FOREVER. BETTER: GREEN FLAGS

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THE CARBON CRUNCH

2024-11-2122:39

For the first Green Flags challenge, PUMA surprises Maya, Oli, and Moses by asking them to crunch the numbers on their daily greenhouse gas emissions. Spoiler alert: the results might just make you rethink your morning routine!With help from Luke Jacque-Rodney—one of PUMA’s Voices of a RE:GENERATION—the hosts begin to uncover the real impact of their everyday choices on the planet. Along the way, they also explore the steps PUMA has already taken to reduce its own greenhouse gas emissions.Eve...

Introducing… PUMA’S GREEN FLAGS

2024-11-1400:39

Maya Le Tissier, Man United captain and Lioness, Oli Bromfield, fashion and lifestyle Guru, and Moses Duckrell, pro-footballer turned content creator, are on a mission to become more climate-conscious – because caring for the planet is the ultimate green flag… right? Welcome to Green Flags, a FOREVER. BETTER podcast by PUMA. Each week, they’ll take on unexpected challenges to show you how small changes in your everyday life can add up to a big difference for the planet. Think ...

When it comes to health and safety, does the West know best?

2023-07-2023:25

In this episode, Head of Knowledge Exchange at the Centre for Sustainable Fashion Monica Buchan-Ng speaks with PUMA’s Chief Sourcing Officer, Anne-Laure Descours about factory worker’s working conditions in the textile industry. They also discuss what progress has been made since the tragic incident at Rana Plaza ten years ago.—------PUMA has ten target areas, each with a set of goals, that we are striving to reach by 2025. This episode focuses on the target area of Health and Safety.Ensuring...

How much water is in your wardrobe?

2023-07-1317:11

Malaysian-based eco-conscious Earth Day Ambassador Melissa Tan discusses how fashion’s thirst for water is impacting our changing climate with Kurt Kipka from the Apparel Impact Institute. Learn about the ins and outs of how much water goes into making our clothes and shoes and how the industry is taking steps to ensure less draughts and water scarcity. —------PUMA has ten target areas, each with a set of goals, that we are striving to reach by 2025. This episode focuses on the target area of...

Can sustainably sourced leather help save the rainforest?

2023-07-0618:55

US based environmental justice advocate, Diandra Marizet interviews Senior Traceability Manager, Vanessa Brain from the Leather Working Group on the concept of ‘traceability’. Discover how visibility over the supply process can develop a better relationship between our ancient forests and the leather industry. —------PUMA has ten target areas, each with a set of goals, that we are striving to reach by 2025. This episode focuses on the target area of Product. The PUMA Environmental Profit and ...

Eliminating plastic bags: it’s easy, right?

2023-06-2918:23

Singapore-based founder of sustainable bag company (Peco) Yumika Hoskin is joined by PUMA’s Head of Labelling and Packaging, Jordan Eichenberger to discuss the use of plastic in the fashion industry. Discover the answers to why brands are still using plastic packaging, whether or not it’s ever ok to use it and if there are alternatives that actually work.In the episode, Jordan quotes an article from the Washington Post. You can find that article here – https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co...

If a tree falls in an ancient forest, does it end up in your closet?

2023-06-2218:29

India based Environmental Activist Ripudaman Bevli is joined by Nicole Rycroft, Founder and Executive Director at Canopy Planet. An organisation working with companies like PUMA and their supply chains to protect our ancient forests and ecosystems from the impacts of industries such as fashion. —------PUMA has ten target areas, each with a set of goals, that we are striving to reach by 2025. This episode focuses on the target area of Biodiversity. Many species, including plants, animals, bact...

Can radical collaboration solve fashion’s renewable energy problem?

2023-06-1515:05

Hong-Kong based Fashion Designer Bertha Shum is joined by Sectors Engagement Decarbonation Lead, Lindita Xhaferi-Salihu from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Expect to hear discussions on whether radical collaboration is the answer to tackling climate change and how brands can be doing more to address the issue.—------PUMA has ten target areas, each with a set of goals, that we are striving to reach by 2025. This episode focuses on the target area of Climate Action.C...

Would you pay a premium for a better wage?

2023-06-0815:20

US based Human Rights and Sociology Student Amina Shakeel talks with Chief of Staff and Director of Engagement Shelly Han from the Fair Labour Association (FLA). Join them both in conversations touching on the challenges faced by migrant workers in the textiles industry and hear what’s being done by the FLA, as well as brands, to create a fairer labour market in the global south.—------PUMA has ten target areas, each with a set of goals, that we are striving to reach by 2025. This episode foc...

Can we really make fashion circular at scale?

2023-05-3114:46

US-based fashion designer and upcycler Andrew Burgess chats with PUMA’s Senior Manager, Corporate Strategy, Simon Hessel, about upcycling materials and defining 'circularity', the role of brands vs shoppers in ensuring more sustainable fashion and how PUMA’s RE:FIBRE project is a step towards a better future.—------PUMA has ten target areas, each with a set of goals, that we are striving to reach by 2025. This episode focuses on the target area of Circularity. Circular fashion is about extend...

Chemical Detox: The protest that cleaned up China’s rivers

2023-05-3113:24

Germany based content creator Luke Jaque-Rodney interviews Klaas Nuttbohm, Implementation Director at ZDHC, an organisation that aims to reduce the fashion industry’s chemical footprint. They discuss how and why making fashion needs chemicals, and what they're doing to lead garment manufacturers towards better alternatives.—------PUMA has ten target areas, each with goals, that PUMA is striving to reach by 2025. This episode focuses on the target area of Chemicals.Chemicals are a crucial comp...

Penalised for peeing: the fight for women workers’ rights

2023-05-3115:14

US-based community organiser Anya Dillard meets PUMA’s Teamhead Social Sustainability, Viola Wan to learn more about the challenges garment factory workers face. They also discuss the responsibilities of brands towards women working in their partner factories and what they’re doing to ensure greater gender equity.—------PUMA has ten target areas, each with goals, that PUMA is striving to reach by 2025. This episode focuses on Human Rights. Human rights in the apparel and footwear industry and...

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