"Modern Synthesis has closed a $4.1 million seed funding round. The U.K.-based biomaterials startup scooped investment from AgFunder, Collaborative Fund, Acequia Capital and Petri Bio, amongst numerou ...
2022
"Apparel Impact Institute announces lead funders for new $250m fashion climate fund, uniting brands, philanthropic donors, and industry stakeholders. Lead funders include Lululemon, H&M Group, H&M Fou ...
"Materials science company Pangaia and Japanese biotech start-up Spiber have teamed up to unveil the world’s first sweatshirt featuring ‘Brewed Protein’ fibres and organic cotton." ...
"European Union negotiators are expected to give final approval to the bloc’s first-ever quota for the proportion of women on corporate boards, a lawmaker said on Tuesday, in a bid to boost representa ...
"Fashion is many things. Bold, experimental, and highly influential, to name a few. It’s a place of innovation and boundary-pushing. Which is exactly what the world needs right now. That’s why we are ...
"For the first time in i-D’s history, it is staying away from new fashion. Instead, the Vice-owned magazine’s summer issue, focused on sustainability, will use its fashion section to highlight the way ...
"Together with the VDMD, network of German fashion and textile designers, Messe Frankfurt will award the designer of the year for sustainable collections at Neonyt Lab which will begin from June 24, 2 ...
"Speaking at the Global Fashion Summit in Copenhagen, CEO Leo Rongone announced the brand is reproducing new handbags from its archives, considering lifetime repairs and has an internal app aimed to b ...
"Brands are now taking control over resale. How does Vestiaire Collective figure into that? “With the brand engagement in resale, it’s our turn to look at our business model. We know how to do secondh ...
"PM pledges £80m of government funding to move industry to circular model. There has been little cause for celebration in Downing Street this week. But on Wednesday evening the prime minister, accompa ...
"Abstract In recent years, airborne microplastics have been identified in a range of remote environments. However, data throughout the Southern Hemisphere, in particular Antarctica, are largely absent ...
"New Zealand researchers identified tiny plastics, which can be toxic to plants and animals, in 19 snow samples." ...
"Adrian Zenz, a Senior Fellow and Director in China Studies, writing in The Jamestown Foundation said that the rebuttable presumption defined in the Uyghur Forced Labour Prevention Act (UFLPA) enacted ...
""Let's do a deep-dive into Boohoo's company conduct and see how the fast fashion brand stacks up in terms of sustainability. Plus, some extra tips on quitting fast fashion!"" ...
"Speakers at a roundtable said women lag behind in receiving service related to depositing money through bank accounts, mobile banking and agent banking as well as loan, expenditure and transaction." ...
"More than 200 garment workers, who are on a labour dispute with Canteran Apparel (Cambodia) Co Ltd, said yesterday they will continue their protest for pending salaries and benefits from the company. ...
"Denim is the only fabric with yarns initially dyed and then washed out to achieve its signature look. By challenging the way denim is traditionally made, Pakistan-based Soorty is saving an average of ...
"Brands including Stella McCartney, Balenciaga and Hermès are making products from mushroom-based material. BoF’s chief sustainability correspondent Sarah Kent details the forces pushing next-gen fabr ...
"The Spanish materials supplier, whose clients include companies like Zara-owner Inditex and Revolve, raised $100 million as it targets growth amid mounting demand for recycled fibres." ...
"The following 10 companies and organizations announced major new commitments today, joining 30 companies that have already invested since the launch of the Call to Action in May 2021: [...] Gap Inc.: ...