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The New Transparency coming to fashion: regulations as a baseline for communicating sustainability

Hundreds of sustainability labels and schemes are crippling the apparel and footwear industry. This brouhaha prevents consumers and citizens from properly understanding the impact of the piece of garment that they are buying. But those same consumers are hungry for information, and the industry is hungry to provide. The EU Commission is...

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Game changing legislations looming over the apparel and footwear industry

In 2020 the EU Commission has launched a Circular Economy Action plan1, aiming at making sustainable products the norm in the EU, support the 2050 carbon neutrality target of the EU, and to push for sustainable growth. The textile sector has been singled out by the EU commission, together with four others, as one with the highest environmental...