Chef Alain Passard's organic vegetable baskets, delivered each week by bicycle

alain-passard-small.jpgAlain Passard, Chef of the restaurant l'Arpège(*) in Paris, is cooking vegetables produced in his own gardens, located in France. The excess production can be ordered and delivered each week.

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Chefs and handi-able people cook together an exceptional lunch

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Five chefs, a chocolate maker and five persons with Downs syndrome will cook a unique lunch on January 20th, 2023 in Lyon: devised in cooperation with the Gourmhandises association, the happening aims to sensitize the public and professionals to difficulties encountered by disabled persons in gaining entry to the labour market.

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Overall jackets made from luxury fabrics from dead stocks

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Soubacq reinterprets the overall jacket for women and men, and manufactures it in limited editions in its Parisian workshop, from luxury fabrics from dead stocks.

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Autonomous clock, that charges through temperature fluctuations

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Jaeger Lecoultre reissues the Atmos clock, that charges autonomously through temperature fluctuations. The energy consumption of a 15-watt electric light bulb is equivalent to the needs of sixty million near-perpetual clocks.

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Universal and certified cosmetics made from 100% organic ingredients

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Sandra Gasmi has launched Demain®, a short range of cosmetics made from 100% organic ingredients, suitable for all skin types and Cosmos Organic certified by Ecocert.

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Kering and l'Occitane group will invest 300 millions in 2023 to protect biodiversity

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Kering is teaming up with the L'Occitane group(*) to launch the Climate Fund for Nature, dedicated to financing nature protection; 140 million euros are already committed out of a 300 milion euros target size. The fund, managed by Mirova 100% dedicated to sustainable investing, will be open to new partner companies to support the scaling up of its positive impacts on the ground. 

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Luxury brands build on CSR to reinvent themselves

Centre-du-luxe-small.png Corporate and social responsibility is not a punishment but an excellent opportunity to reinvent oneself: luxury brands related their commitments during discussions of the Centre du Luxe et de la Création on last December 8th in Paris.

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