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A Crash Course on The BoF Sustainability Index 2022

Founder and editor-in-chief Imran Amed unpacks findings from BoF’s Sustainability Index with the authors of the report.

Sustainability

A Crash Course on The BoF Sustainability Index 2022

Founder and editor-in-chief Imran Amed unpacks findings from BoF’s Sustainability Index with the authors of the report.


Sustainability

How Do the Biggest Companies in Sportswear Score on Sustainability?

Puma tops The BoF Sustainability Index 2022, but Skechers, Fila Holdings and Anta Sports all rank in the assessment’s bottom five.

Sustainability

How Do the Biggest Companies in Sportswear Score on Sustainability?

Puma tops The BoF Sustainability Index 2022, but Skechers, Fila Holdings and Anta Sports all rank in the assessment’s bottom five.


Sustainability

How Shein Gatecrashed Fashion’s Sustainability Show

The ultra-fast fashion company launched a $50 million fund to tackle waste at the industry’s annual sustainability gathering in Copenhagen this week. Many saw it as greenwashing, but it’s straight out of fashion’s sustainability playbook.

Sustainability

How Shein Gatecrashed Fashion’s Sustainability Show

The ultra-fast fashion company launched a $50 million fund to tackle waste at the industry’s annual sustainability gathering in Copenhagen this week. Many saw it as greenwashing, but it’s straight out of fashion’s sustainability playbook.


Sustainability

Goldman-Backed Recycled Cotton Supplier Valued at $1 Billion

The Spanish company Recover, whose clients include Zara-owner Inditex and Revolve, raised $100 million in a funding round led by Goldman Sachs as it targets growth amid mounting demand for recycled fibres.

Sustainability

Goldman-Backed Recycled Cotton Supplier Valued at $1 Billion

The Spanish company Recover, whose clients include Zara-owner Inditex and Revolve, raised $100 million in a funding round led by Goldman Sachs as it targets growth amid mounting demand for recycled fibres.


Sustainability

Are Mass Market Fashion Companies Really the Worst on Sustainability?

Levi Strauss and H&M Group rank among the top five companies in The BoF Sustainability Index 2022, but the high street segment also contains the annual assessment’s lowest-scoring company with no points at all.

Sustainability

Are Mass Market Fashion Companies Really the Worst on Sustainability?

Levi Strauss and H&M Group rank among the top five companies in The BoF Sustainability Index 2022, but the high street segment also contains the annual assessment’s lowest-scoring company with no points at all.


Sustainability

Widespread Inaction on Sustainability Eclipses Progress at Fashion’s Biggest Companies

Efforts to transform the fashion industry in line with global ambitions to curb climate change and establish more responsible business practices by 2030 have yet to gain sufficient momentum, The BoF Sustainability Index 2022 finds.

Sustainability

Widespread Inaction on Sustainability Eclipses Progress at Fashion’s Biggest Companies

Efforts to transform the fashion industry in line with global ambitions to curb climate change and establish more responsible business practices by 2030 have yet to gain sufficient momentum, The BoF Sustainability Index 2022 finds.


Retail

Is This the Beginning of the End for Free Returns?

For much of the last two decades, online retailers have competed to offer cheaper, more convenient shopping experiences. What happens when one of the world’s biggest apparel sellers bucks the trend?

Retail

Is This the Beginning of the End for Free Returns?

For much of the last two decades, online retailers have competed to offer cheaper, more convenient shopping experiences. What happens when one of the world’s biggest apparel sellers bucks the trend?


Sustainability

The Debrief: Fashion’s Greenwashing Problem

In a sea of unsubstantiated claims about sustainability, BoF’s Sarah Kent explains why it's so hard to measure impact, and what sort of regulation could be coming for fashion.

Sustainability

The Debrief: Fashion’s Greenwashing Problem

In a sea of unsubstantiated claims about sustainability, BoF’s Sarah Kent explains why it's so hard to measure impact, and what sort of regulation could be coming for fashion.


Sustainability

Masterclass | Can a Materials Revolution Make Fashion More Sustainable?

Understand how the industry can change materials to lessen environmental impact.

Sustainability

Masterclass | Can a Materials Revolution Make Fashion More Sustainable?

Understand how the industry can change materials to lessen environmental impact.


Sustainability

How Can Fashion Become Truly Circular?

On this week’s episode of The BoF Podcast, Dame Ellen MacArthur explains how the fashion industry can move toward a waste-free future.

Sustainability

How Can Fashion Become Truly Circular?

On this week’s episode of The BoF Podcast, Dame Ellen MacArthur explains how the fashion industry can move toward a waste-free future.


Retail

Saving Fashion an Arm and a Leg (and Some Torsos Too)

Mannequin Madness is a company that salvages 60 tons of plastic and fibreglass figurines every year, highlighting an oft-overlooked area of sustainability in the industry.

Retail

Saving Fashion an Arm and a Leg (and Some Torsos Too)

Mannequin Madness is a company that salvages 60 tons of plastic and fibreglass figurines every year, highlighting an oft-overlooked area of sustainability in the industry.


Sustainability

Understanding the Power of Mycelium and the Mushroom Movement

An oft-overlooked natural asset, mushrooms are not just infiltrating the fashion industry, but also have the potential to unlock new ways of thinking and healing.

Sustainability

Understanding the Power of Mycelium and the Mushroom Movement

An oft-overlooked natural asset, mushrooms are not just infiltrating the fashion industry, but also have the potential to unlock new ways of thinking and healing.