Luau

A shopping app designed for long-term sustainability.

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A shopping app designed for long-term sustainability.

1 follower

Luau aggregates brands like Nike, Ulta, Gymshark and Allbirds and covers discovery, purchase and tracking. But the best part of Luau is that it shows the environmental impact of what it sells. Read the blog post to see how we're designing for sustainability!

Launch tags:

iOS•E-Commerce•Climate Tech

Launch Team

Ravi Bajnath

Good incentive. I wonder if this data array can also have a scored labor rating. When one measures the environmental impact, it is imperative to measure the cost of human activity to manufacture/move the product. E.g. - Jordan's are made in sweatshops, Whole Foods sources prison labor for cutlery and food products, and almost all (new) corporations are union-busting (local wage slavery). This should be sourceable per the largest brands and maybe a brand onboarding question to collect for sustainability purposes. If I were to modify this for another purpose, measure the top U.S. defense contractors to measure the top polluter in the world (US military) and the companies that operate under their general contracting. A great book to illustrate that is Smedley Butler's 1935 "War is a Racket" for motivation.

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5yr ago

Rull

Luau

Maker

@ravi_bajnath I'm with you 100%. Will do everything in my power to get that data and help ensure the future says NO to abhorrent manufacturing practices.

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5yr ago

Aldo Silva

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Love this. How are you gonna get the info for each individual product as you scale?

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5yr ago

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Luau

Maker

@aldo_silva we're currently showing environmental impact based on the material composition of each product, which is pretty universal data. Ultimately the goal is to show exact scope-3 carbon emissions per product and make it an industry standard to disclose that information on product pages. The big idea is that people are inherently good and vote with their dollars, so showing them the environmental impact of each product can activate market forces aligned with emission reduction.

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5yr ago

Aldo Silva

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@luauworld Love it. Best of luck!

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5yr ago

Rull

Luau

Maker

@aldo_silva much appreciated.

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