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Active Apparel Group secures B Corp certification

Active Apparel Group (AAG) has received B Corp Certification, recognising the performance apparel manufacturer for its efforts in the way of environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices. The firm received a score of 84.9 points on the B Impact Assessment (BIA), meaning that it exceeded the 80-point threshold required for the...

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Italian luxury brand Slowear joins Italy's B Corp ranks

The luxury fashion industry's gradual embrace of sustainable business practices has gained momentum with Slowear's B Corp certification, marking a notable shift in how premium apparel brands approach environmental and social governance. The Italian company's four-year journey to certification crystallizes a fundamental tension in contemporary...

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Mulberry achieves B Corp certification

Luxury heritage brand Mulberry is the latest British fashion company to achieve B Corp certification. Mulberry scored 87.1, above the B Corp requirement pass mark and ahead of the industry standard of 80.9. The fashion house said it earned notable points for unlocking Impact Business Models, ways that a business is designed to create a specific...

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Seasalt awarded B Corp certification

British clothing and lifestyle brand Seasalt, based in Cornwall, has been certified as a B Corp company after achieving an “extremely impressive” score of 100.2, compared to the sector benchmark of 80.7. The score was in recognition of the brand’s founding values and “ongoing progressive approach to doing business,” including its use of organic...

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Birger Christensen Collective announces B Corp certification

Birger Christensen Collective, the Copenhagen-based fashion group, has achieved B Corp certification. The company, which owns brands Rotate and Remain, secured a robust score of 88.9 points across governance, workers, community, environment, and customer categories. This certification places Birger Christensen Collective among a select group of...

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House of Baukjen named highest-scoring SME fashion B Corp globally

House of Baukjen, the purpose-driven London-based fashion company featuring womenswear maternity wear brands Baukjen and Isabella Oliver, has been recognised as the highest-scoring fashion small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) B Corp in the world. The British fashion company received a B Corp score of 153.6, which propels the sustainable and...

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Ba&sh achieves B Corp certification

Parisian womenswear brand Ba&sh has become a B Corp-certified company after obtaining an “outstanding” score of 98 points for its social and environmental standards. Pierre-Arnaud Grenade, chief executive of Ba&sh, said in a statement: “Ba&sh is a staunchly optimistic brand with an eye on the future. As we all know, obtaining this B Corp...

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Omnes achieves B-Corp status, establishes partnership with The Seam

Contemporary fashion label Omnes has announced that it has achieved B-Corp certification after undergoing a “rigorous assessment” to meet standards of social and environmental performance and transparency. In a release, the brand said that the certification reflected its “dedication to using business as a force for good and making a positive...

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Una Terra invests in Another Tomorrow

Swiss-based early growth impact investment manager Una Terra has invested 2 million US dollars in B-Corp-certified sustainable luxury ready-to-wear brand Another Tomorrow as part of its Series A financing round. In a statement, Another Tomorrow said the strategic investment from Una Terra marks a commitment to “progressing innovation in the...

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Farm Rio receives B Corp Certification

Brazilian fashion and lifestyle brand Farm Rio has become a B Corp-certified company after launching a global programme to reimagine its business model around the social and environmental fundamentals such as performance, accountability, and transparency. The brand, founded by Katia Barros and Marcello Bastos in 1997 as a small marketplace booth...

Fashion

Joanie Clothing announces B Corp Certification

Joanie Clothing, the B2B British retailer of modern vintage womenswear, has achieved B Corporation certification. The brand is now part of a global network of 7,000 B Corp-certified businesses, with over 1,400 in the UK. Chris Turner, Executive Director of B Lab UK, welcomed Joanie Clothing to the B Corp community, highlighting the movement's...

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Fashionphile named a Certified B Corporation

Luxury resale platform Fashionphile has announced its status as a Certified B Corporation. The B Corp certification recognizes companies across a number of industries that uphold “high standards of verified performance, accountability, and transparency”, according to the official Benefit Corporation site. Founded in 1999, Fashionphile has been a...