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Wednesday, 11 September 2024Steve Madden partners on recycling programme
NEW YORK – Apparel and footwear brand Steve Madden has partnered with recycling and rewards platform Trashie, to use its clothing returns infrastructure. Steve Madden customers can now purchase Trashie's ‘take-back’ bag for $20, fill it with old… -
Wednesday, 11 September 2024Nike shareholders reject worker rights move
BEAVERTON - Shareholders in sportswear brand Nike have voted against a proposal demanding the company signs up to the Pakistan Accord garment and textile factory safety programme. Their rejection of the proposal comes despite the support of major… -
Monday, 09 September 2024Patagonia joins sustainable packaging programme
VENTURA – Outdoor apparel brand Patagonia has signed up to Pack4Good, the sustainable packaging initiative from environmental non-profit, Canopy. With an estimated three billion trees cut down each year for paper packaging, the Pack4Good initiative… -
Friday, 06 September 2024Investors urge Nike to sign Pakistan Accord
BEAVERTON - The world's largest sovereign wealth fund is backing a shareholder proposal demanding that sportswear giant Nike signs up to the Pakistan Accord garment and textile factory safety programme. Norway's Government Pension Fund Global, which… -
Wednesday, 04 September 2024Retail giants invest in lab-grown cotton firm
BOSTON – Swedish retailer H&M and Zara owner Inditex have taken part in fresh funding round for US cellular agriculture start-up Galy, which is working to develop lab-grown cotton. The $33 million raised from the oversubscribed series B financing… -
Tuesday, 03 September 2024Campaigners in bid to block Shein listing
LONDON - The Stop Uyghur Genocide (SUG) campaign says it has provided the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) with evidence which should bar Shein from listing on the London Stock Exchange. SUG sent a dossier to the FCA which it says shows there is… -
Friday, 30 August 2024British brands failing on climate action, report
LONDON - The British fashion industry is failing to act on the climate crisis with fewer than 4% of brands affiliated to the British Fashion Council (BFC) able to demonstrate any emissions reduction targets, new research suggests. The report from… -
Friday, 30 August 2024eBay launches first 'Pre-loved Fashion Week'
LONDON – Secondhand marketplace eBay has teamed up with the British Fashion Council (BFC) and the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) to launch its first ‘Pre-loved Fashion Week’ in New York and London. The events will include a live,… -
Friday, 30 August 2024New Look inks supply chain agreement
LONDON - UK clothing retailer New Look and global trade union federation, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), have teamed up to ensure that transport workers’ human and labour rights are protected in New Look’s supply chain. Under… -
Wednesday, 28 August 2024Investor quits fashion over ESG concerns
THE HAGUE: A Dutch impact investor, which manages assets worth around €4.2 billion ($4.7bn), has announced a decision to divest from the fashion industry due to sustainability concerns. ASN Impact Investors has put a halt on investments in companies… -
Tuesday, 27 August 2024ACT urges action on secondhand fashion taxes
NEW YORK - The American Circular Textiles (ACT) coalition has launched a US-wide petition to eliminate double taxation on secondhand goods, repairs and alterations in the apparel sector. ACT, whose members include fashion resale specialists such as… -
Friday, 23 August 2024Shein's CO2 emissions rose by 45% in 2023
SINGAPORE - Chinese-owned ultra fast fashion giant Shein's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions rose by 45% last year, according to its new sustainability and social impact report. It also reveals that the company's auditors uncovered two cases of child… -
Wednesday, 21 August 2024Puma welcomes ‘climate leader’ recognition
HERZOGENAURACH - Sportswear brand Puma has been ranked in the top ten of Europe’s ‘climate leaders’ in a list compiled by the Financial Times (FT). Analysing the climate ambitions of 600 European companies, the FT awarded the highest scores to… -
Tuesday, 20 August 2024Ganni signs up to Canopy forest initiatives
COPENHAGEN - Danish fashion brand Ganni has teamed up with environmental non-profit Canopy in a commitment to use only sustainable forestry in its apparel and packaging supply chains. Ganni has signed up to both the CanopyStyle and Pack4Good… -
Tuesday, 13 August 2024Trove acquires Recurate resale platform
SAN FRANCISCO – Californian re-commerce specialist Trove, which runs branded resale and trade-in platforms for fashion brands, has acquired integrated resale platform Recurate. Recurate’s plug-in technology enables brands and retailers to establish… -
Tuesday, 13 August 2024Report highlights obstacles to circular fashion
BIRMINGHAM - Consumers’ efforts to make us of fashion brands’ reuse, repair and recycling schemes are being impeded by geographical limitations and regional variations, new research suggests. The joint study from the University of Birmingham and… -
Monday, 12 August 2024H&M and Save the Children partner on India project
BENGALURU – Fashion retail giant H&M has teamed up with Save the Children India to launch a circular textile project in the city of Bengaluru, the capital of India's southern Karnataka state. Designed to tackle the city’s mounting waste management… -
Monday, 12 August 2024Tesco to trial digital passports on clothing
LONDON - Supermarket giant Tesco is linking up with data technology company Fabacus for a pilot scheme which will see digital product passports (DPPs) used to provide consumers with information on items in its F&F fashion range. It comes amidst… -
Wednesday, 07 August 2024Amazon culpable following sleepwear safety ruling
WASHINGTON DC - The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has ruled that online retail giant Amazon bears legal responsibility for the recall of a raft of faulty or defective products, including sleepwear, purchased on its website. THE CPSC… -
Wednesday, 07 August 2024Company becomes top rated SME fashion B Corp
LONDON - House of Baukjen has been named the highest scoring fashion SME B Corp in the world after its score soared to 153.6 on the back of more sustainable dyeing. The company, which owns the brands Baukjen and Isabella Oliver, recently became one… -
Tuesday, 06 August 2024Late payments – the unseen struggle
YORK – There’s always plenty of talk about greenwashing and 'business-as-usual' in our industry, but there is very little scrutiny of 'payment-as-usual' and how the intentional late payment of bills by textile industry stakeholders can seriously… -
Tuesday, 06 August 2024ThredUp mulls future of European arm
OAKLAND - Fashion resale specialist ThredUp has confirmed it is re-evaluating the future of its European business. Reporting a narrower net loss of US$14.0 million for its second quarter, down from a loss of $18.8 million in the same period last… -
Monday, 05 August 2024Primark to offer ‘circular design’ training
LONDON - UK fashion retailer Primark has teamed up with the Circular Textiles Foundation (CTF) to provide an advanced training programme for its design and product teams. The new training programme will cover advanced circular design principles… -
Monday, 05 August 2024Nudea joins carbon credit programme
LONDON - UK lingerie brand Nudea has partnered with Powering Net Zero (PNZ) Group to offset the brand’s 2023 carbon footprint. By purchasing PNZ Group’s UK-generated carbon credits, the B-Corp certified firm says it will be channelling finance… -
Friday, 02 August 2024Adidas steering away from China to US direct sourcing
HERZOGENAURACH – Sportswear giant Adidas is attempting to close down sourcing routes for its goods that are manufactured in China and then exported directly to the United States. This change of tack, according to its CEO Bjørn Gulden, is currently… -
Friday, 02 August 2024ThredUp outlines ESG progress
OAKLAND - Fashion resale specialist ThredUp has released its third annual impact report in which it details its progress on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. The report outlines how ThredUp recirculated 2.2 million second-hand items… -
Friday, 02 August 2024Imports plunge as consumers turn to fast fashion
BERLIN - Germany experienced a significant plunge in clothing and footwear imports in 2023 with the short-fall offset by a surge in purchases from non-European fast fashion platforms such as Shein and Temu, new research suggests. Germany’s Textile,… -
Thursday, 01 August 2024Report slams fashion brands on fossil fuel use
LONDON – Major fashion brands have been urged to invest at least 2% of their revenue into a ‘fair transition’ away from fossil fuels to power their supply chains in a new report by the Fashion Revolution initiative. The report claims the fashion… -
Wednesday, 31 July 2024John Lewis launches designer ‘pre-loved’ service
LONDON - UK retailer John Lewis has partnered with luxury goods reseller Sign of The Times to launch its first range of ‘pre-loved’ designer handbags and accessories. The new online range will build on the current offering of second-hand goods from… -
Tuesday, 30 July 2024Target to launch denim take-back scheme
MINNEAPOLIS – US retailer Target is launching a scheme that allows customers to drop off used denim clothing in exchange for a 20% discount on new denim apparel. The retailer says the event will run from 4-10 August in its almost 2,000 stores… -
Monday, 29 July 2024Dunelm and Salvation Army trial recycling scheme
SYSTON – Homeware retailer Dunelm has partnered with the SATCoL, the trading arm of the Salvation Army, to launch of a new trial textile recycling scheme, which encourages consumers to return their unwanted household fabrics. As part of the trial,… -
Friday, 26 July 2024Wrangler partners on discarded denim
GREENSBORO – Denim brand Wrangler has confirmed its latest initiative aimed at keeping denim waste out of landfill. Wrangler said the collaboration with vintage clothing specialist Beyond Retro, part of the BVH Services group, will help it reduce… -
Friday, 26 July 2024Operating income plunges at Kering
PARIS – Luxury fashion group Kering, owner of Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent and Alexander McQueen, has warned its second-half operating income could fall by 30% compared to last year, compounding its woes after already falling sharply in the first half… -
Tuesday, 23 July 2024John Lewis rolls out repair and restore trial
LONDON – UK retailer John Lewis is trialling an in-store repair and alterations service to prolong the life of various items including garments. The trial launches in five John Lewis stores this week in a partnership with dry cleaning and laundry… -
Tuesday, 23 July 2024Depop axes selling fees in restructure
NEW YORK – Fashion resale platform Depop has removed selling fees for users based in the United States as part of an overhaul of its fee structure, which it hopes will further boost the secondhand fashion market. Instead, the platform has replaced… -
Thursday, 18 July 2024
Puma scales football shirt recycling project
HERZOGENAURACH – Sportswear brand Puma says it has significantly upscaled its Re:Fibre textile-to-textile recycling technology to manufacture replica football shirts for the upcoming 2024/25 season. The brand says 35 clubs will wear shirts made from… -
Wednesday, 17 July 2024On process sprays shoe upper in three minutes
ZURICH - Swiss sportswear brand On has unveiled a one-step, 'more sustainable' manufacturing process in which a robotic arm produces running shoes in just three minutes. The 'Lightspray' process is claimed to significantly reduce waste as well as… -
Tuesday, 16 July 2024Fast Retailing claims sustainability progress
YAMAGUCHI – Uniqlo owner and Japanese fashion giant Fast Retailing has announced significant year-on-year reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and provided updates on its circularity initiatives and migrant worker repayment scheme. Fast… -
Monday, 15 July 2024
Gucci publishes new sustainability report
MILAN - Luxury fashion house Gucci has published its latest impact report in which it reveals progress made against its sustainability targets. This latest impact report comes at a time when Gucci’s parent company Kering is focused on turning around… -
Wednesday, 10 July 2024Shein launches €250m fund in the UK and EU
LONDON - Ahead of a potential London listing, Chinese-owned ultra fast fashion company Shein has announced plans to invest €250 million ($270m) in sustainability and circularity in Britain and Europe over the next five years. The company has… -
Tuesday, 09 July 2024Inditex urged to 'reduce airborne fashion'
ARTEIXO - Zara owner Inditex is being urged by campaigners to reduce its use of air freight after its transport-related CO2 emissions increased by 37% to a record high last year. The Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC), Public Eye and other campaign groups… -
Monday, 01 July 2024Stella McCartney backs PETA ‘feather free’ campaign
LONDON – Fashion house founder Stella McCartney has called on the international designer community to sign PETA’s new ‘Feather-Free’ pledge, commiting to never to use feathers again in their collections. Following exposés by PETA revealing that… -
Friday, 28 June 2024M&S launches repair and alterations service
LONDON – Marks & Spencer (M&S) has launched its first clothing repair service. The UK retail giant will operate the ‘Plan A - Another life’ platform through a partnership with clothing repair and alterations specialist, Sojo, with customers able to… -
Thursday, 27 June 2024Legal challenge launched to UK Shein listing
LONDON – UK human rights group Stop Uyghur Genocide (SUG) has launched a legal campaign to stop ultra-fast fashion retailer Shein’s potential £50 billion ($64bn) flotation on the London Stock Exchange (LSE). The group, represented by a human rights… -
Wednesday, 26 June 2024Emissions down, sales up, claims Decathlon
LILLE – Sporting goods retailer Decathlon is claiming to have reduced its overall CO2 emissions while increasing sales for the second successive year in 2023. The company outlined its progress on mitigating climate change and reducing its… -
Wednesday, 26 June 2024John Lewis partners on ‘circular’ collection
EXETER – UK fashion retailer John Lewis has teamed up with a research team from the University of Exeter on a new ‘circular’ collection of garments and home textiles. The Exeter Centre for the Circular Economy and UKRI Circular Economy Hub at the… -
Monday, 24 June 2024Vinted report claims significant emissions savings
VILNIUS – Second hand marketplace Vinted has released a new report that claims its member shopping for second hand fashion helped avoid 679 kilo tonnes of CO2e in 2023. Vinted’s latest ‘Impact Report’, which is based on independent analysis… -
Friday, 21 June 2024Ba&sh earns B Corp status
PARIS – French luxury fashion brand Ba&sh has been awarded B Corp status in recognition of the company's ongoing efforts in social and environmental sustainability, transparency, and ethical business practices. To receive certification, companies… -
Thursday, 20 June 2024M&S reverses alpaca wool ban
LONDON – British retail giant Marks and Spencer (M&S) has reversed its ban on the use of alpaca yarn in its garments, a move that is expected to face backlash from animal rights campaigners. The move comes after the announcement of a… -
Tuesday, 18 June 2024M&S reveals progress on Plan A strategy
LONDON – British retailer Marks and Spencer (M&S) has published a new ESG report revealing the company's progress on its 'Plan A' sustainability strategy. It claims to have reduced emissions in its own operations by 33% since its base year of 2017 -…
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