The Swiss luxury group has promoted its chief sustainability officer and plans to add to its board a car-industry veteran who worked on the shift to electric …
Sustainability
The Problem with Sustainability Data
On Thursday, the Geneva Center for Business and Human Rights published a report with a damning assessment of efforts to quantify the fashion industry’s record …
The Steps Fashion Must Take to Hit Its Sustainability Goals
“A miracle has to happen to save the survival of fashion as we know it,” trend forecaster Lidewij Edelkoort wrote to me in an email …
The Best of BoF: Fashion’s Sustainability Reckoning
Fashion has been talking about sustainability for years, but with the urgency of the climate crisis increasingly visible and workers continuing to bear the brunt …
Puma: Moving Sustainability Beyond Marketing
Bold eco-friendly claims and ethical sourcing promises have become staples of fashion’s marketing strategies alongside growing consumer interest in sustainably branded products. It’s also an …
Canada Goose x Reformation: Innovation Meets Sustainability
The two houses merge their respective platforms to conspire on an exclusive luxury-collection. The two houses merge their respective platforms to conspire on an exclusive …
BoF Insights | Does Fashion Stand a Chance of Hitting Its Sustainability Targets?
Against the backdrop of the COP27 gathering in Egypt, the fashion industry received yet another stark reminder that addressing the climate crisis is more urgent …
The BoF Podcast: Sadhguru on Wellbeing and the Sustainability of Indian Textiles
When it comes to some of the greatest challenges facing the fashion industry (and the wider world) Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev has more than just jewels …
At Venice Sustainable Fashion Forum, Transitioning ‘From Sustainability to Responsibility’
Last week, at the picturesque Fondazione Giorgio Cini — a dusky pink monastery marooned in the mouth of Venice’s Grand Canal — Camera Nazionale Della …
Can Fashion’s Favourite Sustainability Standard Be Saved?
For the last decade the Sustainable Apparel Coalition has been one of fashion’s most powerful and influential sustainability-focused trade groups, with members including Patagonia, Nike …
A Crash Course on The BoF Sustainability Index
summit To subscribe to the BoF Podcast, please follow this link. Fashion’s negative impact on people and the planet is in focus like never before. …
The BoF Podcast | Joy Howard on Community Fuelled Sustainability
Subscribe to the BoF Podcast here. Background: The seed of inspiration for Early Majority has been growing in founder Joy Howard’s mind since her days …
The New Rules of Sustainability Marketing
Last year, when the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) pushed its 250-plus member brands to publish ratings of their products’ sustainability performance by 2025, the trade …
H&M, Decathlon to Make Donations, Dial Back Sustainability Claims to Avoid Dutch Greenwashing Crackdown
The two retailers have promised to “adjust or no longer use sustainability claims on their clothes and/or websites,” and ensure consumers are better-informed, according to …
Swiss Running-Shoe Brand On Launches Resale Site in Sustainability Push
The Swiss athletic brand On is launching a resale site Thursday, making it the latest company to enter the fast-growing apparel resale market. On Holding AG, which is …
Logomania Is Coming for Sustainability
Louis Vuitton has given its classic monogram a sustainability focused makeover for its newest sneaker. The logo, emblazoned across the shoe in enlarged font, has …
Why Sustainability in Clothing Businesses Is the Future of the Fashion Industry
Sustainability is a hot topic in the fashion industry, but what does it mean to be sustainable, and why is it such an important issue …
Why Sustainability in Clothing Businesses Is the Future of the Fashion Industry
Sustainability is a hot topic in the fashion industry, but what does it mean to be sustainable, and why is it such an important issue …
Fashion’s Sustainability Secrets | BoF
Behind its shiny facade, the fashion industry hides big and dirty secrets. Brands spend billions of dollars to persuade shoppers to buy more items that …
European Fashion Councils Form Fashion Alliance to Lobby on Sustainability Policy
France’s Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode and Italy’s Camera Nazionale Della Moda are among the 25 members of the the European …