Product With Purpose
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’
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?
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?
We often get calls from non-profits wanting to get branded products (“merchandise”) to sell as fundraisers. It’s a great idea in theory, but like most things in life, reality can be cruel. We’ve crafted a list of 10 things to…
Read moreabout:10 Tips for Setting up a Merchandise Program for your NGO
An expert piece by Garret Stembridge from www.extraspace.com. *** In the past decade, cities from Atlanta to Philadelphia to Seattle have installed light emitting diode (LED) bulbs in their traffic lights, cutting down on energy use and maintenance costs while providing…
Read moreabout:Smarty Pants: Light Up Your Business’s Life by Investing in LEDs
Photo from Fair Trade Vancouver. We often see the term ‘Fair Trade’ used and labeled on many products today. But what does it really mean? By purchasing goods with the Fair Trade Certified logo, you’re supporting equality and contributing to empowering hard…
Read moreabout:A Look at Fair Trade and its Impact on the World
This post originally appeared on Green Business Network’s blog. *** Social Compliance The emergence of ‘Codes of Conducts’ in the past 20 years is the result of stakeholder pressure and the response of brands to create a common set of…
Read moreabout:Supply Chain Impact – How To Start Assessing Your Supply Chain
Fairware’s top-selling organic T-shirt is manufactured by Anvil Knitwear. We’re glad; we like their work and their line of apparel. One of the really interesting things Anvil has done was to commission a third-party life-cycle assessment (LCA) a few years…
Read moreabout:The carbon footprint of a T-shirt
Welcome to the first in our Beyond Buzzwords article series, highlighting expert pieces on technical issues of interest to our colleagues and community. We’re pleased to start with a piece from Econscious, one of Fairware’s favorite suppliers of organic apparel…
Read moreabout:Beyond Buzzwords: Environmental Review of Screenprinting Methods
Flawsome. It’s a seemingly silly word that paints a bigger picture of the changing face of customer-business relationships—and it’s a concept we think is pretty downright awesome. Coined by Trendwatching.com as one of their 12 Crucial Customer Trends of 2012,…
Read moreabout:FLAWSOME: Humanizing Businesses
Last week, we posted a piece on bioplastics and the problems that arise from improper disposal of bioplastic and plastic products. Primarily, we touched on the misconceptions regarding labelling. Labels are sometimes misleading and the terminology used is often confusing….
Read moreabout:EXPLORING SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVES PART 2: DEGRADABLE VS. BIODEGRADABLE VS. COMPOSTABLE
We talk a lot about sustainable alternatives to commonly used products here at Fairware—from re-purposed and recycled items to organic textiles. It’s actually quite amazing how many options there are when making a conscious choice to buy better products. Take…
Read moreabout:EXPLORING SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVES: A LOOK AT BIOPLASTICS (Pt. 1)
