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Sustainability

Are Things as Bad as They Seem?

At New York Climate Week, fashion’s sustainability cadre wanted to send the message that work is continuing — and making progress — despite grim political and economic headwinds.

Sustainability

Are Things as Bad as They Seem?

At New York Climate Week, fashion’s sustainability cadre wanted to send the message that work is continuing — and making progress — despite grim political and economic headwinds.


Sustainability

Under Pressure: Can Fashion’s Sustainability Efforts Survive?

With the industry in tariff paralysis and policymakers rolling back regulation, sustainable fashion advocates worry the movement is running out of steam.

Sustainability

Under Pressure: Can Fashion’s Sustainability Efforts Survive?

With the industry in tariff paralysis and policymakers rolling back regulation, sustainable fashion advocates worry the movement is running out of steam.


Sustainability

Is Fashion Serious About Sustainability?

At fashion’s annual sustainability gathering in Copenhagen, the biggest question was why, after 15 years of discussion, so little has changed and whether a coming tsunami of government regulation can force the industry to evolve its practices.

Sustainability

Is Fashion Serious About Sustainability?

At fashion’s annual sustainability gathering in Copenhagen, the biggest question was why, after 15 years of discussion, so little has changed and whether a coming tsunami of government regulation can force the industry to evolve its practices.


Sustainability

Fashion’s Renewable Power Play

Bestseller and H&M Group have pledged $100 million to help develop a renewable-energy project in Bangladesh, a possible template for more meaningful investment in decarbonising the industry.

Sustainability

Fashion’s Renewable Power Play

Bestseller and H&M Group have pledged $100 million to help develop a renewable-energy project in Bangladesh, a possible template for more meaningful investment in decarbonising the industry.


Sustainability

Brands Know How to Curb Their Climate Impact. Why Won’t They Do it?

The actors with the most leverage to tackle the challenge are structurally unwilling to change, writes Kenneth P. Pucker.

Sustainability

Brands Know How to Curb Their Climate Impact. Why Won’t They Do it?

The actors with the most leverage to tackle the challenge are structurally unwilling to change, writes Kenneth P. Pucker.


Sustainability

‘Stop Lying, Stop Greenwashing’ — Key Messages From COP27

From activists taking brands to task over corporate greenwashing to the finance gap and antitrust challenges, here’s what fashion leaders need to know from the UN’s high-stakes climate summit.

Sustainability

‘Stop Lying, Stop Greenwashing’ — Key Messages From COP27

From activists taking brands to task over corporate greenwashing to the finance gap and antitrust challenges, here’s what fashion leaders need to know from the UN’s high-stakes climate summit.


Sustainability

How Shein Gatecrashed Fashion’s Sustainability Show

The ultra-fast fashion company launched a $50 million fund to tackle waste at the industry’s annual sustainability gathering in Copenhagen this week. Many saw it as greenwashing, but it’s straight out of fashion’s sustainability playbook.

Sustainability

How Shein Gatecrashed Fashion’s Sustainability Show

The ultra-fast fashion company launched a $50 million fund to tackle waste at the industry’s annual sustainability gathering in Copenhagen this week. Many saw it as greenwashing, but it’s straight out of fashion’s sustainability playbook.


Luxury

What Adidas X Gucci Means for Gucci — and Adidas

This week, everyone will be talking about the long-anticipated release of Gucci X Adidas merchandise, the Global Fashion Summit in Copenhagen and US inflation data.

Luxury

What Adidas X Gucci Means for Gucci — and Adidas

This week, everyone will be talking about the long-anticipated release of Gucci X Adidas merchandise, the Global Fashion Summit in Copenhagen and US inflation data.


Sustainability

Case Study | Fashion’s Race for New Materials

Brands are pursuing a raft of initiatives to adopt recycled textiles, regeneratively farmed cotton and mushroom-based leather, but giving fashion’s major materials a sustainability makeover still requires billions of dollars worth of investments and deeper, longer-term commitments to scale. BoF breaks down some of the key innovations, the companies leading the charge and the barriers to change.

Sustainability

Case Study | Fashion’s Race for New Materials

Brands are pursuing a raft of initiatives to adopt recycled textiles, regeneratively farmed cotton and mushroom-based leather, but giving fashion’s major materials a sustainability makeover still requires billions of dollars worth of investments and deeper, longer-term commitments to scale. BoF breaks down some of the key innovations, the companies leading the charge and the barriers to change.


Sustainability

Fashion Makes Mixed Progress on Circularity

Brands missed roughly a third of the goals they set for themselves as part of an industry initiative that ended this year, reflecting the challenge that remains for the sector beyond ambitious sustainability targets.

Sustainability

Fashion Makes Mixed Progress on Circularity

Brands missed roughly a third of the goals they set for themselves as part of an industry initiative that ended this year, reflecting the challenge that remains for the sector beyond ambitious sustainability targets.