"Decathlon is currently probing how to reduce its supply chain’s CO2 footprint. A project driven by Decathlon’s trekking brand Forclaz, based in Sallanches in the French Alps, with the launch of the M ...
"At the Sustainable Apparel Coalition’s (SAC) annual meeting last week in Singapore, a highly-anticipated session including representatives of Higg, the Norwegian Consumer Authority (NCA) and Norrøna ...
"A vintage jumper riddled with moth-holes might be considered 'old' because its physical appearance couldn’t convince you otherwise. A sparkly, now miraculously shrunken dress that you bought for a bi ...
"Adhering to antitrust regulation while negotiating collective sustainability targets is proving tougher to navigate for some in the fashion industry. [...] This past May, European Union antitrust reg ...
"Citizens of Humanity, a Los Angeles denim company whose jeans cost roughly $200 a pair, is on a quest to curb its environmental footprint—starting with its raw materials. This year, it has partnered ...
"“This is a decisive decade in the history of humankind” – Christiana Figueres, Former Executive Secretary, UNFCCC. Friday 4th November: Hosted outside of Copenhagen for the first time in its 13-year ...
"Hosted outside of Copenhagen for the first time, the Global Fashion Summit this week assembled over 250 stakeholders representing manufacturers, garment workers, retailers, brands, suppliers, NGOs, p ...
"Adidas says it is investigating one of its supplier factories in Myanmar which is alleged to have sacked trade union members striking over pay and conditions." ...
"My favourite T-shirt is almost six years old. It’s a black, fitted crew neck tee that was made in Australia from Japanese cotton jersey. Not a single T-shirt I’ve bought since comes close in fit or q ...
"“The factory where the fire broke out exports sportswear, which is highly inflammable and the fire spread very quickly. The fire broke out at the ground floor of the building and soon reached the fir ...
"Big brands are changing the way they talk about sustainability following a regulatory crackdown in Europe. But exactly how companies should be required to substantiate their eco-marketing claims rema ...
"The annual cotton harvest in Uzbekistan, which began in stages in early September, is coming to an end. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, 21,379 brigades covering nearly two million pickers w ...
"The Uzbek government and local cotton companies should take immediate action to safeguard the progress made to end state-imposed forced labor in the cotton harvest and develop a cotton industry that ...
"Small businesses pushing for progress through practice are creating a slow but pertinent snowball effect The fashion industry presents itself as a dichotomy today. Clothing brings so much joy to many ...
"Many people outside the fashion industry may not have heard of it, but the Higg Index sustainability rating system has been used by big fashion brands for years to help them self-assess their sustain ...
"As part of its commitment to becoming a sustainability leader, Danish luxury fashion label Ganni has backed Bolt Threads, the California-based materials startup focused on mycelium leather. The new i ...
"Last month, trade unions organized a public meeting in Colombo, presenting a 13-point resolution. In it, the unions strongly condemned the government’s anti-people and anti-worker policies. “We stron ...
"Last month, Marks & Spencer became the fifth western fashion brand to announce it would leave Myanmar. This means that M&S will stop buying garments made in Myanmar by March 2023. Trade unions have t ...
"Dozens of private sector auditors, consultancies, labs, and certifications provide an expensive and inefficient form of surveillance over the supply chain on behalf of brands. Many of these organizat ...
"Swedish fashion giant H&M and IKEA owner, the Ingka Group, are among more than 50 major companies representing US$900 billion of annual revenue to have signed up for a new declaration on climate chan ...
