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Better Cotton Initiative joins UN Charter for Climate Action

Better Cotton Initiative (BCI), the non-profit organization promoting better standards in cotton farming, is the latest signatory of the Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action, a series of targets with the aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent by 2030 and achieve zero emissions by 2050. Launched in December during a UN...

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The RealReal joins UN climate change fashion industry charter

The RealReal is honoring Earth Day this year by announcing that it is the first fashion resale company to join the UN Climate Change's Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action - the charter that Stella McCartney had worked to launch at the end of last year. The RealReal joins over 60 companies participating in the charter, including Kering,...

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Denim Expert joins Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action

As the first denim company from Bangladesh, Chittagong-based Denim Expert Ltd. has joined the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), pledging to take climate action in line with the goals established by the Paris Agreement of 2015. “The science is clear. Climate change is happening fast and that is why Denim Expert Ltd....

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Fashion giants sign UN charter to fight climate change. Will it work?

Can the biggest players in the fashion industry unite to stop global warming? The United Nations thinks so. During a conference in Katowice, Poland, UN Climate Change has announced the launch of the Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action, a series of targets with the aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent by 2030 and achieve...