"Klarna’s Sustainable Collections are curated in collaboration with Good On You, the world's leading sustainability rating platform for fashion brands. Featuring 23 different clothing brands in the Kl ...
2022
"A new report from the Planet Tracker think-tank quotes our own 'Busting Myths' investigation to accuse fashion companies of using "zombie data" to promote products and services as sustainable. Bustin ...
"Zombie data, data that are false, unverifiable or lack credibility, have become all too en vogue. From fake news to corporate greenwashing, zombie data have been used to mislead or for monetary gain. ...
"VF Corporation, which owns brands including The North Face, Vans and Timberland, has launched a new feature which enables consumers to track the supply chains of some of its most popular products. Th ...
"Footwear brand Vans has introduced VR3 accreditation, a new in-house certification it will assign to products made up of at least 30 per cent regenerative, responsibly sourced, renewable and/or recyc ...
"High fees for disposal and recycling can boost the sustainable effect under some circumstances. The fashion industry produces far more inventory than it sells, consuming and polluting more of the pla ...
"Sustainable activewear brand TALA has raised £4.2 million in funding, co-led by Active Partners and Venrex to support the brand's growth. Founded by fitness entrepreneur and influencer Grace Beverley ...
"Haiti remains in the midst of multiple crises as the country grapples with the question of who will lead the nation in the aftermath of the assassination of President Jovenel Moise. Most recently, th ...
"Science Based Targets initiative makes changes after complaint about transparency and potential for conflict of interest. The independent oversight group that has become the arbiter of corporate clim ...
"Australian leak-proof apparel brand Modibodi have launched what they claim is the world’s first biodegradable period and pee proof underwear. The Modibodi Biodegradable Brief is an innovative solutio ...
"Slow fashion and lifestyle brand Toast has revealed that it will be scaling back its collections to produce 20 percent fewer styles than previous seasons as part of its roadmap to sustainability. In ...
"Senate Bill 62, also known as the Garment Worker Protection Act, is effective starting on January 1, 2022. The new law addresses proper payment of employees in the garment industry and the responsibi ...
"Sustainability sells, but how can retailers market around the trendy topic when eco-friendly products are often inaccessible to the average consumer? [...] How can the average retail brand seize on s ...
"Be it modern baby care brand Coterie (whose compostable wipes earned a Good Housekeeping seal) or Rebelstork, the B Corp augmenting gear searches for busy parents — baby goods are looking more and mo ...
"PFAS (per and polyfluoroalkyl substances) are becoming the latest fashion faux pas across multi-billion dollar apparel brands. February kicked off with a series of major announcements to eliminate th ...
"To truly be sustainable, a company needs to consider not only its impact on the environment, but also on lives. Peruvian manufacturer Textil del Valle takes this to heart. The company—which counts Pa ...
"The last few Men's Fashion Weeks proved fashion brands' ongoing difficulties of getting back on track to pre-pandemic days. Physical runway shows have partially returned but fashion brands continue t ...
"The executive ranks at big brands increasingly include once-unknown job titles, reflecting an industry-wide shift in focus to improve its record in areas such as diversity, sustainability and logisti ...
"A garment manufacturer at the Export Processing Zone Authority (Epza) in Athi River that operates 24 hours closed on Wednesday after workers strike over a new payroll system entered the second day. H ...
"Chemicals manufacturer Huntsman Textile Effects has implemented a water conservation process to improve water efficiency and reduce net water usage at its Baroda facility. Huntsman says the water con ...