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Agile supply chains: Shein, BCG and GoodOps discuss challenges and opportunities

As the fashion industry continues to grapple with the far-reaching impacts of the pandemic and new global challenges, it has become clear that the ability to swiftly respond to changes in the supply chain is a defining factor for companies to achieve success. Industry stakeholders from ultra-fast fashion player Shein, sustainability strategy and...

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H&M Foundation name Global Change Award winners 2023

The H&M Foundation, the non-profit organisation funded by the Stefan Persson family, founders and main owners of the H&M Group, has announced ten Global Change Award winners for 2023, as it doubles the number of winners and grant funding to 2 million euros to accelerate change in the fashion industry. The Global Change Award is an early-stage...

Fashion |In Pictures

North Sails launches beachwear collection with Coral Gardeners

Apparel brand North Sails has launched a capsule beachwear collection in partnership with Coral Gardener to help regenerate the world’s dying coral reefs. The North Sails x Coral Gardeners collection, which takes inspiration from the reefs they are trying to save, is made from organically cultivated and lower carbon emission materials. The...

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Puma launches podcast to break down its sustainability report

Global sportswear brand Puma has launched a new podcast series discussing its sustainability report to make it more accessible to its Gen-Z audience. Each of the 10 episodes in the Re:Gen Reports series will discuss one of Puma’s 10for25 sustainability targets, ranging from human rights to sustainable product sourcing in an “engaging...

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Thumbs up or down? How brands and retailers fared in Greenpeace’s greenwashing study

Many of us - as consumers or textile and clothing industry insiders - wonder how to make sense of confusing garment labels that claim that said garment is “sustainable”, “eco”, “green” or some other term that suggests that buying this garment or textile is in any way less harmful for the environment. ‘If only someone would compare all those and...

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Greenpeace greenwashing study: brands’ sustainable promises are ‘fake standards’

Hardly any term has been so enthusiastically embraced in recent years as “sustainability” - suddenly everything is “green”, “sustainable”, “eco” or “organic”. Unfortunately, however, it often remains a promising term that holds little water in practice. “Conscious” collections turn out to be minimally recycled and clothing return initiatives are...

Tips for building a more sustainable wardrobe

In this background story, FashionUnited gives you tips on how to create a more sustainable wardrobe - or if you’re a retailer, how to advise consumers about more sustainable fashion. Contents • How to build a more sustainable wardrobe • Still want something new? Consider renting clothes, or buying second-hand • Would you rather buy brand new...

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Fashion and sustainability in April 2023

April has been the most active and promising month so far this year in terms of sustainability in the fashion industry. It was marked by Earth Day on 20th April, Fashion Revolution Week, which commemorated the tenth anniversary of the Rana Plaza building collapse in Bangladesh on 24th April 2013, and the World Retail Congress in Barcelona from...

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The world is falling short to achieve the UN's Sustainable Development Goals by 2030

The UN Secretary General has released a report updating progress made towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) indicator framework since 2015, as the world reaches the halfway point towards 2030. Unfortunately, the report paints a bleak picture, with only about 12 percent of the roughly 140 targets with data on track, close to half...

Retail |World Retail Congress

Mango: "We are working on a ‘passport’ that contains details about the traceability of a product"

Within the framework of the World Retail Congress, which brought together the main leaders of the retail sector in Barcelona to tackle the main challenges of this industry, Luis Casacuberta - General Manager of Mango Woman, Kids & Home today announced that Spanish multinational Mango is working on a type of 'passport' that will allow its...

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Repreve announces Champions of Sustainability award winners

For the sixth time since 2016, the Repreve Champions of Sustainability Awards are being given to brands, retailers and textile mills that are using sustainable fibres in their products. The global awards honour the transformation of single-use plastic bottles into new consumer products, thus saving them from the waste stream. Repreve is made...

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European Commission urged to deal with microplastics from synthetic textiles

The EU is being urged to tackle microplastics as part of its strategy for a Circular Economy Action Plan, which was published in March 2022. Members of the European Commission have been given a whitepaper authored by a group of NGO’s, scientists, and solution providers, which calls to action for the EU to mandate filters in washing machines as...