Dive Summary:
- General Motors Company has donated 2,000 yards of Sonozorb insulated fabric, usually used to reduce noise that can be heard while driving, to Empowerment Plan, a Detroit, Mich.-based non-profit that creates coats for the homeless.
- The company is comprised of nine seamstresses who were formerly homeless, who make 150 of the innovative coats annually. The coats can be converted into sleeping bags and are to be distributed throughout the United States.
- Veronika Scott, founder of Empowerment Plan, states that the donation from GM has “directly impacted our ability to produce at the rate we’ve been going” and the team will be able to create around 400 coats from this donation.
From the article:
The insulation is the biggest expense of the self-heating, waterproof design of Veronika Scott, founder of Empowerment Plan.
GM officials said they are getting more creative with their commitment to waste reduction. The company has 106 landfill-free facilities globally that take all waste from daily operations and recycle, reuse or convert it to energy.
