LS&Co. Unzipped
May 23 2012
A Woman Who Makes Our Clothes
It takes one motorboat ride and a half-hour walk through the Guatemala highlands to get to my job every morning, but I wouldn’t trade it for anything in the world.My name is Delia Mendoza. I work for Mercado Global, a cutting-edge nonprofit, Fair Trade organization that connects indigenous Guatemalan women like me to sales opportunities in the United States.
Posted By: Delia Mendoza, Mercado Global |
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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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Oct 05 2010
Innovation at Risk
Innovation may not be the first word that comes to mind when you think about Levi Strauss & Co., but it’s as much as part of us as cotton and zippers.After all, it takes a lot of innovation for the company that invented blue jeans to remain a global apparel leader more than a century later – known for not only what we make, but also how we make it.
Posted By: Amy Leonard, Senior Vice President, Supply Chain, 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 07 2010
It's Time to Ban Sandblasting
One of the reasons jeans remain so popular is that each pair takes on a unique pattern of wear and tear that changes over time. It doesn’t look old – it looks “lived in.” More personal. More “you.”A few years ago, designers realized that they could get a head start during the finishing process, creating a pair of jeans that already appears worn when you buy it.
Posted By: David Love, Chief Supply Chain Officer, Levi Strauss & Co. |
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Sep 03 2010
Wash My Jeans? Hardly.
If you hate doing laundry, you may want to limit the bottom half of your wardrobe to blue jeans…and follow Carl Chiara’s credo: The less you wash your jeans, the better your jeans become.Carl – and his laissez faire approach to denim care – was featured in yesterday’s "Tricks of the Trade" column in The Wall Street Journal. (Business news, financial updates and, now, fashion tips. Who knew?)
Posted By: Cory Warren, Editor, LS&Co. Unzipped |
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Aug 16 2010
Well Hung
One of the coolest things about art, is that different people see different things in the same piece. In “Nothing is What it Seems,” Canadian Caleb Hill saw…a way to air dry his clothes.What judges saw in the Levi Strauss & Co. Care to Air Design Challenge was a winner.
Posted By: Cory Warren, Editor, LS&Co. Unzipped |
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Aug 03 2010
Clothes Dryers: Beware!
The call to action was simple enough – design a new way to air dry your clothes that would eliminate the need for a dryer and improve on the basic clothesline.Levi Strauss & Co. called it the Care to Air Design Challenge, and those of us here at Myoo Create spread the word – to the whole world. The only caveat to entering was that design submissions had to be innovative, covetable, effective and sustainable.
Posted By: Rebecca Petzel, Collaborative Innovation Head, Myoo Create |
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