LS&Co. Unzipped
Sep 16 2011
Driving Social Innovation...to End HIV/AIDS
People exposed to or living with HIV/AIDS often don’t receive the care or support they need - particularly if they are low-income, live in more rural settings, or live on the margins of society.We need to change that.Fortunately, for the first time since the onset of the AIDS epidemic, the United States has a national HIV/AIDS strategy in place. And increasing access to health care for those who don’t have it is one of the strategy’s urgent goals.
Posted By: Daniel Lee, Executive Director, Levi Strauss Foundation |
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Sep 12 2011
Banning Sandblasting - The First Year
It's been one year since Levi Strauss & Co. and H&M announced a global ban on sandblasting on all our products. Since then, other apparel companies have joined us.In this video blog post, our chief supply chain officer, David Love, shares his views about the reasons behind the ban and what you can do as a consumer to help end sandblasting as a finishing technique.
Posted By: David Love, Chief Supply Chain Officer, Levi Strauss & Co. |
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Sep 08 2011
The Year of Volunteering, European Style
Around 100 million people in the European Union spend time volunteering every year. If they were a country, they would be the biggest Member State of the European Union.These volunteers make a positive difference in the lives of millions of people across the continent — they are justifiably described as the 'glue' that holds society together. Wherever people work together to help each other and support those in need, society as a whole benefits, and the volunteers themselves also benefit.
Posted By: John Macdonald, Task Force Head, European Year of Volunteering 2011 |
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Sep 02 2011
From Bake Sales to Bakeries
Six years ago, Maria and Luis de la Luz Vazquez had a vision of serving up Mexican food that went beyond the typical fare of tacos and quesadillas. That’s when they began sharing their traditional Mayan cuisine with the world.They began pursuing their dream by cooking out of their own kitchen and selling their specialties out of their home and outside subway stations. They named their company Chaac-Mool, after the Mayan god of rain.
Posted By: Caleb Zigas, Executive Director, La Cocina |
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Aug 29 2011
Hope…in Full Bloom
Who knew that old jeans could take on a new life as recycled denim insulation?Yesterday, we officially opened our new Garden Learning Center at the Edgewood Center for Children and Families – complete with recycled denim insulation made possible by a generous grant from the Levi Strauss & Co. Denim Insulation Fund.
Posted By: Kristin Thomas, Volunteer Manager, Edgewood Center for Children and Families |
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Aug 16 2011
For Women, An Investment With a Positive Return
It’s a safe bet all of the clothes you’re wearing right now were made by women. In factories around the world, it’s largely women who cut the patterns, sew the seams and make the buttonholes.So it makes sense that giving these women the information they need to live better, healthier lives would be in the best interest of the factories that hire them.That’s the idea behind HERproject.We first told you about it in March. Now, we have some new information to share.
Posted By: Aron Cramer, President & CEO, BSR |
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Aug 10 2011
Pioneering Spirit? Grab a Broom.
As we all watch what’s happening in London and other UK cities, it’s somewhat hard to see glimmers of hope in the violence, death and destruction.But if you look closely, you’ll see it. And it’s not in the riots and mayhem. Far from it.
Posted By: Robert Hanson, President, Global Levi's® Brand |
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Aug 10 2011
RIP, Radical Industrialist
When Ray Anderson died this week, Planet Earth lost an advocate.Ray was the founder of Interface Inc., the company that makes Flor carpeting, among other floor coverings. It's one of the largest and most successful companies of its kind. He was also a person who, in the mid-1990s, influenced a shift in the company’s environmental strategy.When you consider the role of petrochemicals in making carpet, you understand what a huge shift this was.
Posted By: Colleen Kohlsaat, LS&Co. Social & Environmental Sustainability |
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Aug 04 2011
Handmade Hope in Guatemala...and at Levi's®
The people – that’s what inspired me most when I first lived in Guatemala as a college student.The strength, determination, and spirit of Guatemala’s indigenous people, despite the unspeakable hardships they had endured and the battles they are still fighting today: poverty, discrimination, illiteracy, and malnutrition.The indigenous people of Guatemala completely captured my heart. I felt an obligation to partner with them and to be part of a solution: to connect them to the resources and markets they needed to build a better future.
Posted By: Ruth DeGolia, Executive Director, Mercado Global |
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Jul 24 2011
Wedding Announcement
Today, New York will observe – and recognize – its first legal, same-sex marriages.The ceremonies follow last month’s action by New York lawmakers to approve marriage equality -- an action that we, as a company, applaud.Why do we care? For us, it’s all about equality.
Posted By: Robert Hanson, President, Global Levi's® Brand |
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