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.
Join Us At the BoF Professional Summit: Closing Fashion’s Sustainability Gap
On April 14, The Business of Fashion will convene leading global experts, thought leaders and activists in sustainability and workers’ rights for a 4-hour live broadcast of interactive conversations.
Join Us At the BoF Professional Summit: Closing Fashion’s Sustainability Gap
On April 14, The Business of Fashion will convene leading global experts, thought leaders and activists in sustainability and workers’ rights for a 4-hour live broadcast of interactive conversations.
#BoFLIVE: Solving Fashion’s Packaging Problem
As the pandemic-driven surge in fashion e-commerce sends more and more cardboard boxes and plastic bags to landfills, a growing number of companies have radical ideas about how to reduce packaging waste. Exclusively for BoF Professional members, we speak to a host of experts to unpack their strategies.
#BoFLIVE: Solving Fashion’s Packaging Problem
As the pandemic-driven surge in fashion e-commerce sends more and more cardboard boxes and plastic bags to landfills, a growing number of companies have radical ideas about how to reduce packaging waste. Exclusively for BoF Professional members, we speak to a host of experts to unpack their strategies.
Join Us at the BoF Professional Summit: Closing Fashion’s Sustainability Gap
On April 14, The Business of Fashion will convene leading global experts, thought leaders and activists in sustainability and workers rights for a 4-hour live broadcast of interactive conversations.
Join Us at the BoF Professional Summit: Closing Fashion’s Sustainability Gap
On April 14, The Business of Fashion will convene leading global experts, thought leaders and activists in sustainability and workers rights for a 4-hour live broadcast of interactive conversations.
Alexander McQueen, Balenciaga Confirmed as Fur-Free
The Kering-owned brands are among a growing number of luxury houses to phase out the material, as the industry turns to vegan alternatives, which some argue are more sustainable.
Alexander McQueen, Balenciaga Confirmed as Fur-Free
The Kering-owned brands are among a growing number of luxury houses to phase out the material, as the industry turns to vegan alternatives, which some argue are more sustainable.
How Old Clothes Became Big Business
From The RealReal dropping upcycled collections to LVMH planning to launch a platform to sell off deadstock fabrics, fashion is finding value in its excess.
How Old Clothes Became Big Business
From The RealReal dropping upcycled collections to LVMH planning to launch a platform to sell off deadstock fabrics, fashion is finding value in its excess.
Fashion’s Long Road to Transparency
The fashion industry is systemically opaque. BoF assesses companies’ efforts to operate more transparently in the first in a series of articles examining the findings of The BoF Sustainability Index.
Fashion’s Long Road to Transparency
The fashion industry is systemically opaque. BoF assesses companies’ efforts to operate more transparently in the first in a series of articles examining the findings of The BoF Sustainability Index.
The Climate Fix: Addressing Fashion’s Emissions Problem
The fashion industry is one of the most potent polluters on the planet. BoF assesses companies’ efforts to address their contribution to dangerous climate change in the latest in a series of articles examining the findings of The BoF Sustainability Index.
The Climate Fix: Addressing Fashion’s Emissions Problem
The fashion industry is one of the most potent polluters on the planet. BoF assesses companies’ efforts to address their contribution to dangerous climate change in the latest in a series of articles examining the findings of The BoF Sustainability Index.
Why Fashion Needs a Detox
The fashion industry is thirsty and dirty. BoF assesses companies’ efforts to tackle water stress and pollution in the latest in a series of articles examining the findings of The BoF Sustainability Index.
Why Fashion Needs a Detox
The fashion industry is thirsty and dirty. BoF assesses companies’ efforts to tackle water stress and pollution in the latest in a series of articles examining the findings of The BoF Sustainability Index.
Fashion’s New Materials Frontier
The fashion industry relies on an extractive business model. BoF assesses companies’ efforts to establish raw material supply chains with a positive impact on people and planet in the latest in a series of articles examining the findings of The BoF Sustainability Index.
Fashion’s New Materials Frontier
The fashion industry relies on an extractive business model. BoF assesses companies’ efforts to establish raw material supply chains with a positive impact on people and planet in the latest in a series of articles examining the findings of The BoF Sustainability Index.
Fashion Is Still Failing on Workers’ Rights
The fashion industry runs on systemic inequality and social injustice. BoF assesses companies’ efforts to protect workers in their supply chain in the latest in a series of articles examining the findings of The BoF Sustainability Index.
Fashion Is Still Failing on Workers’ Rights
The fashion industry runs on systemic inequality and social injustice. BoF assesses companies’ efforts to protect workers in their supply chain in the latest in a series of articles examining the findings of The BoF Sustainability Index.
The Waste Opportunity: How Fashion Could Turn Trash to Treasure
The fashion industry feeds a culture of wasteful overconsumption. BoF assesses companies’ efforts to address the industry’s waste problem in the final instalment in a series of articles examining the findings of The BoF Sustainability Index.
The Waste Opportunity: How Fashion Could Turn Trash to Treasure
The fashion industry feeds a culture of wasteful overconsumption. BoF assesses companies’ efforts to address the industry’s waste problem in the final instalment in a series of articles examining the findings of The BoF Sustainability Index.
Measuring Fashion’s Sustainability Gap — Download the Report Now
Brands are talking about sustainability more than ever before, but does their rhetoric stand up to scrutiny? BoF’s new report, The BoF Sustainability Index, benchmarks 15 of the industry’s biggest companies against ambitious environmental and social goals and finds fashion is falling short.
Measuring Fashion’s Sustainability Gap — Download the Report Now
Brands are talking about sustainability more than ever before, but does their rhetoric stand up to scrutiny? BoF’s new report, The BoF Sustainability Index, benchmarks 15 of the industry’s biggest companies against ambitious environmental and social goals and finds fashion is falling short.
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.