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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.
Selfridges' store front on London's Oxford Street is covered in bright yellow letters spelling the words "Let's Change The Way We Shop."
Selfridges is among a group of high-profile members to quietly exit The Fashion Pact. (Getty Images)

Three times a year, the chief executives of some of fashion’s most powerful companies gather to discuss a shared, and increasingly urgent, challenge: how to cut down the

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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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