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ASOS To Tie Executive Pay To Environmental Goals

Posted on September 22, 2021September 22, 2021

Online fashion retailer ASOS set out plans to cut its environmental impact and improve worker rights on Thursday, tying its success in cutting waste and carbon levels to future management…

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Ex-Adidas Brand Chief Wants to Build a Sustainable Supreme

Posted on September 22, 2021September 22, 2021

In 2019, Eric Liedtke was at the top of his field. He was one of the most powerful executives at Adidas, tipped as a potential candidate to be its next…

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The Cotton Tote Crisis

Posted on September 21, 2021September 22, 2021

Recently, Venetia Berry, an artist in London, counted up the free cotton tote bags that she had accumulated in her closet. There were at least 25. There were totes from…

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Inside the US Bill Pushing for Higher Factory Wages and Brand Liability

Posted on September 19, 2021September 22, 2021

The California legislature voted to approve a bill yesterday that would increase garment workers’ wages and make brands liable for ensuring those wages. The bill will now go back to…

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H&M Canada Just Launched Rewear, a Resale Site for Shoppers

Posted on September 19, 2021September 22, 2021

H&M Canada has launched Rewear, an online customer-to-customer (C2C) space where Canadians can buy and sell any piece of clothing from any brand. The new platform will “help to prolong the…

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More Activewear Brands are Creating Innovation Labs to Pursue New Technologies

Posted on September 16, 2021September 17, 2021

In the last three years, brands from Adidas to Pangaia to Allbirds have developed new materials that push the limits of activewear performance while looking for ways to make their clothing more sustainable. But while many…

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What Fashion Needs to Know About This Week’s UN Climate Report

Posted on August 27, 2021September 8, 2021

Against a backdrop of deadly floods, wildfires and extreme heat waves that have made some parts of the world virtually uninhabitable, climate scientists issued a stark warning earlier this week: The planet…

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Will This Be the Season of “Climate Positive” Fashion?

Posted on August 27, 2021September 8, 2021

New York Fashion Week begins in just over a month, and Vogue Runway’s already-full schedule suggests it’s going to be one of the busiest seasons… ever. Understandably so: It’s been…

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Allbirds Debuts First Activewear Line in Bid to Become Full Lifestyle Brand

Posted on August 26, 2021September 8, 2021

Activewear is dominated by one material: polyester. The fabric is used in 55% of all clothing and its global production spews 700 million tons of carbon into the atmosphere every year.…

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Is Repair the Ticket to Circularity Too Few Are Paying Attention To?

Posted on August 24, 2021September 8, 2021

When it comes to disrupting fashion’s waste cycle and shifting to more circular consumption methods, buying secondhand and renting have been heralded as the way forward. But what the industry’s…

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