Recycling clothes is expensive and difficult. What can brands do to be sustainable?
The fact is most clothing is simply not designed to be recycled. Even when it is, the fashion industry lacks the kind of infrastructure needed to really embrace a circular economy model.
Product stewardship: Four steps on how to get started in your own business
For SMEs, it can be hard to know where to start or what to do when it comes to understanding our environmental footprint. This is where product stewardship can come into play.
Renewable energy BNPL provider Brighte lays off 15% of staff amid severe market turbulence
Australian fintech Brighte says market volatility influenced its decision to lay off 32 staff members, but bad debts affecting the broader BNPL sector were not a pressing concern.
How Alkam founder Jade Massaad is fueling a planet-positive fashion movement
“I believe price, sustainability and fashion can co-exist harmoniously," Alkam founder Jane Massaad says. Here's why.
This pottery business reduced its electricity bill by 90% — and it’s saving the planet too
Installing solar panels to power the business was an environmental — not commercial — decision, but the incredible cost-saving that Pottery for the Planet has experienced doesn't hurt either.
This Gold Coast business is helping showcase the creativity of locals and keeping it sustainable
More than showcasing the home spun arts and crafts of friends and neighbours, a new Gold Coast business is helping redefine hyper-local within an award-winning eco-village.
VC firm Giant Leap launches calculator measuring how positive a startup’s work is for people and the planet
Giant Leap wanted to understand who the beneficiaries of a startup are, how long the change will last, whether the solution is good and how much it will change the beneficiaries' lives.
Insurers hail Labor government’s climate and resilience plans as flood damage bill tops $4.3 billion
The peak body for insurance providers has welcomed the creation of an environment 'super' department as flood damages continue to climb.
NSW retailers using single-use plastic bags to face up to $275,000 in fines
NSW Environment Minister James Griffin said the reason for the single-use plastic bag ban was simple: "It will stop plastic getting into our environment at the source."
Shell consultant tells executives to “look in the mirror” in viral LinkedIn resignation video
A Shell consultant has quit in spectacular fashion after 11 years, posting a bombshell video where she accused the fossil fuel giant of "extreme harms" to the planet, climate change efforts and humanity.
Liberal Party suffers heavy losses in capital cities as voters demand action on climate
After three years of catastrophic bushfires and floods, the Morrison government’s vague fig leaf of a net zero plan wasn’t enough to convince the electorate it was in any way serious about lowering emissions.
Watchdogs are cracking down on greenwashing, so how can your business back up its sustainability claims?
Local businesses that gild the lily on their green credentials are being targeted by authorities — and it’s not just the top end of town that’s under intense scrutiny.
