Levi’s Sued for Allegedly Misleading Consumers on Ethical Labour Practices
The Clean Clothes Campaign and four Dutch consumers have accused the denim brand of failing to meet the responsible production standards it promotes in its marketing.
Shayeza Walid
Shayeza Walid is Senior Editorial Associate covering Sustainability at The Business of Fashion. She is based in London and covers stories on fashion's environmental impact, climate accountability, labour issues and other international stories across the supply chain. Previously, she was contributing reporter at The New York Times, covering South Asia and an international features contributor at Variety, Esquire and Screen International. She holds a Masters of Science from Columbia Journalism School.
Sustainability
Explainer: Fashion’s New Tariff Threat
A US trade probe into forced labour could trigger new tariffs and import bans, forcing fashion brands to implement more robust supply-chain transparency.
Explainer: Fashion’s New Tariff Threat
A US trade probe into forced labour could trigger new tariffs and import bans, forcing fashion brands to implement more robust supply-chain transparency.
Sustainability
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.
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.
Sustainability
Textile Recyclers Are Back From the Brink. Now They Just Need Customers.
Europe’s textile-to-textile recycling sector is rebounding from a crisis and regaining momentum as new regulations drive investment. But to succeed in the long run, it needs more brands to buy in.
Textile Recyclers Are Back From the Brink. Now They Just Need Customers.
Europe’s textile-to-textile recycling sector is rebounding from a crisis and regaining momentum as new regulations drive investment. But to succeed in the long run, it needs more brands to buy in.
Global Markets
How the Middle East Crisis Has Reshaped Global Fashion
The conflict is already disrupting retail, driving up material costs and squeezing global supply chains, with price hikes likely next.
How the Middle East Crisis Has Reshaped Global Fashion
The conflict is already disrupting retail, driving up material costs and squeezing global supply chains, with price hikes likely next.
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Sustainability
The Debrief | Can H&M Prove Sustainability is a Growth Engine?
BoF correspondent Shayeza Walid joins The Debrief to unpack H&M’s unprecedented climate progress paired with a dip in sales — and whether the Swedish giant can escape being slotted in the middle of the pack of the fashion market.
The Debrief | Can H&M Prove Sustainability is a Growth Engine?
BoF correspondent Shayeza Walid joins The Debrief to unpack H&M’s unprecedented climate progress paired with a dip in sales — and whether the Swedish giant can escape being slotted in the middle of the pack of the fashion market.
Beauty
How War Is Exposing Beauty’s Packaging Problem
From soaring plastic costs to aluminium supply shocks, the US-Israel war with Iran is unraveling the beauty industry’s overreliance on plastic packaging and infrastructural gap for affordable and scalable climate-friendly solutions.
How War Is Exposing Beauty’s Packaging Problem
From soaring plastic costs to aluminium supply shocks, the US-Israel war with Iran is unraveling the beauty industry’s overreliance on plastic packaging and infrastructural gap for affordable and scalable climate-friendly solutions.
Sustainability
The Game of ‘Selling’ Sustainability
From H&M’s bid to draw shoppers in with its sustainable positioning, Shein’s new circularity study and a campaign showing athleisure can be made using clean energy, fashion is trying to figure out sustainability’s saleability.
The Game of ‘Selling’ Sustainability
From H&M’s bid to draw shoppers in with its sustainable positioning, Shein’s new circularity study and a campaign showing athleisure can be made using clean energy, fashion is trying to figure out sustainability’s saleability.
Global Markets
How the Middle East’s Fashion Industry Is Navigating War
As the conflict enters its second month, brands, retailers and business leaders across the region are leaning on crisis management and contingency plans amid an increasingly volatile security environment.
How the Middle East’s Fashion Industry Is Navigating War
As the conflict enters its second month, brands, retailers and business leaders across the region are leaning on crisis management and contingency plans amid an increasingly volatile security environment.
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Sustainability
Exclusive: H&M Says Sustainability Is Good for Business. Can It Get Shoppers to Care?
H&M Group CEO Daniel Ervér spoke to The Business of Fashion about why the retail giant is continuing to push on climate action, persuade consumers to see it as more than a fast-fashion giant — and prove that reducing emissions can drive business performance.
Exclusive: H&M Says Sustainability Is Good for Business. Can It Get Shoppers to Care?
H&M Group CEO Daniel Ervér spoke to The Business of Fashion about why the retail giant is continuing to push on climate action, persuade consumers to see it as more than a fast-fashion giant — and prove that reducing emissions can drive business performance.
Sustainability
The Impact of War on Fashion’s Supply Chain
Textile hubs are already feeling the cascading risks of the conflict in Iran as Washington ramps up forced labour probes to revive tariffs, while decarbonisation in fashion’s factories might finally have a standard to go off of.
The Impact of War on Fashion’s Supply Chain
Textile hubs are already feeling the cascading risks of the conflict in Iran as Washington ramps up forced labour probes to revive tariffs, while decarbonisation in fashion’s factories might finally have a standard to go off of.
Sustainability
Exclusive: Shein Wants Brands to Use Its Supply Chain. Should They?
The fast-fashion giant is offering to let smaller labels plug directly into its famed on-demand manufacturing and global logistics network. But is the boost in speed worth the risk of putting operations in a competitor’s hands?
Exclusive: Shein Wants Brands to Use Its Supply Chain. Should They?
The fast-fashion giant is offering to let smaller labels plug directly into its famed on-demand manufacturing and global logistics network. But is the boost in speed worth the risk of putting operations in a competitor’s hands?
Global Markets
The Debrief | How Oil Shock Fears Are Rippling Through Fashion
This week on The Debrief, BoF’s Shayeza Walid and Cathaleen Chen unpack why the war in Iran and disruption in the Strait of Hormuz matter to fashion — from synthetic fibre costs and factory energy shortages to freight surcharges and weakening consumer confidence.
The Debrief | How Oil Shock Fears Are Rippling Through Fashion
This week on The Debrief, BoF’s Shayeza Walid and Cathaleen Chen unpack why the war in Iran and disruption in the Strait of Hormuz matter to fashion — from synthetic fibre costs and factory energy shortages to freight surcharges and weakening consumer confidence.
The News in Brief
Ralph Lauren Resets Sustainability Plan After Dropping Net-Zero Target
The company is shifting to shorter-term, measurable goals after dropping its target of reaching net-zero emissions by 2040 last year.
AII Launches Industry-First Tool Standardising Measurement of Carbon Emissions
The new tool published by the climate-focused nonprofit aims to create a standardised benchmark across textile facilities to accelerate fashion’s efforts to decarbonise.
EU Finalises Plan to Scale Back Sustainability Rules
The bloc’s overhaul sharply reduces the number of companies covered by ESG reporting and supply chain due-diligence laws, easing compliance pressures but increasing concerns over accountability.
EU to Ban Destruction of Unsold Clothes and Shoes
The European Commission has adopted new measures that will require medium and large companies to stop discarding unsold clothing and footwear, in the bloc’s latest move to target textile waste.
German Watchdog Says Shein Must Substantiate or Remove Net-Zero Claims
The ultra-fast fashion retailer says it has updated language on its website following engagement with the group.
Vogue Japan Announces New Head of Editorial Content
Kazumi Asamura Hayashi will take the helm later this month, marking a new chapter for Vogue Japan after a leadership transition at Condé Nast Japan.
Cyclone in Sri Lanka Impacts Multiple Garment Factories
A week after devastating floods, the industry association in Sri Lanka says multiple large facilities have been impacted, as recovery efforts for affected workers are underway.