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Social Goods | CFDA Challenges Immigration Laws, H&M’s Global Change Award

This week, the CFDA issues a report calling for US immigration reform, while H&M sees “Grape Leather” jackets as the future of sustainable fashion.
Winning innovations at H&M's 2016 Global Change Award | Source: H&M
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  • Tamison O'Connor

CFDA Challenges Costly, Complicated US Immigration System (The Business of Fashion)
"The complex system is very expensive for fashion businesses to navigate. More than 68 percent of participants spent $5,000 to $10,000 per employee on immigration-related legal expenses."

Would You Wear A Dress Made Of Manure? H&M Thinks You Should (British Vogue)
"'Manure Couture' was one of the five innovations which won a percentage of the €1 million grant at this year's H&M Foundation's Global Change Award."

Looking Good Can Be Extremely Bad for the Planet (The Economist)
"From the pesticides poured on cotton fields to the washes in which denim is dunked, making 1kg of fabric generates 23kg of greenhouse gases on average."

Why Eco-Friendly Beauty Packaging is on the Rise in 2017 (Allure)
"Little of the plastic used to house makeup and skincare products is recyclable, and most of it ends up in landfills where it will take nearly 1,000 years to decompose."

From Cotton Fields to High Street Racks, Fashion Bids to Be 100 Percent Sustainable (The Guardian)
"WWF is teaming up with a London-based online fashion community to produce what it claims will be the world's first 100 percent sustainable clothing range."

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