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Brands Struggle to Get Sustainability Marketing Right
Over the last few years, a host of companies that once boldly touted their products’ sustainability credentials have quietly backed away from such claims, a …
Coach’s Stuart Vevers: Sustainability ‘Has to Come From Designers’
What is the point of catwalk shows, now that social media serves up fresh trends to everyone’s phone every day of the year? “[It] has …
Why Big Brands Are Pushing Back Against Sustainability Regulations
For the past two years, I have been working with the New Standard Institute to secure passage of the New York Fashion Act. The Act …
Rachel Arthur: How the UN Wants Brands to Sell Sustainability
In June 2023, the United Nations published a report with a radical message for fashion brands: stop pushing overconsumption. “The Sustainable Fashion Communication Playbook” published …
The Year Ahead: What to Expect as New Sustainability Rules Roll In
The fashion industry is heading for a reality check. By the end of 2024, self-regulation of sustainability may no longer be an option. Many new …
The Best of BoF 2023: Fashion’s Sustainability Reckoning
As the world’s hottest year on record draws to a close, fashion still isn’t sweating it. It should be. Rising temperatures and associated weather extremes …
Don’t Believe What Consumers Say When It Comes to Sustainability
One of the world’s biggest shopping holidays takes place this week: Black Friday, a frenzy of heavily discounted excess consumption. The shopping hauls serve to …
What Big Brands’ Sustainability Reports Won’t Tell You
A little over a decade ago, an unlikely partnership between American mass market giant Walmart and outdoor apparel retailer Patagonia spurred one of the fashion …
Resale Won’t Fix Fast Fashion’s Sustainability Issues
Peer-to-peer resale app Depop has become a hot destination for Gen-Z consumers on the hunt for cute, reasonably priced pre-loved finds. But some have been …
Fashion Brands Withholding Key Environmental and Social Sustainability Data
The fashion industry is facing a greenwashing reckoning, ratcheting up the pressure on brands to go public with information to back up their sustainability claims. …
Inditex Ups Sustainability Commitments as Regulators Take Aim at Fast Fashion
Zara-owner Inditex is planning to boost its resale service and increase its use of next-generation and recycled materials in an effort to halve its emissions …
LVMH’s Antoine Arnault Calls for Luxury-Focused Sustainability Pact
Fashion needs a luxury-focused sustainability initiative, LVMH’s head of image and environment Antoine Arnault said Tuesday, addressing criticism over the French luxury giant’s decision not …
Explainer: Why New Sustainability Rules Are Worrying the Fashion Industry
European policy makers have laid out ambitions to end fast fashion. The proposed regulations will change the entire industry. Industry bodies including France’s Fédération de …
‘We just don’t need that many clothes’: designers work towards sustainability at Australian fashion week | Australian fashion week
On Tuesday, Bianca Spender presented her 15th anniversary show at Australian fashion week in Sydney where models walked on a cream carpet beneath an enormous …
What the Quiet Luxury Trend Means for Sustainability
Merino wool sweaters from The Row with four-figure price tags are not going to save the planet. But the current loud moment for “quiet luxury” …
L’Oréal Eyes Tech Talent, Puts Sustainability at the Fore
L’Oréal’s chief executive, Nicolas Hieronimus, believes the 110-year-old beauty company is ready for the future. In a conversation with Marie-Joseé Kravis, the chair of the …
‘There is lots of talk and no action’: designer Amy Powney’s quest to make sustainability more than just a buzzword | Fashion
It is not every luxury fashion designer who invites the Uruguayan sheep farmer who supplies the wool for their collection to their east London studio …
‘I never think about trends’: Gabriela Hearst brings sustainability to Chloé show | Fashion
The real passion of Gabriela Hearst, the creative director of the Parisian house of Chloé, is sustainability, not fashion. But she works in a luxury …