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Fashion companies unite to create digital ID to enable circularity

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Fashion companies unite to create digital ID to enable circularity

Marjorie van ElvenJuly 17, 2019

“Circularity” is replacing “sustainability” as the buzzword in the fashion industry. After all, it doesn’t suffice for companies to rethink the mate

Fashion brands have only met 21 percent of their circularity targets for 2020

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Fashion brands have only met 21 percent of their circularity targets for 2020

Marjorie van ElvenJuly 9, 2019

Signatories of the 2020 Circular Fashion System Commitment, an initiative launched in 2017 by the Global Fashion Agenda (GFA), will have to hurry up if th

​Pushing sustainability: Lenzing to use more textile waste in its products

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​Pushing sustainability: Lenzing to use more textile waste in its products

Heidi LawFebruary 8, 2019

With an ever-increasing consumer demand for more sustainable products, the fashion industry is facing mounting pressure to become a more circular economy,

Fashion for Good launches toolkit on how to develop Cradle to Cradle denim

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Fashion for Good launches toolkit on how to develop Cradle to Cradle denim

Marjorie van ElvenAugust 16, 2018

Fashion for Good, the global initiative to make the fashion industry more innovative and sustainable, is launching the world’s first toolkit on the product

Global Change Award 2018: 'We need to speed up the shift towards a circular economy'

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Global Change Award 2018: 'We need to speed up the shift towards a circular economy'

Vivian HendrikszMarch 20, 2018

Stockholm - Making new fibers and textiles out of food crop waste was the public's favourite sustainable innovation from the 2018 Global Change Award, a

Stella McCartney & Ellen MacArthur team up to tackle textile waste

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Stella McCartney & Ellen MacArthur team up to tackle textile waste

Vivian HendrikszNovember 28, 2017

London - The fashion industry's current business model, which sees a huge amount of clothing produced only to be thrown away after a few wears, needs to be

'Indigo Goes Green': Hyun Yeu on Kingpins

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'Indigo Goes Green': Hyun Yeu on Kingpins

FashionUnitedOctober 26, 2017

REVIEW Amsterdam -Taking place twice a year, Kingpins isthe place to be for denim lovers from around the world. A wide range of fabric manufacturers, denim

C&A Foundation highlights 'Gaps to overcome for clean & circular fashion'

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C&A Foundation highlights 'Gaps to overcome for clean & circular fashion'

Vivian HendrikszAugust 30, 2017

London - As Chinese textile manufacturers and leading fashion brands continue to investigate ways to clean-up their supply chains and become more sustainabl

7.5 percent of the fashion industry commits to circularity

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7.5 percent of the fashion industry commits to circularity

Vivian HendrikszJuly 10, 2017

London - 7.5 percent of the global fashion industry have signed the Global Fashion Agenda's 'Call to Action for a Circular Fashion System', committing to ac

Will the Global Fashion Agenda succeed in making sustainability the norm?

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Will the Global Fashion Agenda succeed in making sustainability the norm?

Vivian HendrikszMay 17, 2017

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Fashion Leaders of Tomorrow share UN resolution draft

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Fashion Leaders of Tomorrow share UN resolution draft

Vivian HendrikszMay 15, 2017

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Fashion Leaders of Tomorrow share UN resolution draft

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Fashion Leaders of Tomorrow share UN resolution draft

Vivian HendrikszMay 15, 2017

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Fashion Industry Leaders vow to move towards a Circular System

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Fashion Industry Leaders vow to move towards a Circular System

Vivian HendrikszMay 12, 2017

If the global fashion industry wishes to secure its future then now is the time to come together to and takes steps towards a circular system. That was the

C&A launches Fashion for Good Centre in Amsterdam

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C&A launches Fashion for Good Centre in Amsterdam

Simone PreussMarch 30, 2017

Global fashion retailer C&A together with its corporate foundation, the C&A Foundation, wants to transform the fashion industry and drive its transition to a

(Re)defining sustainability: Closing the loop & Slow Fashion

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(Re)defining sustainability: Closing the loop & Slow Fashion

Vivian HendrikszMay 11, 2016

London - Once seen as a niche part of the fashion industry, being eco-conscious has rapidly become one of the hottest 'topics' of our time. From luxury fashio