Ethos | Regenerative Outcome Verification™
Step inside Timberland's award-winning regenerative projects
Drapers Sustainable Fashion Award-winning brand Timberland is using regenerative agriculture and cross-industry collaboration to meet its ambitious sustainability targets. Its senior manager of environmental stewardship, Meredith Lipnick, tells Drapers about its strategies.
“We’re proud to work with Terra Genesis and this grower community, which is continually refining their farming practices to reduce their impact on our planet.” - Jeannie Renné Malone, the company’s Vice President of Global Sustainability
The Brands: Why regenerative rubber is the future for VF Corp
VF Corporation, the global specialist in branded lifestyle apparel, has recently announced that starting from this year several of its brands are releasing new product collections that take advantage of regeneratively sourced natural rubber, through VF’s pilot program in Thailand with Terra Genesis, an international regenerative design firm.
Thailand is the world’s largest exporter of rubber, and Chorthip is a key farmer demonstrating and leading a shift to regenerative agroforestry methods. She’s transformed her land from a rubber monoculture to a diverse rubber forest garden, implementing organic practices that improve the quality of life for both her family and her community.
The North Face
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Our work to develop a latex supply chain,in particular, will open up new economic opportunities: in addition to experiencing higher yields from Wanakaset agroforestry compared to monocropped plantations, farmers can roughly double their income selling latex compared to cup lump rubber on a per kilogram basis.
Natural Fiber Welding
Wanakaset rubber regenerative agroforestry