By Isabelle Brigout on Tuesday 14 January 2020, 05:59 - Ethical shopping
Thu Nguyen Merer designs stylish hand bags, jewels, wallet, clutch and totebags by upcycling fruit juice packagings, papers,water bottles and scrap leather: her hand crafted pieces are manufactured by women cooperatives in the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.
By Isabelle Brigout on Saturday 14 December 2019, 05:38 - Organic food
Yswara founder's Swaady Martin creates tea blends from hand-picked wild plants from southern Africa. Fair trade and respect for her employees are the basis of her brand whose motto is: "I am because we are".
By Isabelle Brigout on Tuesday 10 December 2019, 07:05 - Around sustainable luxury
Vogue has performed an audit and produced a charter of sustainable values, adopted by the twenty six editions and signed by each editor in chief with his own name; the group will communicate numeral targets in January 2020.
By Isabelle Brigout on Tuesday 8 October 2019, 17:49 - Organic food
The Heima distillery is producing absinthe, aquavit and gin, from wild harvest, in a limited edition of 2500 bottles.
By Isabelle Brigout on Tuesday 1 October 2019, 14:47 - Organic food
In the framework of Pink October, Chantal Thomass has designed the spearmint green tea with rose petals for Kusmi Tea. 100% of the benefits will be forwarded to non-profit organisations, including the association "Le Cancer du Sein, Parlons-en !" in France(*).
By Isabelle Brigout on Saturday 28 September 2019, 10:38 - Ethical shopping
Onward makes toilet and shoe bags, pouches and shopping bags from plastic bottles, jute sacks or other rough material that have been collected on the beach. Each accessory is unique and 100% upcycled.
By Isabelle Brigout on Wednesday 11 September 2019, 09:26 - Ethical shopping
Arsayo manufactures a vegan backpack, which zip cannot be open by someone else when it is worn; the process has been awarded the Gold Medal by the Concours Lépine Europe 2016 and the Medal of the French Ministry of the Interior.
