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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.
A worker stands in front of steaming machinery as he dyes thread at a factory in Lahore, Pakistan.
The high temperatures needed to dye and treat fabrics are often generated by coal-fired boilers, something the industry wants to change. (Arif ALI/AFP via Getty Images)

Over the last 18 months, some of fashion’s most powerful businesses have begun quietly pressing their suppliers to get coal out of factories in the coming years, or risk losing business.

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Sarah Kent
Sarah Kent

Sarah Kent is Chief Sustainability Correspondent at The Business of Fashion. She is based in London and drives BoF's coverage of critical environmental and labour issues.

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