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‘Ethical’ Cotton Is Being Picked by Child Labourers in India, Watchdog Finds
A new report has linked businesses supplying companies including Zara-owner Inditex, H&M Group, Gap Inc. and Amazon to incidents of forced labour and debt bondage on Indian cotton farms.
‘Ethical’ Cotton Is Being Picked by Child Labourers in India, Watchdog Finds
A new report has linked businesses supplying companies including Zara-owner Inditex, H&M Group, Gap Inc. and Amazon to incidents of forced labour and debt bondage on Indian cotton farms.
The Best of BoF 2024: Fashion’s Sustainability Pullback
This year offered up a jarring reality check for players seeking to improve the industry’s environmental and social impact, with brands deprioritising sustainability efforts even as the risks of inaction have become more apparent.
The Best of BoF 2024: Fashion’s Sustainability Pullback
This year offered up a jarring reality check for players seeking to improve the industry’s environmental and social impact, with brands deprioritising sustainability efforts even as the risks of inaction have become more apparent.
Sustainability: The Case for Collective Action
A fragmented fashion industry needs to cooperate in order to avoid falling further behind on decarbonisation efforts, according to the BoF-McKinsey State of Fashion 2025.
Sustainability: The Case for Collective Action
A fragmented fashion industry needs to cooperate in order to avoid falling further behind on decarbonisation efforts, according to the BoF-McKinsey State of Fashion 2025.
Fashion’s Plastic Addiction in Four Charts
Cheap and versatile polyester has underpinned both the fashion industry’s growth and its worsening environmental footprint. Efforts to switch to recycled fibre are stalled, new data show.
Fashion’s Plastic Addiction in Four Charts
Cheap and versatile polyester has underpinned both the fashion industry’s growth and its worsening environmental footprint. Efforts to switch to recycled fibre are stalled, new data show.
The Supima Design Competition Showcases Fashion’s Next Generation at New York Fashion Week
Through partnerships with leading fashion schools across the US and a robust and growing network of alumni, the Supima Design Competition is setting up emerging design talent for success.
The Supima Design Competition Showcases Fashion’s Next Generation at New York Fashion Week
Through partnerships with leading fashion schools across the US and a robust and growing network of alumni, the Supima Design Competition is setting up emerging design talent for success.
Why H&M and Inditex Are Betting on Lab-Grown Cotton
The fashion giants have invested in Galy, a Boston-based start-up that aims to drastically reduce cotton’s environmental impact.
Why H&M and Inditex Are Betting on Lab-Grown Cotton
The fashion giants have invested in Galy, a Boston-based start-up that aims to drastically reduce cotton’s environmental impact.
Shein: Fashion’s Biggest Polluter in Four Charts
The ultra-fast-fashion giant’s planet-warming emissions have nearly tripled in the last three years as its growth far outpaced other major fashion companies. In Shein's latest sustainability report, CEO Sky Xu says tackling emissions is “particularly critical."
Shein: Fashion’s Biggest Polluter in Four Charts
The ultra-fast-fashion giant’s planet-warming emissions have nearly tripled in the last three years as its growth far outpaced other major fashion companies. In Shein's latest sustainability report, CEO Sky Xu says tackling emissions is “particularly critical."
Unpacking Fashion’s Future of Sustainability
The textile and leather certification company allows fashion brands to signpost how they comply with environmental requirements through its modular certification system. Here, interim CEO Dr. Stefan Droste discusses the role transparency and certification play in fashion today and how businesses can stay ahead of regulatory change.
Unpacking Fashion’s Future of Sustainability
The textile and leather certification company allows fashion brands to signpost how they comply with environmental requirements through its modular certification system. Here, interim CEO Dr. Stefan Droste discusses the role transparency and certification play in fashion today and how businesses can stay ahead of regulatory change.
What’s Behind the Slow Fashion Recession
The closure of Mara Hoffman and other brands that built ethical consumption into their business models is raising questions about whether there’s room in the market for brands that put sustainability first.
What’s Behind the Slow Fashion Recession
The closure of Mara Hoffman and other brands that built ethical consumption into their business models is raising questions about whether there’s room in the market for brands that put sustainability first.
Op-Ed | Fashion’s Fur Debate Has Never Been a Clean Fight
Last week, Marc Jacobs officially declared his brand fur-free following ‘bullying’ by aggressive activists. But on the other side of the equation, quiet pressure from his brand’s parent company LVMH is largely responsible for keeping fur in fashion, argues the Humane Society’s PJ Smith.
Op-Ed | Fashion’s Fur Debate Has Never Been a Clean Fight
Last week, Marc Jacobs officially declared his brand fur-free following ‘bullying’ by aggressive activists. But on the other side of the equation, quiet pressure from his brand’s parent company LVMH is largely responsible for keeping fur in fashion, argues the Humane Society’s PJ Smith.
Op-Ed | Circular Fashion Needs Government Incentives
Textile-to-textile recycling technologies could be a climate game changer for fashion’s environmental footprint. But like renewable energy, they need state support for market efforts to scale, argues Nicole Rycroft.
Op-Ed | Circular Fashion Needs Government Incentives
Textile-to-textile recycling technologies could be a climate game changer for fashion’s environmental footprint. But like renewable energy, they need state support for market efforts to scale, argues Nicole Rycroft.
Fashion’s Supply Chain Is Still Full of Banned Chinese Cotton
A study published this week found traces of cotton from Xinjiang in nearly a fifth of the products it examined, highlighting the challenges brands face in policing their supply chains even as requirements to do so spread to raw materials from diamonds to leather and palm oil.
Fashion’s Supply Chain Is Still Full of Banned Chinese Cotton
A study published this week found traces of cotton from Xinjiang in nearly a fifth of the products it examined, highlighting the challenges brands face in policing their supply chains even as requirements to do so spread to raw materials from diamonds to leather and palm oil.