Sustainable fashion

Brand Watch 1: One step forward, three back in fashion industry’s sustainability ‘journey’
Oliver Balch, (Jul 26, 2021)

In the first part of his monthly column, Oliver Balch looks at a series of damning reports on a sector that is trying to play up its green efforts, from plastics content to human rights
Nicole Rycroft: ‘We can’t protect 30% of nature if we’re chopping down forests to make t-shirts’
Oliver Balch, (May 30, 2021)

Oliver Balch talks to the Canopy founder about the urgent need to scale up sustainable alternatives to materials like viscose in the fashion industry
No green sheen can hide truth about Black Friday’s impact on environment
Trewin Restorick, (Nov 27, 2019)

As retailers try to highlight sustainability claims amid growing unease about the annual spending spree, consumers should remember that ‘compostable’ and ‘biodegradable’ plastic can do more harm than good, says Hubbub’s Trewin Restorick
‘Open Apparel Registry is a powerful new tool shining a light on the garment industry’
Phil Bloomer, (May 10, 2019)

Phil Bloomer and Alysha Khambay of the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre explain how the open-source map of garment facilities across the globe is helping human rights campaigners to respond quickly to abuse in supply chains
Apparel brands join forces to clean up their act in Bangladesh
Angeli Mehta, (Nov 29, 2018)

Angeli Mehta reports on how collaborative platforms such as the Partnership for Cleaner Textile are pushing for improvements in one of the world’s most polluting industries
‘Water-less’ manufacturing and new cotton irrigation techniques spell hope for brands
Angeli Mehta, (Nov 28, 2018)

Angeli Mehta reports on how Levi Strauss and the C&A Foundation are implementing innovative ways to reduce their water footprint
'Companies must be at heart of global push to tackle SDG6'
Ruth Romer, (Aug 31, 2018)

Ruth Romer of WaterAid introduces practical guidance for companies to invest in water, sanitation and hygiene, and says a new project with HSBC in garment factories in Bangladesh and India will help test the business case for WASH
Brands urged to continue boycott of Uzbek cotton despite promised reforms
Terry Slavin, (Jun 20, 2018)

Campaigners warn it is not safe to source cotton from the country amid evidence that the state-enforced harvest continues, writes Terry Slavin
Natural capital case study: Kering gets to the bottom of its supply chain with EP&L
Angeli Mehta, (Mar 18, 2018)

The luxury fashion house's pioneering accounting has contributed to the Natural Capital Protocol and enabled the group to work out where to focus its sustainability efforts. Angeli Mehta reports
Weekly Watch: 13 April 2017
Rebecca Ley, (Apr 12, 2017)

Ford electrifies China, Smurfit Kappa's cardboard tent, O2 reduces emissions, AccorHotels goes low-carbon, Riversimple gets funding, and H&M boosts circular innovation

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