®…after ten years of wear.
Posted By: Cory Warren, Editor, LS&Co. Unzipped |
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Apr 12 2013
100% Authentic (And 29% Recycled Plastic)
For 140 years, the Levi’s® brand has made its 501® jean with the same care, craftsmanship and attention to detail.To that, they’ve added recycled plastic.The Levi’s® 501® Waste<Less™ jean is limited-edition and made exclusively for EKOCYCLE™. That’s the social movement founded by legendary musician and producer will.i.am in partnership with Coca-Cola.Each 501® Waste<Less™ jean is made with 29% post-consumer recycled content, using an average of eight recycled plastic bottles.
Posted By: Rebecca Youngs, Associate Editor, LS&Co. Unzipped |
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Apr 11 2013
Denim Beyond Expectations
Sometimes life completely exceeds your expectations. That’s how I feel at the culmination of our first designer-in-residence program with the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).
Posted By: Nada Grkinich, Merchandising and Design, Levi's® Brand |
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Apr 07 2013
Lasting Impact for All
As a community organizer for 15 years, I've worked with low-income people to influence public policies that affect their lives. I have also witnessed first-hand what an incredible difference it makes when nonprofit foundations believe in and invest in grassroots organizations and their communities.
Posted By: Aaron Dorfman, Executive Director, National Committee for Responsible Philanthropy |
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Apr 02 2013
Tapping Potential for Community Prosperity
Five years ago, Veronica was living in San Francisco’s Mission neighborhood and dreamed of owning a restaurant to serve her Mexico City favorites: gorditas, huaraches, and pozole. But without access to mainstream loans, starting and growing a business was virtually impossible.That’s where Mission Asset Fund (MAF) enters the scene.
Posted By: Jose Quiñonez, Mission Asset Fund |
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Mar 26 2013
We're Proud
Some are calling it one of the last great civil rights issues.The U.S. Supreme Court today begins hearing arguments on two marriage equality cases, a landmark in a long battle for equal rights.
Posted By: Seth Jaffe, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Levi Strauss & Co. |
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Mar 01 2013
Birthday Week!
This week, Levi Strauss would have turned 184 years old. In honor of this occasion, I thought I'd share four fun and interesting things you might not know about the founder of Levi Strauss & Co. and co-inventor of the blue jean.
The Great Impersonator?
Posted By: Lynn Downey, Historian, Levi Strauss & Co. |
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Feb 22 2013
In Good Company
You’ve heard us talk a lot about sustainability on this blog. With the company’s commitment to building sustainability into everything we do, there’s often a lot to talk about. Although we do understand that actions speak louder than words.That said, in sharing news about our sustainability work, we’ve recently found ourselves in good company.We are among the top companies in terms of “best practice social media sustainability communication,” as published in the SMI-Wizness Social Media Sustainability Index.Quoting the report on Levi Strauss & Co.
Posted By: Cory Warren, Editor, LS&Co. Unzipped |
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2011You know our product – particularly Levi’s® and Dockers® – but we’re betting there’s a lot about Levi Strauss & Co. you don’t know.
