"Executive Summary: How fair is fashion’s water footprint? reports on the water-related impacts of textile and apparel production in Africa to supply the ever-growing needs of the global fashion indus ...
"Water Witness International’s report states that global fast fashion brands are helping drive pollution across African waters Inditex’s Zara, Asos and H&M have sourced their clothes from African nati ...
"Here’s the good news—these days, we have access to more reliable, robust, and in-depth information on the fashion industry than ever before. The bad news? Fashion has a misinformation problem. That m ...
"Dutch startup Dayrize has launched a sustainable marketplace featuring an AI-powered vetting tool to help consumers make informed decisions on the environmental impact of products. The proprietary as ...
"The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) has partnered with global lifestyle brand Ugg to launch a new platform aimed to enhance the sustainable supply chain. Material Hub will be available ...
"Allbirds is challenging its competitors in the apparel space to do much better on the sustainable clothing front. "Certainly in the five years we have been around we have seen an acceleration from th ...
"The shoe industry is lending aid to Haiti after another deadly earthquake hit the country over the weekend. [...] Kenneth Cole — who has been a major proponent of Haiti’s economic vitality through va ...
"Is global supply chain transparency really possible? Find out during today’s Industry Chat between AAFA President and CEO Steve Lamar and Vivek Ramachandran CEO of Serai. They’re talking about how su ...
"While once it was a well-kept secret, shouted about by only the most dedicated environmentalist campaigners and writers, fashion’s enormous impact on the planet is now common knowledge. In order to p ...
"TikTok has had a big impact on fashion retail in the past 12 months, with brands increasingly using the platform to both determine trends and drive sales. If you are of a certain demographic or a reg ...
"Introducing a national initiative regarding health insurance coverage for readymade garment workers and wage earners of other sectors, in collaboration with government and private entities, is crucia ...
"Global non-profit Textile Exchange says the transition to what it terms 'preferred fibres and materials' must accelerate if the industry is to meet its climate change targets. The organisation's new ...
"Sustainability has become a major talking point in the denim world as brands and retailers tout their efforts tied to everything from cotton cultivation to worker welfare. But without true visibility ...
"On a sweltering summer afternoon almost a decade ago, Meenu Tewari was visiting a weaving company in Surat in western India. Tewari, an urban planner, frequently makes such visits to understand how m ...
"If you picked up a $5 T-shirt at your local store, and it was clearly labelled as ‘made by slave labour’, would you buy it? Current labelling regulations in Australia ensure that, as a consumer, you ...
"As well as offering a way to control overproduction, on-demand manufacturing could be the tool fashion needs to welcome empowered consumers and the creator economy into what has historically been a c ...
"Investors are backing resale platforms that go after niche categories like formalwear, kidswear and outdoors apparel as the resale market continues to grow. [...] “The opportunity is in extremely hig ...
"Growing cotton sustainably, without the use of genetically modified seeds and without irrigation: this is what the WWF and the Cotton made in Africa (CmiA) initiative are campaigning for small busine ...
"Over the past five years, a number of signals indicate that significant regulatory change may be coming to the fashion industry in Western Europe and the United States. In the U.S., fashion brands ha ...
"Global fashion and lifestyle retailer Shein will be hosting the first-ever Shein X 100K Challenge series this summer. The 4 episode series will feature a star-studded panel of judges including Khloé ...
