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Why Fashion Is Still Stuck on Sustainability Double Standards

As the presence of PFAs in apparel comes into the spotlight, and ‘sustainable’ collaborations driven by overproduction hit the market, fashion’s definition of sustainability looks increasingly hard to defend.

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Why Fashion Is Still Stuck on Sustainability Double Standards

As the presence of PFAs in apparel comes into the spotlight, and ‘sustainable’ collaborations driven by overproduction hit the market, fashion’s definition of sustainability looks increasingly hard to defend.

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Shein, Nike and Fashion’s Widening Sustainability Gap

Copenhagen Fashion Week’s 20th edition offered promise in pushing fashion’s sustainability agenda from within, defying the wider industry's pullback from the cause. But with fashion’s decarbonisation trajectory offtrack, Shein’s questionable climate targets, paired with labour abuse in Nike and Prada’s supply chains, there’s still a long way to go.

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Shein, Nike and Fashion’s Widening Sustainability Gap

Copenhagen Fashion Week’s 20th edition offered promise in pushing fashion’s sustainability agenda from within, defying the wider industry's pullback from the cause. But with fashion’s decarbonisation trajectory offtrack, Shein’s questionable climate targets, paired with labour abuse in Nike and Prada’s supply chains, there’s still a long way to go.

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Survival Is Fashion’s Next Big Climate Challenge

With efforts to avert climate crisis just limping along, the industry needs to brace for a harsh new reality.

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Survival Is Fashion’s Next Big Climate Challenge

With efforts to avert climate crisis just limping along, the industry needs to brace for a harsh new reality.

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Patagonia’s CEO on Selling ‘the Unsexiest Thing in the World’

As the Californian outerwear brand publishes its first ever sustainability progress report, its 50-year effort to model and promote a more climate-friendly form of capitalism is under threat.

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Patagonia’s CEO on Selling ‘the Unsexiest Thing in the World’

As the Californian outerwear brand publishes its first ever sustainability progress report, its 50-year effort to model and promote a more climate-friendly form of capitalism is under threat.

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Are All Sustainability Certifications Broken?

The standards big brands rely on to back up their green claims are facing intense and unflattering scrutiny, Trump’s trade war is having far-reaching and destructive impacts on the lives of garment workers and what to watch ahead of the UN’s COP climate summit.

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Are All Sustainability Certifications Broken?

The standards big brands rely on to back up their green claims are facing intense and unflattering scrutiny, Trump’s trade war is having far-reaching and destructive impacts on the lives of garment workers and what to watch ahead of the UN’s COP climate summit.

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Can an Ultra-Fast Fashion Brand Be ‘Sustainable’?

US-Australian Shein competitor Princess Polly recently received B Corp certification, gaining a coveted stamp of approval from one of the world’s leading corporate responsibility labels.

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Can an Ultra-Fast Fashion Brand Be ‘Sustainable’?

US-Australian Shein competitor Princess Polly recently received B Corp certification, gaining a coveted stamp of approval from one of the world’s leading corporate responsibility labels.

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EU Ditches Plans for Anti-Greenwashing Rules

The European Commission is abandoning regulation that would have required companies to back up green claims following pressure from conservative lawmakers.

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EU Ditches Plans for Anti-Greenwashing Rules

The European Commission is abandoning regulation that would have required companies to back up green claims following pressure from conservative lawmakers.

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Italy’s Competition Authority Closes Dior Probe

The investigation into whether Dior misled consumers about working conditions at its suppliers concluded without finding any wrongdoing, after Dior made a number of commitments to tighten up its controls and communication.

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Italy’s Competition Authority Closes Dior Probe

The investigation into whether Dior misled consumers about working conditions at its suppliers concluded without finding any wrongdoing, after Dior made a number of commitments to tighten up its controls and communication.

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Sustainability Takes a Back Seat, Even at Sustainable Fashion Brands

In a challenging market, a generation of brands that helped pioneer 'sustainable fashion' are shifting their sales pitch, letting design, not values, do the talking.

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Sustainability Takes a Back Seat, Even at Sustainable Fashion Brands

In a challenging market, a generation of brands that helped pioneer 'sustainable fashion' are shifting their sales pitch, letting design, not values, do the talking.

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Dr. Bronner’s Ditches Widely Used ‘B Corp’ Sustainability Certification for ‘Weak’ Rules

The soap maker said the integrity of the B Corp standard has become compromised and that its rules are letting firms greenwash.

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Dr. Bronner’s Ditches Widely Used ‘B Corp’ Sustainability Certification for ‘Weak’ Rules

The soap maker said the integrity of the B Corp standard has become compromised and that its rules are letting firms greenwash.

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Can Brands Still Make the Case for Sustainable Fashion?

In a climate where consumers are wary of greenwashing and a backlash against “woke capitalism” takes shape, brands peddling sustainability messaging have to treat the topic with a degree of irreverence and put the product first.

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Can Brands Still Make the Case for Sustainable Fashion?

In a climate where consumers are wary of greenwashing and a backlash against “woke capitalism” takes shape, brands peddling sustainability messaging have to treat the topic with a degree of irreverence and put the product first.

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Misguided Regulation Is Putting the Sustainable Fashion Movement at Risk

A backlash against complex and costly new rules is threatening Europe’s pioneering efforts to make the industry operate more responsibly. Failure to address valid criticisms risks undermining the whole endeavour, argues Kenneth P. Pucker.

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Misguided Regulation Is Putting the Sustainable Fashion Movement at Risk

A backlash against complex and costly new rules is threatening Europe’s pioneering efforts to make the industry operate more responsibly. Failure to address valid criticisms risks undermining the whole endeavour, argues Kenneth P. Pucker.

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