Product With Purpose
At Fairware we’ve had plenty of interest in apparel with bamboo content. In addition to being easy to care for, soft and silky, bamboo fibers have been loudly touted as the newest and greatest in eco-apparel. But there are conflicting…
Read moreabout:Bamboozled? Getting the facts on Bamboo Textiles
Fairware recently completed the Climate Smart Program. Delivered by Climate Smart, a social enterprise based in Vancouver, the Program helps small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) measure and reduce their carbon emissions. It’s a unique and valuable program because SMEs generally aren’t…
Read moreabout:Embarking on a path to climate neutrality – Fairware takes first step with the Climate Smart Program
We recently helped the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) launch an online fundraising store – gowildgifts.org. CPAWS is Canada’s pre-eminent national community-based voice for public wilderness protection. Since 1963 they have been a leader in establishing two-thirds of Canada’s…
Read moreabout:GoWildGifts.org – CPAWS online fundraising store
Earlier in the year our friends at Eclipse Awards attended a conference of Recognition Professionals International (RPI). They picked up some great tips and best practices which they shared on their blog Happiness Delivered in May. We’ve re-posted their blog…
Read moreabout:Guest Post – Eclipse Awards: Employee Motivation & Engagement
Here’s a fantastic opportunity that we want to share with as many people as possible…Common Thread, a cooperative of Canadian social enterprise sewing programs, is producing a few hundred tote bags from re-purposed 2010 Olympic banners. If you think a…
Read moreabout:From 2010 Olympic Banner to Tote Bag
The zero waste lunch sets pictured above were supplied by Fairware to Seventh Generation as gifts for their broker sales force. Featuring an embroidered cotton carry bag, engraved stainless steel tiffin tin and reusable bamboo cutlery, the sets were well…
Read moreabout:Zero Waste Lunches: Tiffin Sets for Seventh Generation
British Columbia’s Mountain Pine Beetle infestation is the largest Canada has seen. By 2016 it’s estimated that 65% of the marketable pine wood in the B.C. interior will have died as a result of the outbreak. And 40% of the…
Read moreabout:Pine Beetle Wood – Innovative Uses
Fairware recently worked with the David Suzuki Foundation (DSF) to stock an online holiday store featuring smart, eco-messaged t-shirts, baby onesies and beautiful calendars. The store was a great success! DSF doubled their revenue targets, and given the continued demand…
Read moreabout:The David Suzuki Foundation’s Online Store
We completed a stunning batch of recycled pinback buttons for the Big Wild campaign, a joint initiative of Mountain Equipment Co-op and the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society. The buttons were made in East Vancouver from recycled steel and paper….
Read moreabout:Give Something Small to Save Something Big
Recently at Fairware we started a lunchtime salad club and we’re loving it. Enjoying it so much that staff are writing about it on their personal blogs! The following has been re-posted from staffer Leah Nielsen’s blog. Looking to liven…
Read moreabout:Workplace Salad Club
