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Money, Power and Conflicts of Interest: Climate Politics Are Coming for Fashion

The UN’s annual COP climate summit ended Wednesday with an agreement to transition away from fossil fuels. The fraught, days-long negotiations to get there point to the challenges facing fashion companies seeking to deliver on these ambitions.

Sustainability

Money, Power and Conflicts of Interest: Climate Politics Are Coming for Fashion

The UN’s annual COP climate summit ended Wednesday with an agreement to transition away from fossil fuels. The fraught, days-long negotiations to get there point to the challenges facing fashion companies seeking to deliver on these ambitions.


Global Markets

The Year Ahead: Fashion Executives Brace For Unsettling Times

According to The State of Fashion 2024, a potentially volatile global economy and geopolitical tensions in the coming months could further dent consumer confidence in key markets, requiring fashion brands, retailers and suppliers to bolster contingency planning and double down on operating efficiencies, among other measures.

Global Markets

The Year Ahead: Fashion Executives Brace For Unsettling Times

According to The State of Fashion 2024, a potentially volatile global economy and geopolitical tensions in the coming months could further dent consumer confidence in key markets, requiring fashion brands, retailers and suppliers to bolster contingency planning and double down on operating efficiencies, among other measures.


News & Analysis

BoF VOICES 2023: Craft, Culture and Colonial Legacies

Bottega Veneta designer Matthieu Blazy, Gap Inc CEO Richard Dickson, Brunello Cuccinelli and others discussed craft, culture, brand building and more, while a panel of sustainability stakeholders examined the colonial dynamics embedded in fashion’s climate crisis.

News & Analysis

BoF VOICES 2023: Craft, Culture and Colonial Legacies

Bottega Veneta designer Matthieu Blazy, Gap Inc CEO Richard Dickson, Brunello Cuccinelli and others discussed craft, culture, brand building and more, while a panel of sustainability stakeholders examined the colonial dynamics embedded in fashion’s climate crisis.


News & Analysis

The State of Fashion 2024: Riding Out the Storm

The eighth annual State of Fashion report by The Business of Fashion and McKinsey & Company reveals an industry navigating deep uncertainty. Download the full report to understand the 10 themes that will define the industry and the opportunities for growth in the year ahead.

News & Analysis

The State of Fashion 2024: Riding Out the Storm

The eighth annual State of Fashion report by The Business of Fashion and McKinsey & Company reveals an industry navigating deep uncertainty. Download the full report to understand the 10 themes that will define the industry and the opportunities for growth in the year ahead.


Sustainability

LVMH’s Antoine Arnault Calls for Luxury-Focused Sustainability Pact

The French luxury group’s head of image and environment addressed criticism over its decision not to join existing industry sustainability initiatives, in which fast fashion players play a large role, and pushed for greater collaboration amongst luxury companies.

Sustainability

LVMH’s Antoine Arnault Calls for Luxury-Focused Sustainability Pact

The French luxury group’s head of image and environment addressed criticism over its decision not to join existing industry sustainability initiatives, in which fast fashion players play a large role, and pushed for greater collaboration amongst luxury companies.


Can Fashion Quit the World’s Dirtiest Fossil Fuel?

Companies like H&M and Puma are pushing to get coal out of their supply chains by the end of the decade.

Can Fashion Quit the World’s Dirtiest Fossil Fuel?

Companies like H&M and Puma are pushing to get coal out of their supply chains by the end of the decade.


Sustainability

Corporate Commitments Haven’t Curbed Fashion’s Carbon Footprint

The next two years will be a critical test of whether the industry can translate pockets of progress into real change.

Sustainability

Corporate Commitments Haven’t Curbed Fashion’s Carbon Footprint

The next two years will be a critical test of whether the industry can translate pockets of progress into real change.


Sustainability

Op-Ed | Circularity Is a Fashionable Fantasy

The buzzy concept is a chimaera that distracts from the root cause of fashion’s worsening environmental impact: overconsumption, argues Ken Pucker.

Sustainability

Op-Ed | Circularity Is a Fashionable Fantasy

The buzzy concept is a chimaera that distracts from the root cause of fashion’s worsening environmental impact: overconsumption, argues Ken Pucker.


Sustainability

H&M, Kering Among Companies Piloting Science-Based Targets for Nature

The move to address businesses’ impact on nature is part of a new frontier of corporate environmental reporting.

Sustainability

H&M, Kering Among Companies Piloting Science-Based Targets for Nature

The move to address businesses’ impact on nature is part of a new frontier of corporate environmental reporting.


Sustainability

Selfridges, Hermès Quietly Exit Fashion Pact Amid Slow Progress

Four years after a splashy launch around the G7, the CEO-powered climate drive says it’s gearing up to accelerate action. But it has lost high-profile members and so far delivered little more than a handful of pilot projects.

Sustainability

Selfridges, Hermès Quietly Exit Fashion Pact Amid Slow Progress

Four years after a splashy launch around the G7, the CEO-powered climate drive says it’s gearing up to accelerate action. But it has lost high-profile members and so far delivered little more than a handful of pilot projects.


Sustainability

Levi’s Looks to Cut Denim’s Water Impact Where It Most Counts

The jeans maker is among a group of fashion brands coming around to location-specific water reduction targets.

Sustainability

Levi’s Looks to Cut Denim’s Water Impact Where It Most Counts

The jeans maker is among a group of fashion brands coming around to location-specific water reduction targets.


Sustainability

Is Sustainable Fashion Elitist?

Calling out the industry’s environmental footprint and the true cost of making clothes has touched off a complex and heated debate about the accessibility and affordability of lower-impact fashion.

Sustainability

Is Sustainable Fashion Elitist?

Calling out the industry’s environmental footprint and the true cost of making clothes has touched off a complex and heated debate about the accessibility and affordability of lower-impact fashion.