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Meet retail’s new sustainability strategy: Personalization

TechCrunch

Startups that deliver sustainable personalization solutions that also improve business for retailers and brands fall into three categories: AR virtual try-on with shade matching. Advanced virtual fitting rooms with VR/AR for fashion. Smart packaging with IoT and distributed ledger technology. AR virtual try-on with shade matching.

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DS Smith sets a single-cloud agenda for sustainability

CIO

British multinational packaging giant DS Smith has committed itself to ambitious sustainability goals, and its IT strategy to standardize on a single cloud will be a key enabler. From a sustainability perspective, utilizing a cloud platform unlocks the company’s data and its value chain’s data end-to-end,” Burion says.

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Curated Loop is ranging indie designer picks for an edgier take on fashion rentals

TechCrunch

Here’s a fashion rental startup with a twist: London, U.K.-based Curated Loop’s co-founders, Anna Caldana and Rachel Mcluckie, bring a background in (and passion for) fashion to what they hope will be badged as a fresh approach to designer rentals. So the promise is access to unique high-end designs. to rent the look).

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Green is the fashion flavor of the week with Rubi Labs’ materials made from captured CO2

TechCrunch

When you think of green, climate-aware industries, you’d be forgiven if fashion isn’t at the top of your list. Not a moment too soon, either — the fashion industry emits more carbon than international flights and shipping combined, representing around 10% of greenhouse gases every year, the BBC reports.

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Dissecting Alstom’s three-part IT strategy

CIO

And with four industrial centers, four technology centers, and a foothold in more than 20 maintenance workshops, the company’s technological strategy is pivotal to progress as Pablo Celada, director of technology and systems for Europe at Alstom, reveals. Can you describe the strategy behind purchasing Bombardier’s railway business for €4.4

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Why these co-founders turned their sustainability podcast into a VC-backed business

TechCrunch

When Laura Wittig and Liza Moiseeva met as guests on a podcast about sustainable fashion, they jibed so well together that they began one of their own: Good Together. The startup makes sure that every product is created with sustainable and ethical supply chain processes and sustainable material. Image Credits: Brightly.

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Climate and Sustainability Hackathon—Meet the Judges!

Cloudera

Back in October, we announced the first-ever Cloudera Climate and Sustainability Hackathon , powered by AMD. More than 2,300 data scientists competed in the Climate and Sustainability Hackathon—a record number of Cloudera Hackathon participants for an incredibly important cause.