As we continue through our SDG Decoded series, in which we tap the denim industry to see how they’re tackling the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals, we found it was necessary to return to SDG #6. Given the role water plays in denim dyeing and washing,...
As a laundry solutions provider, Kaiser is helping denim companies be more sustainable without diminishing their designs. And while the Turkish company is truly a global provider—shipping product to over 36 countries throughout Asia, Africa and the Americas—it considers itself to be much more than just...
No man is an island, and certainly no denim company can be in pursuit of a meaningful sustainability mission alone. In the next segment of SDG Decoded, we’re learning how companies are working in tandem to pursue all the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Here, we...
Denim may be awash in a sea of sustainable green, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t still a lot of work to do. Jean Therapy, the Denim Sustainability report produced by Rivet, takes a hard look at what’s currently being done in the denim industry to...
In a development that was wholly unsurprising, we received so many plans from denim companies about Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) #12 that we had to break up the responses into two separate posts for the SDG Decoded series. Here we chat with Lucky, Boyish, Saitex, Guess...
“Sustainability makes the difference between good and bad. We are made for good.” These words from Adriano Goldschmied—the godfather of denim—represent the perfect encapsulation of the denim industry’s modern-day mission. Accepting responsibility for its part in causing incalculable damage to the environment, today’s denim brands, manufacturers...
According to the United Nations Development Programme, more than half of the world population currently lives in cities, making renewable energy and technological innovation extremely crucial to advancing sustainability. In our next edition of SDG Decoded, we’re digging into how the denim world is progressing with...
In our next edition of SDG Decoded, in which we measure the ways the denim industry is delivering on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, we’re turning our attention to #13: Climate Action. Whether it’s through reducing energy usage or aggressive recycling initiatives, all of the companies...
Denim brands are well aware of the hurdles in effective sustainable storytelling. Too much technical information and consumers shut down, while brands that glaze over facts veer into greenwashing territory. Perhaps the solution is visual storytelling. Arcadia Earth, a New York City-based art exhibit, puts the idiom...
As we found with Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) #6 in the first installment of SDG Decoded, SDG #12 – Responsible Consumption & Production – is among the most crucial priorities within the denim community. Determined to undo decades of harmful production, today’s designers and makers are...
In the first installment of SDG Decoded—in which Carved in Blue checks-in with the denim industry to gauge and share progress on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals—we’re bringing the focus to Goal #6: Clean Water & Sanitation. Not surprisingly, this particular SDG is relevant to many...
It’s time to get out of the stone age, and Lenzing’s new laundry workshop in cooperation with Jeanologia wants to help designers and product developers do just that. A Garment Processing Workshop will take place at CITEX in Puebla, Mexico on December 3rd. It is based...