Case studies and articles

Interface produces modular carpet tiles that allow for endless customisation.

Smurfit Kappa's Roermond plant has won several environmental awards over the years.

Nebia leverages advances in design and thermofluids to create a better shower experience that saves thousands of gallons of water a year.

TU Delft is researching how the self-healing capacity of concrete structures can be improved by using calcite-precipitating bacteria and what conditions are nece

Gary Chang, managing director of the Edge Design Institute, has designed his own 344-square-foot Hong Kong apartment to have movable walls and furniture to create over 24 different rooms, from a ki

Practical Action is implementing integrated rice-duck farming project in Chitwan and Nawalparasi districts of Nepal with the financial support of Grand Challenges Canada.

The Biological House was created by a multidisciplinary team involving more than 40 partners, including Copenhagen-based design firm Een TIl Een, sustainable architecture firm GXN, wood-treatment c

A team of Chinese scientists are now able to create electricity with the assistance of raindrops thanks to a thin layer of graphene they use to coat their solar cells.

Levi’s launched a Water<Less™ line of jeans in 2011, designed to reduce the use of water.

Cologic is a company that specialises in portable, vertical transportation systems to transporting waste paper, cardboard and plastic, from the workplace to

QO hotel in Amsterdam aims to embrace a sustainable, circular approach and generate a positive impact for both people and planet.

Vex Clothing provides a repair kit to mend tears and holes in their clothing. The kit includes: latex patches, rubber glue, and a sponge brush.

LINPAC Packaging has developed a groundbreaking super lightweight mono-material tray for meat and poultry to assist retailers and packers across Europe comply with rigorous eco-taxes designed to cu

Premier Sustain has teamed up with a leading furniture manufacturer to produce the UK’s first truly ‘circular’ office chair. The Orangebox Premier collaboration enables end-of-life G64 chairs that

In the United States, Pentair worked with Urban Organics to develop the Recirculating Aquaculture System.

Enviro-Grow is a green, social enterprise committed to creating innovative eco-friendly products, packaging and promotional concepts that make a tangible, sustainable difference to our planet and o

In 1993, graphic designers Markus and Daniel Freitag were looking for a functional, water-repellent and robust bag to hold their creative work.

HNST jeans will be the first ever made from 50% recycled denim.

OAT made the world’s first biodegradable sneakers that grow flowers when you plant them.

G-Star created sustainable jeans that achieved the first ever overall GOLD Certification for denim fabric in the world, made with 100% organic cotton without hazardous chemicals. The jeans replace 

ReGen Village, outside of Amsterdam, is a model for a future, fully closed-loop settlement. In ReGen, any household waste that can be composted will feed livestock or soldier flies; the soldier fli

Unpackaged market stall launched as a test in 2006 as a better way to sell products without unnecessary packaging.

Belgian automotive group WorldAutoSteel has developed light-weight, steel-intensive designs that reduce (electric) vehicle weight.