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May 10 2012
A Bicycle Friendly Business!
San Francisco today – Bike to Work Day – presented Levi Strauss & Co. its Bicycle Friendly Business Award.The first-of-its-kind award recognizes the company – and four others in the city – for its innovative and effective programs encouraging employees to bike to work. In our case, this includes free bicycle parking, a changing room, lockers and showers.Bicycling is also part of our business – with the Levi’s® Commuter Series of innovative clothing, designed by cylists, for cyclists.
Posted By: Cory Warren, Editor, LS&Co. Unzipped |
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May 03 2012
Build-A-Bike
If you’ve ever built a bicycle – perhaps in the wee hours of your child’s birthday morning – you know it can be a bit of a challenge.
That didn’t stop more than 50 Levi Strauss & Co. employees from signing up for the YBike volunteer project on the company’s annual Community Day today.
YBike is a San Francisco YMCA youth program, which introduces the responsibility and freedom that bicycles bring to urban kids who might otherwise not know.
Posted By: Cory Warren, Editor, LS&Co. Unzipped |
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May 03 2012
Community Day - From Weeds to Whales
I’m proud to say that, today, I’ll be one of thousands of my colleagues around the world volunteering in their communities.This is Community Day at Levi Strauss & Co.My colleagues and I will take the day off from our regular jobs to serve local nonprofits at 168 projects in 71 locations.
Posted By: Avi Rose, Levi Strauss & Co. Employee and Volunteer |
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Jan 21 2011
How'd We Do It???
In this video blog post, Levi’s® designer Carl Chiara talks about how the brand’s new Water<Less™ collection got started: In a laundry – a place where you’d expect to find LOTS of water, right? Not always!The Water<Less™ collection is now in stores. After watching Carl’s explanation, you’re going to want to check it out. And maybe even add to your Levi’s® wardrobe! Learn more here.
Posted By: Cory Warren, Editor, LS&Co. Unzipped |
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Jan 14 2011
Green Jeans...and More
There’s a derogatory term, "green washing," in environmental circles. It’s based on a more familiar one, “white washing,” and refers to a company that may not be doing much in the way of sustainability, but likes to make you think it is.I’m proud to say that Levi Strauss & Co. takes sustainability seriously. In fact, we’re working to build sustainability into everything we do. And with that in mind, we wanted to highlight, below, some of the company’s accomplishments in 2010.
Posted By: Cory Warren, Editor, LS&Co. Unzipped |
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Jan 10 2011
Water, Water Everywhere, But...
Some 72% of the earth is covered by water. It's all around us, but that doesn't mean we can waste it. Just the opposite, in fact.It’s a complicated issue, but one thing almost all of us can do is...use less water.For individuals like you and me, that might mean shorter showers, not letting the faucet run when you brush your teeth, or maybe washing your clothes less often.
Posted By: Cory Warren, Editor, LS&Co. Unzipped |
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Jan 05 2011
Cutting Carbon in the World's Workshop
When you buy something made in China, chances are it was made where I live, in the Pearl River Delta, one of the fastest growing regions in the world.The Delta is made up of Hong Kong, Macao and nine municipalities in the Guangdong Province of Mainland China. It’s a major manufacturing base for garments and textiles, electronics, toys, and much more. In fact, there’s so much manufacturing here, the Pearl River Delta is sometimes called “the world’s workshop.”
Posted By: Karen Ho, WWF-Hong Kong |
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Nov 24 2010
Sustainable Students
Here at Levi Strauss & Co. we’re focused on building sustainability into everything we do. The goal? Have our profitable growth help restore the environment. We know that we can’t tackle this challenge alone – so we’re talking with a lot of different people about what we can do together. Among them, students.
Posted By: Michael Kobori, Vice-President, Sustainability, Levi Strauss & Co. |
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Sep 23 2010
Beyond 'Paper or Plastic'
I confess: When I go to the grocery store, I sometimes forget my canvas bags. When the clerk asks the inevitable question, “Paper or plastic?” I’m stuck – asking myself, which one is better?These days it seems like everyone’s trying to make greener, more environmentally conscious choices.
Posted By: Colleen Kohlsaat, Senior Manager, Environmental Sustainability, Levi Strauss & Co. |
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Sep 16 2010
We're Surrounded. (And It's a Good Thing.)
If there’s anything I like less than moving, I can’t think of it right now. Oh, okay. War. Pestilence. Hunger. Stuff like that. But moving isn’t far behind. Even the obligatory moving cuisine of beer and pizza can’t make the badness go away.We’ve just wrapped up moving day at the home office of Levi Strauss & Co. Many of my colleagues and I had been holed up in temporary quarters – just across the way here at Levi’s Plaza – while workers fully renovated the main building.
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.
