Personal Sustainability

InfoGraphics: Why buy local?

A great comparison on where your money goes when you buy from a local business versus a non-local business.

One Textile Label to Cut the Confusion: L.E.A.F.

Elinor Averyt is the founder of a proposed eco-labeling program, ‘Labeling Ecologically Approved Fabrics™ ’ (L.E.A.F.) which aims to eliminate confusion in the US market around environmental and social labeling for apparel and other textile products. The three month public review process for LEAF is launching this week, during which industry stakeholders and the general public are being invited to participate in a collaborative development process. Ms. Averyt made some time for an exclusive Q&A with Sustainable Life Media.

Building the Business Case ::.

Your company has been progressing nicely up the sustainability curve from compliance to cost savings. The next logical step is reputation and revenue generation, and it's here that many sustainability pros hit a roadblock.

Low Income Consumers Drive Sustainable Purchasing


Miller Zell, a retail and strategy design firm, finds that lower income shoppers are driving the sustainable product marketplace, not the higher income, lifestyle consumers many think of as supporting sustainability.

Climate Change “Scientists Are Divided”

Nokia: Embedding Green in the User Experience

Fresh from the 2009 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, SLM contributor Lucas Daniel offers a firsthand look at how Nokia is telling its sustainability story - via cellphone.

One in Four Consumers Boycott Ethically Challenged Companies


One in seven consumers (14%) have decided not to buy from a company with a poor reputation for environmental responsibility, and almost a quarter consider a company’s ethics before making a purchase, according to a new U.K. survey.

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