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H&M Foundation shifts focus of Global Change Award 2025 to help achieve net-zero emissions by 2050

The H&M Foundation has unveiled a change in strategic direction in its annual innovation challenge, the Global Change Award (GCA), to support the textile industry’s aim of halving its greenhouse gas emissions each decade to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. The GCA 2025 is now open to innovative solutions and concepts that seek to address...

Fashion

Napapijri partners with Good Earth Cotton to create summer collection

Premium outerwear and lifestyle brand Napapijri has introduced a new collection for summer made using Good Earth Cotton, a verified production system with a positive Net Zero position. The new collection of summer essentials includes premium knitwear, t-shirts, polos, and more for men, women, and children. Partnering with Good Earth Cotton to...

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M&S announces 1-million-pound investment for net zero goals

British retailer Marks & Spencer has launched a 1-million-pound Plan A Accelerator Fund to invest in projects to help it achieve its net zero goals by 2040. M&S said it was turning its “market-leading approach to innovation to tackle climate change,” to reduce scope 3 emissions and become a net zero business across all its operations and entire...

Retail

Black Friday has a carbon emissions problem

Online retail is set to soar when the shopping binge known as Black Friday deals hits our screens end of November. Many brands and stores are expected to start e-commerce sales well before November 27th, following a dire year of plummeting profits for the UK high street. But all those orders will require shipping, with Black Friday expected to...