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The world's first sustainable luxury award winners were announced in Buenos Aires earlier this month. The awards recognise outstanding leadership towards sustainable luxury, and are open to any company with a business connection to Latin America. All the winners were small enterprises, which indicates how entrepreneurs, and their young companies, are embracing sustainability to move ahead in the luxury sector. "The history of luxury is a history of entrepreneurs innovating new products,…

Announcing The World's First Sustainable Luxury Awards - Buenos Aires, November 4th, 2011.



Organised by the Center for Study of Sustainable Luxury (CSSL) and the Authentic Luxury Network.



Innovation in creating luxury goods and services that promote positive social and environmental outcomes is growing. To recognise and support the pioneers in sustainable luxury, new…

The Millward Brown brand report has an interesting section on Luxury – well it’s not luxury at all rather an interesting section on luxury brands.

According to the report the current market of the top 10 luxury brands have a combined brand value of nearly 65.5 billion Dollars - I wonder does this really imply that they are manufacturing luxury goods or simply, as I…

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“PPR Group (EPA:PP)Sustainability Initiative PPR Home To Set…

The world's first sustainable luxury MBA module just launched at IE Business School in Madrid, with a class of 24 from all continents.

Lifeworth Consulting's Professor Jem Bendell conceived, designed and led the class, with guest lectures from the Corporate Citizenship Manager of…

Dear All,

EcoIngenuity Inc is the company of of our flagship brand Jacinto&Lirio (means Hyacinth and Lily) and we are  a finalist to the 2011 Unreasonable Institute

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Unreasonable Institute Challenges Its 45 Finalists to Raise $200,000 from 1 Million People in 50 Days

 

Entrepreneurs from over 60 countries vied for the 25 slots available to attend the…

The battered face of F1 head Bernie Ecclestone features in a new advert for the Swiss watch brand Hublot following his mugging in London in November. The 80-year-old features in an ad with the tag-line ‘See what people will do for a Hublot’.



The advert was attacked by the group Victim Support. "Everyone reacts differently to crime,” a Victim Support spokesman told the BBC. "Although it appears Bernie Ecclestone can make light of the incident and get on with his life, for many…

It's been a busy season for authentic luxury…

Caresse de Soie is a complete range of natural and refined ethical silk lingerie launched in 2009 by Peau-Ethique. Since the beginning of 2010, the line is offered in

black colour fortwice more Glamour…

This year’s FT Business of Luxury Summit, brought together more than 300 hundred luxury professionals from around the world at the iconic Beverly Hills Hotel to discuss “The Medium and The Message.” Some of the highlights from the two day conference were blogged by Imran Amed on The Luxury Society. Three of the eight highlights clearly demonstrate the importance of values for luxury brands. He notes:

Celebrities want part of the action, over the…

http://hec-ssbc.org/2010/03/luxury-and-sustainability-a-real-partnership/#more-135

Welcome to an occasional update from The Authentic Luxury Network.

With over 500 members, our network is growing. However, quality not quantity is important. Therefore all new requests to join are screened for commitment to advancing social

and environmental excellence in high-end brands, and some existing

members will be requested in the coming week to affirm…