Product With Purpose
Assessing the good from the bad (or the green from the green-wash) is a passion for us. We are always in search for products that reinforce commitments to zero waste, carbon reduction, or other sustainable behaviours so your program goals and…
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Most lanyards have a limited lifetime – they’re worn once at an event and never thought of again, but even worse most lanyards end up in the landfill afterwards. With Fairware’s Lanyard Library project, we are here to change that….
Read moreabout:Lanyard Library: Keeping lanyards out of the landfill through the sharing economy
This post by Sam Milbrath originally appeared on Hootsuite and is cross-posted here with their permission. *** The FROGBOX Story This is a story about FROGBOX – a small franchise transforming outdated industry standards. Moving is still considered one of life’s most stressful events. Aiming to…
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It is important to start a dialogue with kids about money and engrain financial responsibility at an early age. So what if we could create a way to teach kids about money in a fun and exciting way? Vancity, one…
Read moreabout:A Fairware Project: Impact Money Boxes for Vancity
We’ve done some great projects with Aspen Skiing Company Environment Foundation in the past. Our favorite to date is still the upcycled tote bag and messenger bag created using old ski uniforms. We turned something old into new AND the…
Read moreabout:A Fairware Project: Aspen Trucker Hats
On May 12, 2014 businesses got together to learn, celebrate and connect with one another at the Leverage Lab event, hosted by our good friend, Sara Blenkhorn at Future Strategies. Leverage Lab creates space for company leaders to take a…
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Picture via GMIC 2014 Sustainable Meetings Conference Flickr The 9th Annual GMIC Sustainable Meetings Conference (April 14-17, 2014) draws a network of meeting professionals to explore solutions for sustainable meetings and event design. Fairware’s own, Denise Taschereau, on the GMIC…
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The original post by Denise Taschereau, Fairware’s CEO and co-founder, was published on November 22nd and can be found at PPAI Publications. In the promotional sector, most suppliers and distributors report that the general demand for “green” products has waned….
Read moreabout:Five Barriers To Going ‘Green’
Looking back, Fairware’s been a part of a number of lists that highlighted our growth over the past two years. For the second year in a row, the co-founders of Fairware – a growing BC company based in Vancouver –…
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UPDATE: October 23, 2013. Just heard from Gildan (Corporate Communications team) and have an update on this issue. Gildan is dropping 6 of the 8 sustainable styles from the line in 2014. The Youth, Long Sleeve, 490/498 Ringspun and the…
Read moreabout:Headlines and Hemlines: What Will the Gildan-Anvil Deal Mean for Anvil’s Sustainability Mandate?
Toronto is a fascinating city. “No matter where you are in the city you can easily escape into rich wilderness” says Blaine van Bruggen, Partner at DOT DOT DASH and spokesperson for the an awesome campaign that has landed in…
Read moreabout:Love the Ravines Campaign
This post continues Fairware’s series of expert pieces presented by guest bloggers. These people are industry colleagues whose experience and opinions we respect, and we think you’ll be interested in what they have to say. This post is pulled from…
Read moreabout:How can you tell if a business is a social purpose business?
