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Is Sustainable Fashion Losing Its Most Powerful Ally?

This week the European Union announced plans to water down sustainability reporting and due diligence regulations, which would have been among the strictest globally. Critics say the retreat puts fashion’s environmental and human rights ambitions at risk.
European Commission president Ursula von Der Leyen at a summit for the EU’s Green Deal in 2023. The EU is reviving policies that have helped drive fashion’s sustainability agenda.
European Commission president Ursula von Der Leyen at a summit for the EU’s Green Deal in 2023. The EU is reviving policies that have helped drive fashion’s sustainability agenda. (Getty Images)

Fashion’s flagging sustainability ambitions took a fresh hit this week, as the European Union

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