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Innovation in fashion: Climate organisation Parley launches investment arm

Parley for the Oceans is launching an investment arm to support material innovation in a bid to secure a more sustainable future for fashon deisgn. The environmental organisation, which works with brands such as Adidas and Dior to turn plastic pollution into product components, is aiming to provide long-term funding to next-generation start-ups...

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M.I.A unveils debut eyewear collaboration with Parley for the Oceans

Sri Lanka born, UK-based artist Maya Arulpragasam, who performs as M.I.A, has unveiled her first eyewear design collaboration with Parley for the Oceans. The luxury ‘Clean Waves’ brand created by Parley for the Oceans invites elected artists, creatives and activists to design innovative products made from Parley Ocean Plastic, a range of premium...

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British Fashion Awards winners to receive trophy from recycled plastic

Next week will see the British Fashion Awards take place via a digital format instead of its usual glamorous ceremony. Despite London coming out of lockdown on December 2nd, the event will announce the winners via a short film expected to document the fashion industry in an extraordinary year of unprecedented times. Award winners will not take...

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Video: Adidas to produce 11 million sneakers made from ocean plastic in 2019, here's how

Adidas, in a partnership with Parley for the Oceans, is creating sportswear and sneakers from dubre collected from the ocean. In 2019 Adidas plans to make 11 million shoes from ocean plastic doubling, what it made in 2018. Since it's partnership with Parley for the Oceans began, Adidas' efforts to clean up the sea, the sportswear brand has...

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Adidas pledges to make more shoes using recycled plastic waste in 2019

It looks like reducing plastic waste is the cause closest to Adidas’ heart. The sportswear brand announced ambitious plans to increase the production of shoes containing recycled plastic waste from five million pairs in 2018 to eleven million pairs in 2019. Such growth will be possible thanks to a collaboration with Parley for the Oceans, the...

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Parley for the Oceans to be honoured at The Fashion Awards

Cyrill Gutsch, founder of Parley for the Oceans will be honoured with the Special Recognition Award for Innovation at this year’s The Fashion Awards taking place at the Royal Albert Hall in London on December 10. The Special Recognition Award for Innovation celebrates the contribution of a brand or an individual to the fashion industry using...

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Porter team up with Parley for the Oceans to go plastic-free by 2019

Porter Magazine, the brother publication from Net-a-Porter, has partnered up with environmental non-profit organization Parley for the Oceans to raise awareness surrounding plastic pollution. As one of the most environmentally damaging sectors in the industry, Porter has dedicated its Summer issue to highlighting the harm caused by plastic...