AII Launches Industry-First Tool Standardising Measurement of Carbon Emissions
The new tool published by the climate-focused nonprofit aims to create a standardised benchmark across textile facilities to accelerate fashion’s efforts to decarbonise.
Sustainability
How fashion can do better for people and the planet.
Beyond ‘Blah Blah Blah’: Fashion’s Sustainability Priorities for 2023
Regulators are taking aim at the industry’s glacial progress on climate and labour rights, creating new incentives and risks for sustainability efforts in the coming year.
Beyond ‘Blah Blah Blah’: Fashion’s Sustainability Priorities for 2023
Regulators are taking aim at the industry’s glacial progress on climate and labour rights, creating new incentives and risks for sustainability efforts in the coming year.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Can Fashion Be ‘Nature-Positive’?
As COP15 puts biodiversity in the spotlight, fashion companies from H&M to Kering are re-upping their commitments to protecting and restoring nature. But tackling the issue in earnest will require industry-wide reform.
Can Fashion Be ‘Nature-Positive’?
As COP15 puts biodiversity in the spotlight, fashion companies from H&M to Kering are re-upping their commitments to protecting and restoring nature. But tackling the issue in earnest will require industry-wide reform.
The Debrief | Is ‘Vegan Leather’ Better?
A number of products made from leather alternatives have begun to hit store shelves. BoF’s chief sustainability correspondent Sarah Kent unpacks why it’s so hard to market — and scale — these new products.
The Debrief | Is ‘Vegan Leather’ Better?
A number of products made from leather alternatives have begun to hit store shelves. BoF’s chief sustainability correspondent Sarah Kent unpacks why it’s so hard to market — and scale — these new products.
Puma’s Chief Sourcing Officer on Upgrading Brands' Sustainability Marketing
The sportswear brand’s chief sourcing officer discusses in The State of Fashion 2023 why mounting scrutiny of fashion’s “green” claims is good for the industry and what brands need to do to walk the talk on sustainability.
Puma’s Chief Sourcing Officer on Upgrading Brands' Sustainability Marketing
The sportswear brand’s chief sourcing officer discusses in The State of Fashion 2023 why mounting scrutiny of fashion’s “green” claims is good for the industry and what brands need to do to walk the talk on sustainability.
The World Cup’s Other Labour Rights Issue: Sportswear
The global football event has brought added scrutiny to labour practices — not just in host country Qatar’s construction sector but also in the Asian garment factories that make the tournament’s official merch.
The World Cup’s Other Labour Rights Issue: Sportswear
The global football event has brought added scrutiny to labour practices — not just in host country Qatar’s construction sector but also in the Asian garment factories that make the tournament’s official merch.
Op-Ed | Fashion’s Business Model Isn’t Fit for Climate Change
The fashion industry has long avoided significant costs and risks in its supply chain, but a reckoning is looming, argue Cornell’s Jason Judd and Sarosh Kuruvilla.
Op-Ed | Fashion’s Business Model Isn’t Fit for Climate Change
The fashion industry has long avoided significant costs and risks in its supply chain, but a reckoning is looming, argue Cornell’s Jason Judd and Sarosh Kuruvilla.
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.
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.
Fashion Needs Climate Survival Strategies
As floods, drought and extreme heat become increasingly common risks, fashion brands must start thinking about how to build resilience into their supply chains.
Fashion Needs Climate Survival Strategies
As floods, drought and extreme heat become increasingly common risks, fashion brands must start thinking about how to build resilience into their supply chains.
‘How Can We Live?’: For Garment Workers, It’s Worse Than the Pandemic
Rising living costs and increasingly precarious work are trapping the low-wage workers who power the fashion industry in a crushing squeeze, Sarah Kent reports from Dhaka.
‘How Can We Live?’: For Garment Workers, It’s Worse Than the Pandemic
Rising living costs and increasingly precarious work are trapping the low-wage workers who power the fashion industry in a crushing squeeze, Sarah Kent reports from Dhaka.
Can a ‘Sustainable’ Brand Do Black Friday? It’s Complicated.
The holiday sales bonanza promotes rampant consumerism. And yet, for many sustainably minded designers and founders it’s a valuable marketing moment they can’t resist.
Can a ‘Sustainable’ Brand Do Black Friday? It’s Complicated.
The holiday sales bonanza promotes rampant consumerism. And yet, for many sustainably minded designers and founders it’s a valuable marketing moment they can’t resist.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF
EU Finalises Plan to Scale Back Sustainability Rules
The bloc’s overhaul sharply reduces the number of companies covered by ESG reporting and supply chain due-diligence laws, easing compliance pressures but increasing concerns over accountability.
EU to Ban Destruction of Unsold Clothes and Shoes
The European Commission has adopted new measures that will require medium and large companies to stop discarding unsold clothing and footwear, in the bloc’s latest move to target textile waste.
Climate Inaction Puts 34% of Fashion Industry Profits at Risk
The financial implications of global warming are becoming increasingly difficult for corporate executives to ignore.
German Watchdog Says Shein Must Substantiate or Remove Net-Zero Claims
The ultra-fast fashion retailer says it has updated language on its website following engagement with the group.
Rick Owens Bans Animal Fur
The news comes less than a week after the Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade staged protests outside the brand’s stores.
Hearst Magazines Bans Fur From Its Publications
Following the publicisation of Condé Nast’s fur ban in October, the Harper’s Bazaar publisher will now prohibit the use of animal fur in its editorial and advertising content.
Cyclone in Sri Lanka Impacts Multiple Garment Factories
A week after devastating floods, the industry association in Sri Lanka says multiple large facilities have been impacted, as recovery efforts for affected workers are underway.