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Apparel Giants Bringing Future-Friendly Fabrics to the Mainstream
1 month ago - The apparel industry is awash in launches of circular, plant-based and carbon-sequestering fabrics set to help future-proof fashion.
COP27 Yields More Impressive Forest-Conservation Commitments; But Will Our Efforts Go Up in Smoke?
6 months ago - From COP27, we see more and more business initiatives focused on not only reaching sustainability, but averting a climate crisis and achieving nature positivity — but have climate-fueled forest fires already nullified our chances at an effective carbon market?
Trending: Baby Steps on Eliminating Transport Emissions Still Leave Big Carbon Footprint
1 year ago - Wednesday was Transport Day at COP26; and promising corporate and government pledges came together from airlines, automakers and the shipping industry. But the question remains: Are we doing enough, fast enough?
32 Fashion, Textile Giants Make Pact to Transform Fashion Industry
3 years ago - The companies have signed a Fashion Pact, committing to practical targets together in climate, biodiversity and oceans. The Pact will be presented to heads of state during the G7 meeting this weekend in Biarritz.
Trending: Fashion Giants Take Further Steps to Create Climate-Friendly Industry
4 years ago - The fashion industry has kicked December off with a bang, launching a number of game-changing initiatives and partnerships aimed at further improving its image by reducing its impacts.
China Lags on Sustainable Viscose, Australia Unveils Tree-Free Alternative
4 years ago - Report: Chinese viscose sector’s sustainability roadmap fails to deliver
New Global Map of Ancient, Endangered Forests Brings Conservation Science to Boardrooms
4 years ago - Today marks the public launch of a new online tool that will enable global companies to identify the world’s ancient and endangered forests.
Greenpeace: Clothing Industry Showing Progress Toward Detox Commitments
4 years ago - For the first time, Greenpeace has released a report on the progress of its Detox campaign to eliminate hazardous chemicals from clothing production by 2020. The 80 companies who have signed on over the first seven years of the initiative represent a combined 15 percent of global clothing production — and all of them are “making good progress” to cut 11 priority chemicals and improve transparency.
NRDC Mapping Tool Links Apparel Brands to Their Suppliers’ Environmental Performance
5 years ago - A new mapping tool created by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and China’s Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs (IPE) is ushering in a new era for transparency in China. The IPE Green Supply Chain Map — the only of its kind in the world — openly links multinational corporations to their suppliers’ environmental performance.
Inditex Creates Uproar, Refuses to Pay Wages to Over 150 Turkish Garment Workers
5 years ago - Zara’s parent company, Inditex, is in full-on damage-control mode after tags bearing messages such as “I made this item you are going to buy, but I didn’t get paid for it,” began turning up in garments earlier this month.
Fashion and Textile Leaders for Forest Conservation Begin Shift to Forest-Free Viscose
9 years ago - The newest trend in social responsibility in the apparel sector emerged in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam on Monday as several of the world’s most influential clothing brands gathered to develop a roadmap to creating a more sustainable supply chain and conserve endangered forests.