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What’s Next for Fashion’s Most Controversial Sustainability Tool?

After the SAC’s Higg Index became a central focus for greenwashing allegations, the trade group commissioned an independent review. Its recommendations include scrapping a stand-alone materials assessment and more work to improve the data.

Sustainability

What’s Next for Fashion’s Most Controversial Sustainability Tool?

After the SAC’s Higg Index became a central focus for greenwashing allegations, the trade group commissioned an independent review. Its recommendations include scrapping a stand-alone materials assessment and more work to improve the data.


Sustainability

Why Didn’t Fashion Show Up for Climate Week?

This week, New York played host to one of the world’s largest climate confabs, but there was little visible presence from fashion’s biggest companies. If the industry doesn’t pull up a seat at the table, it risks getting left behind.

Sustainability

Why Didn’t Fashion Show Up for Climate Week?

This week, New York played host to one of the world’s largest climate confabs, but there was little visible presence from fashion’s biggest companies. If the industry doesn’t pull up a seat at the table, it risks getting left behind.


Sustainability

Beyond ‘Blah Blah Blah’: Fashion’s Sustainability Priorities for 2023

Regulators are taking aim at the industry’s glacial progress on climate and labour rights, creating new incentives and risks for sustainability efforts in the coming year.

Sustainability

Beyond ‘Blah Blah Blah’: Fashion’s Sustainability Priorities for 2023

Regulators are taking aim at the industry’s glacial progress on climate and labour rights, creating new incentives and risks for sustainability efforts in the coming year.


Sustainability

Can Fashion’s Favourite Sustainability Standard Be Saved?

At its annual meeting the Sustainable Apparel Coalition sought to move past a greenwashing controversy that’s exposed the limits of the fashion industry’s efforts at self-regulation.

Sustainability

Can Fashion’s Favourite Sustainability Standard Be Saved?

At its annual meeting the Sustainable Apparel Coalition sought to move past a greenwashing controversy that’s exposed the limits of the fashion industry’s efforts at self-regulation.


Sustainability

The New Rules of Sustainability Marketing

A wide-ranging crackdown on greenwashing has snared major players from H&M to the Sustainable Apparel Coalition. Now regulators have issued new guidelines for how sustainability can be marketed.

Sustainability

The New Rules of Sustainability Marketing

A wide-ranging crackdown on greenwashing has snared major players from H&M to the Sustainable Apparel Coalition. Now regulators have issued new guidelines for how sustainability can be marketed.


Sustainability

Sustainable Fashion’s Credibility Crisis

This week, the Sustainable Apparel Coalition suspended the use of its product labels, employed by companies like H&M and Amazon, as concerns over greenwashing engulfed one of the industry’s top sustainability tools.

Sustainability

Sustainable Fashion’s Credibility Crisis

This week, the Sustainable Apparel Coalition suspended the use of its product labels, employed by companies like H&M and Amazon, as concerns over greenwashing engulfed one of the industry’s top sustainability tools.


Sustainability

Norway Warns H&M, Norrøna Over Misleading Sustainability Claims

The Norwegian Consumer Authority has ruled Norrøna cannot use data from the Higg Index to back up environmental claims, dealing a blow to the industry rating tool amid a broader crackdown on greenwashing.

Sustainability

Norway Warns H&M, Norrøna Over Misleading Sustainability Claims

The Norwegian Consumer Authority has ruled Norrøna cannot use data from the Higg Index to back up environmental claims, dealing a blow to the industry rating tool amid a broader crackdown on greenwashing.


Sustainability

Green or Greenwashing: Who Gets to Decide?

European efforts to introduce standardised rules governing how brands back up environmental claims are fuelling a heated debate that stands to create winners and losers.

Sustainability

Green or Greenwashing: Who Gets to Decide?

European efforts to introduce standardised rules governing how brands back up environmental claims are fuelling a heated debate that stands to create winners and losers.


Sustainability

Fashion’s Greenwashing Problem Begins with Bad Data

Fashion is doubling down on ambitious promises to clean up its environmental impact, but bad and misleading data are complicating efforts to build a more sustainable industry.

Sustainability

Fashion’s Greenwashing Problem Begins with Bad Data

Fashion is doubling down on ambitious promises to clean up its environmental impact, but bad and misleading data are complicating efforts to build a more sustainable industry.


Workplace & Talent

Power Moves | Condé Nast Entertainment Hires President From Walt Disney Company, Gucci Global Head of Diversity Departs

This week, Condé Nast announced Agnes Chu will lead its entertainment division, while Renée Tirado left Gucci to launch her own consulting firm in New York.

Workplace & Talent

Power Moves | Condé Nast Entertainment Hires President From Walt Disney Company, Gucci Global Head of Diversity Departs

This week, Condé Nast announced Agnes Chu will lead its entertainment division, while Renée Tirado left Gucci to launch her own consulting firm in New York.