SUSTAINABILITY news and archive

A visit to one of Bangladesh’s green garment factories

Once considered a cheap sourcing location with unsafe factories by some international buyers, Bangladesh has come a long way in just ten short years: After the deadly fire at Tazreen Fashions in 2012 and the collapse of the Rana Plaza building in 2013, Bangladesh sourcing seemed at an all-time low, its reputation tarnished as a manufacturing...

30 Nov 2022

Fashion Featured

Missoma and Central Saint Martins join forces to tackle jewellery waste

London-based jewellery brand Missoma and art school Central Saint Martins are partnering to repurpose and break down deadstock jewellery and waste metals, upcycling them into new designs. Missoma said the initiative, called The Deadstock Project, was launched to support its fashion circularity ambition, with more projects to extend product...

25 Nov 2022

BusinessFeatured

Richest consumers need to reduce fashion consumption to fight climate change

Consumers from countries including the UK, US, Germany, and Japan need to reduce their carbon footprint from fashion consumption to align the fashion industry with the 1.5°C temperature target of the Paris Agreement. Following COP27, the Hot or Cool Institute and the Rapid Transition Alliance have released the ‘Unfit, Unfair, Unfashionable:...

24 Nov 2022

BusinessFeatured

Sustainability Leadership Award recognises 18 green factories in Bangladesh

Let’s imagine a land where garment workers had factories that provided a safe and pleasant working environment with greenery to spend their breaks in, additionally state-of-the-art machinery, free health care and child care, a fair price shop to do groceries, integrative policies for specially abled workers, empowerment training for female...

22 Nov 2022

BusinessFeatured

Tiffany & Co. commits to Science-Based Climate Targets

Tiffany & Co. is accelerating its plans to combat climate change with a pledge to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across its own operations (Scopes 1 and 2) and supply chain (Scope 3) by 2040. The luxury jewellery house, part of LVMH, has pledged its plans in accordance with Science Based Targets Initiative’s (SBTi) Net-Zero...

21 Nov 2022

BusinessFeatured

In New York, fashion companies may soon be accountable for their environmental impact

Last year a new bill was introduced in the state of New York requiring fashion retailers and manufacturers to disclose environmental and social due diligence policies. The purpose of the bill is for fashion businesses to be transparent regarding the environmental and social impact of their activities, and set targets to improve those impacts....

18 Nov 2022

Fashion Featured

Ecco Leather joins forces with Ecovative to pursue new mycelium materials

Premium leather producer Ecco Leather, part of the Danish footwear brand Ecco, is partnering with mycelium tech company Ecovative to develop and commercialise the "next generation of mycelium materials” for footwear, fashion and apparel. In a statement, the two companies said they will collaborate directly to pursue new mycelium materials, from...

15 Nov 2022

Business

Sustainability round-up October 2022

Much was happening in October in terms of sustainable efforts in the textile and apparel industry -- from regenerative cotton farming for denim and more sustainable materials to circular approaches. A new report revailed that the resale market tripled in just two years and an international sustainable design project brought together different...

11 Nov 2022

Business |Background Featured

A visit to C&A's flagship factory in the heart of Europe

C&A is producing clothes in Germany again. The fashion giant sees its jeans factory in Mönchengladbach as a blueprint for the future of production in the heart of Europe. Are they setting a trend for the apparel industry? FashionUnited took a multimedia exploration into the factory. There is an atmosphere of new beginnings at C&A's new denim...

8 Nov 2022

BusinessFeatured

GFA partners with UNEP to define new sustainable targets at COP27

The Global Fashion Agenda (GFA) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) announced at COP27 that they are partnering to launch a new ‘Fashion Industry Target Consultation,’ which will call on fashion stakeholders to define holistic and concrete targets for a net-positive industry. The ‘Fashion Industry Target Consultation' will aim to...

8 Nov 2022

Fashion

Karen Millen partners with reselling service Thrift+

High street fashion brand Karen Millen has partnered with resale service Thrift+. Thrift+, a company founded to make the charity shopping experience as good as the best online clothes retailers, helps to clear out consumer wardrobes with a hassle-free service to recirculate garments. Karen Millen in a statement said each time something is...

2 Nov 2022

Fashion |In Pictures

Rave Review unveils collection made out of scrapped car parts

Swedish upcycling fashion brand Rave Review, founded by design duo Josephine Bergqvist and Livia Schück, has collaborated with Czech car manufacturer Škoda on an exclusive clothing collection partly made from scrapped cars. Inspired by the great outdoors, Rave Review reused car seats, seat belts, and fabrics from vintage kilts and blankets to...

25 Oct 2022