Apple backing new equality initiatives with $100 million pledge
Last summer Apple announced it would be putting $100 million into a new Equity and Justice Initiative and has now finally revealed how it’ll be spending the cash. In response to the Black Lives Matter protests in mid-2020, Apple committed $100 million to a new Racial Equity and Justice...
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The sustainable start-up nixing menstruation taboos
Nixit is a one-size-fits-all menstrual disc designed to 'nix' the wastage and stigma typically associated with having a period. Although disposable tampons and sanitary towels are extremely commonplace, 80% of women don’t realise that the majority of their period products aren’t made with cotton or compostable materials. In fact, given that...
Inside Superdry’s ambitious sustainability strategy
Superdry's co-founder, Julian Dunkerton, has high hopes that the clothing company will become 'the most sustainable listed global fashion brand on the planet' by 2030. Despite the unavoidable loss of sales suffered by the majority of fashion retailers amid the Covid-19 crisis, Superdry’s co-founder, Julian Dunkerton, is resolute in his...
Thred Daily – Why a glitter-free Christmas is a greener Christmas
Sofia dives into why major retailers are ditching the messy, itchy, tiny specs of micro-plastic that have a horrendous impact on our planet's environment. When we put it this way, a glitter-free Christmas doesn't sound that bad. Sofia is still waiting to hear back from her audition for The Matrix...
Amazon’s packaging is a plastic pollution nightmare
Marine conservationists have revealed some truly shocking statistics concerning e-commerce giant Amazon and the abundance of its plastic packaging currently being dumped into our oceans. Amazon has been embroiled in controversy for years over its persistent use of plastic packaging habitually ferried across all four corners of the globe, and...
Burberry to donate leftover fabrics to fashion students
The ReBurberry Fabric initiative will add to the luxury label's ongoing sustainability efforts and help young, underrepresented fashion designers across the country. In partnership with the British Fashion Council (BFC), Burberry has expanded its scholarship programme and announced a new sustainability project with both planet and people in mind. With plans...
Samsung UK launches new Gen Z competition ‘Solve for Tomorrow’
Samsung Electronics has launched a new competition that gives Gen Zers the opportunity to pitch their own tech ideas to a panel of experts, with a £10,000 cash prize up for grabs. If you’re a budding inventor or tech enthusiast living in the UK, you might want to jump onto Samsung UK’s newly announced initiative, ‘Solve for Tomorrow’. Comprised of three rounds, this nationwide competition encourages 16-25 year olds from...
Black Friday in the age of conscious consumerism
As we approach the end of yet another manic Black Friday weekend, is it time we reevaluated this longstanding tradition of unnecessary spending and started striving to shop more consciously? Walking through London last November, weaving through the hordes of Christmas shoppers and Black Friday bargain hunters, I came across a sign outside independent store Lone Design Club urging passersby to stop and think about the...
You Decide – Is Obama’s call for tech firms to be publishers justified?
Obama urges to revise the internet law Section 230 that allows tech companies to operate unregulated, but social media bosses stress it protects free speech. In a new interview with The Atlantic the 44th US president, Barack Obama, has called for a revision to current laws and regulations that surround the practices of social media tech companies including Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Big name tech firms are currently protected by an...
Breaking – The new Queens of gaming have been crowned
Breakthrough media company Queens Gaming Collective aims to emancipate women from the male-centric gaming narrative, and it’s about time. ‘All the boys were terrified of us meeting… they were like what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immoveable object?’, says Alisa Jacobs, CEO and co-founder of Queens Gaming Collective of her business partner and co-disrupter Taylor Heitzig-Rhodes. She’s describing the moment she took the idea of Queens, a radical...
