G-Star – RAW impact from just the product
When it comes to fashion, becoming a fully sustainable brand is a great challenge. The polluting nature of the production process and the high demands of consumers, ensure that sustainability now receives more attention than ever before. However, there’s still room for big improvements. Getting rid of fast …
SOON – Connecting for social potential
Inspiring, connecting and promoting – being part of projects and plans to create a better future, is at the heart of organization SOON. This social connector is based in Utrecht and committed to converting great ideas into workable plans. This means that they are connecting students to social …
Senfal – Dreaming of a world without fossil fuel
Renewable energy is posed to be the next big thing within the energy supply sector. The many benefits of green energy are already creating a positive image with a majority of people. Still, factors such as high prices and problems with energy storage may outweigh the benefits of …
Marie-Stella-Maris is putting purpose at work
Marie-Stella-Maris puts purpose at the heart of her products. The brand acknowledges the problem of water scarcity, affecting a great deal of poor and underprivileged communities. Sustainable Development Goal #6 raises this issue, and aims working on sustainable water (management) and sanitation for everyone. Marie-Stella-Maris agrees with the …
Kuyichi 2.0: on a mission
The fashion industry is in high need of positive impact creators. The polluting nature, insufficient working conditions and unsustainable supply chains create a big negative impact. Sustainable produce isn’t easy to find in the stores and fast fashion still seems to be the norm. The need to replace …
Kromkommer: quality beyond looks
The food you buy at the grocery store, always looks picture perfect. Bright colors and equal shapes. But freshness and quality aren’t defined by these standards, and what grows in the earth, isn’t supposed to be judged on its looks. With a rapidly growing world population, 1 billion …
Marketing for a better world
What do you do when a 13-year-old boy or girl in Ghana is familiar with the second name of Arsenals left-winger and does not know that washing your hands is important? You start the Football for Water program. We are grateful that we have assisted Football For Water …
De opkomst van de Ecosystem Enterprise
In de snel veranderende wereld wordt van bedrijven verwacht dat ze continue innoveren. Innovatie staat dan ook hoog op de agenda van iedere organisatie, maar hoe effectief zijn die innovaties nu eigenlijk als we geen rekening houden met het systeem waarin we opereren? Dieuwertje Damen van Rainbow Collection …
TrendWatcher of the Year Awards 2015/2016
Rainbow Collection and trend experts from around the world are working together to build the bridge between future visions and future proof business. Innovation and change are the buzz words of our times, but how can we make sure that it all contributes to a sustainable world? ‘We …
Sustainable business: 5 Years of Impact
Sustainable Business: How 5 years of business can build a better world? Exactly five years ago we launched our very first project with one single mission in mind: supporting companies to be the best in the world and for the world. As business-minded thinkers, we see businesses as the architects …
Talking about sustainable innovation: There’s a whole new world out there!
Generally speaking, we have two types of people in this world. One that believes the glass is half full and one that sees the glass as half empty. At least, that’s one way of looking at mankind. This old ‘philosophical’ question about the way people perceive the world …