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The dress of H&M, worn by Taiwanese actress Lin Zling at the third Global Change Award in Stockholm, Sweden, in March last year, drew attention from around the world. This is because the dress material was made of orange peel. This special dress is made of 50% orange fiber and 50% organic silk. an orange textile dress is worn by Taiwanese actress Lin Zling [provided by H&M] Global fashion brand H&M recruits ideas for eco-friendly fashion at the annual Global Change Awards, with five winning teams receiving a total of 1 million euros in prize money. Orange fiber and vegetable leather made from waste after producing wine were the ideas that won the championship. Orange Fiber is made by extracting cellulose from the orange peel that is discarded in the process of processing oranges. H&M is introducing natural material fashion through its clothing line Conscientious Exclusive, which is based on eco-friendly materials and sustainability. Recently, the company has put on the ...

in the early 1990s The catch of cod, the 'national fish' in Europe and North America, has begun to drop sharply. The Grand Banks of Newfoundland, Canada, which was one of the world's largest fishing grounds in Daegu, saw its resources plunge due to overfishing, and in 1992, the Canadian government put the brakes on Daegu's fishing operations. In New England, the cod was also a symbolic fish. New England, where the port developed, used to be the place where more than 1,000 tons of seafood came into the port, but the fisheries industry collapsed after the 1990s. "In the early 1990s, overfishing and poor catch management were the starting point for the depletion of fisheries resources," Dick Jones, CEO of Ocean Outcoms, explained at a sustainable fisheries forum on the 22nd. Daegu prices soared after the devastation of the Grand Banks fishing grounds disrupted the supply of marine products. The price of cod in Britain, which stood at $84 per ton in 1992, soared t...

The question of "Will we be able to enjoy our current food and environment for the next generation?" is changing our dining landscape. To open one's purse to 'vegetable meat' instead of meat and drink 'vegetable milk' made from beans or almonds instead of milk. Small worries and changes are piling up, and the eyes of consumers and the food industry are gradually heading for the "future." The "sustainability" value of sustainability has emerged in the food industry because the risks of climate change and environmental destruction due to food production and consumption are reaching the Maginot Line. "Currently, consumers' perception of sustainability is facing a real turning point around the world," said Paolo Brai, founder and director of the World Sustainability Organization. "Consumers are showing more willingness to pay for brands that are concerned about the environment." In fact, according to a survey by mark...

March 22 was the United Nations' World Day for Water, and this year's "Water and Climate Change" was chosen as the key theme. With industrial growth and population growth, we are increasingly demanding water, but climate change, water waste and water pollution caused by this are threatening water around the world. Water security has emerged as an international issue, with experts saying that the possibility of a water war is much greater than the possibility of a nuclear war in the future. "Water stress is emerging as a form of international conflict and is threatening human food," warned Andrew Steer, head of the World Resources Institute. Korea is no exception. Korea is a food security crisis. The grain self-sufficiency rate is only 23 percent (average between 2015 and 2017 and the Korea Rural Economic Institute), ranking last among OECD members. At the same time, South Korea is the country that pointed to its high "water stress" index in a docum...

The "ethical consumption" trend is also spreading in the food industry. It's not just eating and drinking. Consumers are also choosing more eco-friendly products for food packaging. Inova Market Insight and Mintel, global food and beverage market research firms, cited eco-friendly packages as one of the 2019 food and beverage trends. More sustainably, the use of environmentally-produced packaging containers minimizes environmental pollution, restores soil health, and emphasizes ecological circulation. "In the past, carbon dioxide emissions have been emphasized in packaging, but biodegradability and soil decomposition have been emphasized in the past two to three years," said Choi Jeong-Kwan, CEO of Inobamaket Insight Korea office. The global food industry is already in the midst of a zero-plastic movement. In October last year, the EU passed a bill banning the use of several disposable plastics from 2021 to cotton swabs, plastic straws, and forks. With European ...