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New white paper on decarbonising the fashion industry is a good start but misses key issues

Decarbonising the fashion industry's supply chains is no longer a secondary sustainability goal, but a core financial necessity. This is the argument of the recently published white paper, “Accelerating Fashion Decarbonisation: An Efficient Approach to Unlocking Corporate Value and Financing the Supply Chain Transition”. It is co-authored by the...

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Podcast: Founder of Neem London Nick Reed on sustainability and reducing carbon footprints

In this episode of The Menswear Style Podcast, founder of eco conscious lifestyle brand Neem, Nick Reed, has discussed sustainability and reducing carbon footprints. Reed also explained how he finances his brand, and how he was inspired by the style of Douglas Jardine and Richie Tenenbaum. Listen to the podcast below. Source: The Menswear Style...

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Allbirds releases open source carbon footprint calculator

Allbirds has released an open-source tool for fashion brands to calculate their carbon footprint. In a statement on its website the San Francisco-based footwear B Corp said it is aware “sharing proprietary information might not make the most business sense. But the global climate crisis is bigger than business. And if competition got us into...

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Zalando SBTs: reducing carbon emissions by 80 percent before 2025

Online fashion retailer Zalando has realised the need of the hour and maintains sustainability as a focus area even in times of the coronavirus crisis. As the first platform worldwide, Zalando is therefore setting itself Science Based Targets (SBTs) for reducing carbon emissions in line with the 1.5 degree Celsius target of the Paris Agreement....

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LVMH to reduce carbon footprint with new fund

The world's leading luxury group has pledged to go 'green' by introducing a new carbon fund, paid for by each of its luxury fashion houses. LVMH announced it would implement a 5 million euro fund, financed by contributions from each Maison, including Louis Vuitton, Celine, Fendi, Dior and Givenchy. The fund has been set up in part to calculate...