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Can Fashion Still Meet Its Climate Promises?

As the UN’s annual COP climate summit gets underway against a challenging backdrop, the industry’s near-term pledges to help cap planet-warming emissions are slipping out of reach.
A decade after the Paris Agreement,  fashion’s progress on reducing emissions is still lagging at COP30 in Brazil.
A decade after the Paris Agreement, fashion’s progress on reducing emissions is still lagging at COP30 in Brazil. (Getty Images)

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Is Fashion Quiet Quitting on Climate?

This week, Ralph Lauren dropped its net-zero emissions target, while pledging to stay the course on more concrete, near-term goals. Meanwhile, Brunello Cucinelli clapped back at short sellers and Vestiaire Collective is looking to play the carbon market.

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Shayeza Walid
Shayeza Walid

Shayeza Walid is Senior Editorial Associate covering Sustainability at The Business of Fashion. She reports on fashion's environmental impact, climate accountability, supply chain and labour issues. Based in London, she also contributes to BoF's Global Markets and UK coverage.

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