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The 10 Themes That Will Define the Fashion Agenda in 2023

The 10 themes in The State of Fashion 2023, the authoritative annual report from The Business of Fashion and McKinsey & Company, highlight how businesses can deploy realistic yet bold strategies to drive growth, even amid challenging times.

News & Analysis

The 10 Themes That Will Define the Fashion Agenda in 2023

The 10 themes in The State of Fashion 2023, the authoritative annual report from The Business of Fashion and McKinsey & Company, highlight how businesses can deploy realistic yet bold strategies to drive growth, even amid challenging times.


Sustainability

The Steps Fashion Must Take to Hit Its Sustainability Goals

A year of climate disasters, greenwashing scams and labour scandals highlights that business as usual just won’t cut it.

Sustainability

The Steps Fashion Must Take to Hit Its Sustainability Goals

A year of climate disasters, greenwashing scams and labour scandals highlights that business as usual just won’t cut it.


Sustainability

The Best of BoF: Fashion’s Sustainability Reckoning

From innovative materials to regulatory crackdowns, 2022 was a year that pushed the fashion industry to rethink how it operates.

Sustainability

The Best of BoF: Fashion’s Sustainability Reckoning

From innovative materials to regulatory crackdowns, 2022 was a year that pushed the fashion industry to rethink how it operates.


Sustainability

Fashion’s Age of Self-Regulation Is Over

The idea that businesses will willingly sacrifice profit to reduce pollution and improve labour conditions is a “convenient fantasy.” But beefing up government oversight is a messy and slow process.

Sustainability

Fashion’s Age of Self-Regulation Is Over

The idea that businesses will willingly sacrifice profit to reduce pollution and improve labour conditions is a “convenient fantasy.” But beefing up government oversight is a messy and slow process.


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BoF VOICES 2022: Fashion’s Fresh Challenges and New Directions

From cracking down on greenwashing to planning for a challenging 2023, big thinkers from fashion and beyond shared their insights on the future of the fashion system in the second session of BoF VOICES.

News & Analysis

BoF VOICES 2022: Fashion’s Fresh Challenges and New Directions

From cracking down on greenwashing to planning for a challenging 2023, big thinkers from fashion and beyond shared their insights on the future of the fashion system in the second session of BoF VOICES.


Sustainability

‘Stop Lying, Stop Greenwashing’ — Key Messages From COP27

From activists taking brands to task over corporate greenwashing to the finance gap and antitrust challenges, here’s what fashion leaders need to know from the UN’s high-stakes climate summit.

Sustainability

‘Stop Lying, Stop Greenwashing’ — Key Messages From COP27

From activists taking brands to task over corporate greenwashing to the finance gap and antitrust challenges, here’s what fashion leaders need to know from the UN’s high-stakes climate summit.


Sustainability

BoF Insights | Does Fashion Stand a Chance of Hitting Its Sustainability Targets?

With all eyes on COP27, BoF Insights research into the sustainability initiatives of the world’s 30 largest publicly listed fashion companies underscores why the industry is at risk of missing sustainability goals set for the end of this decade.

Sustainability

BoF Insights | Does Fashion Stand a Chance of Hitting Its Sustainability Targets?

With all eyes on COP27, BoF Insights research into the sustainability initiatives of the world’s 30 largest publicly listed fashion companies underscores why the industry is at risk of missing sustainability goals set for the end of this decade.


Sustainability

Can Fashion Stop Greenwashing?

Big brands are changing the way they talk about sustainability following a regulatory crackdown in Europe. But exactly how companies should be required to substantiate their eco-marketing claims remains hotly debated.

Sustainability

Can Fashion Stop Greenwashing?

Big brands are changing the way they talk about sustainability following a regulatory crackdown in Europe. But exactly how companies should be required to substantiate their eco-marketing claims remains hotly debated.


Sustainability

Why Fashion Still Uses Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’

Brands from Canada Goose to Patagonia still rely on PFAS for performance attributes like waterproofing.

Sustainability

Why Fashion Still Uses Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’

Brands from Canada Goose to Patagonia still rely on PFAS for performance attributes like waterproofing.


Sustainability

Fashion’s COP27 Cheat Sheet

The UN’s annual climate summit is taking place against a challenging backdrop. But coming together to agree on tangible action has never been more critical.

Sustainability

Fashion’s COP27 Cheat Sheet

The UN’s annual climate summit is taking place against a challenging backdrop. But coming together to agree on tangible action has never been more critical.


Sustainability

Can Fashion’s Favourite Sustainability Standard Be Saved?

At its annual meeting the Sustainable Apparel Coalition sought to move past a greenwashing controversy that’s exposed the limits of the fashion industry’s efforts at self-regulation.

Sustainability

Can Fashion’s Favourite Sustainability Standard Be Saved?

At its annual meeting the Sustainable Apparel Coalition sought to move past a greenwashing controversy that’s exposed the limits of the fashion industry’s efforts at self-regulation.


Sustainability

The New Rules of Sustainability Marketing

A wide-ranging crackdown on greenwashing has snared major players from H&M to the Sustainable Apparel Coalition. Now regulators have issued new guidelines for how sustainability can be marketed.

Sustainability

The New Rules of Sustainability Marketing

A wide-ranging crackdown on greenwashing has snared major players from H&M to the Sustainable Apparel Coalition. Now regulators have issued new guidelines for how sustainability can be marketed.