SUSTAINABILITY news and archive

Sustainable fashion news section launched to share knowledge in the industry

As demand for sustainable fashion continues to grow, increasingly more organizations, including federations, fashion weeks, luxury houses, and fast fashion brands are challenged to adjust their corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts and transparency accordingly. Social and environmental sustainability in fashion sheds light on several...

Mar 24, 2023

Fashion

Stella McCartney debuts first-ever plastic-free, plant-based sequin garment

British fashion designer Stella McCartney has showcased the world’s first garment crafted from Radiant Matter’s plastic-free, plant-based sequins. Dubbed ‘BioSequins,’ material innovation start-up Radiant Matter has created sequins derived from plant-based cellulose, using no metals, minerals, synthetic pigments and colourants. The innovative...

Mar 20, 2023

BusinessFeatured

Tom Ford names Plastic Innovation Prize winners

Material science competition the Tom Ford Plastic Innovation Prize, created by the fashion designer in partnership with Lonely Whale, has named three winners who will receive investment from its 1.2 million US dollar prize purse to help scale their marine-safe and biologically degradable alternatives to traditional thin-film plastic made from...

Mar 20, 2023

Fashion Featured

Primark rolls out repair workshops and commissions durability research

Fast-fashion retailer Primark is looking to educate its consumers on how to repair their clothes with a series of durability and repair initiatives to help clothes “be loved and worn for longer”. The move is part of the retailer’s commitment to give clothes a longer life and will include scaling up Primark’s free clothing repair workshops...

Mar 15, 2023

Fashion

Stylish and sustainable - The Organic Denim Collection by Superdry

Denim remains a classic that no wardrobe should miss. With the Organic Denim Collection SUPEDRY is offering a stylish and sustainable take on fashion. Different fits and washes ensure a diverse range - from classic styles to trendy cuts. The collection offers everything needed to start the coming season in style - anything from casual looks with...

Mar 13, 2023

Fashion

For blue and clean oceans: Arch & Hook produces hangers out of ocean-bound waste

Arch & Hook is helping fashion and retail brands reach their sustainability goals by producing hangers, furniture and fixtures out of sustainable materials. BLUEWAVE® is Arch & Hook’s own thermoplastic material made from 100% recycled ocean-bound plastic, marine plastic and post-consumer plastic, collected predominantly from four of the most...

Mar 10, 2023

BusinessFeatured

Carhartt launches resale and trade-in programme with Trove

American premium workwear brand Carhartt has launched a resale and consumer trade-in programme to extend the life of its products in partnership with Trove. The ‘Carhartt Reworked’ programme will mark the first branded resale platform in the workwear industry, explains Carhartt, and will support its sustainability journey “by creating a circular...

Mar 2, 2023

BusinessFeatured

Ganni, Reformation, and Patagonia join Rubi pilot to decarbonise fashion

California start-up Rubi, which is pioneering carbon-negative cellulosic textiles, has secured an additional 8.7 million US dollars in funding and announced it has signed up fashion brands Ganni, Reformation, H&M, Patagonia and rental platform Nuuly to its initial strategic pilot project. The latest round of funding was led by Talis Capital,...

Mar 2, 2023

Fashion Featured

Toast launches collection of “creatively repaired” pieces

Fashion and lifestyle brand Toast has launched a collection of one-of-a-kind “creatively repaired pieces for increased longevity” to demonstrate “the beauty in the process of repairs”. The Toast Renewed collection features womenswear and menswear garments, as well as soft textiles, which have been mended by the brand’s repair specialists. Each...

Mar 1, 2023

Fashion

Ecolife Yarns® consolidates its position as an ingredient brand in the textile industry

If you want your fashion collections to be synonymous with sustainability, innovation, and quality, integrating the best certifications and maximum savings in water, CO2, energy, chemicals, and plastics, Ecolife Yarns® is undoubtedly your best ally. Now recognized in the textile industry, Ecolife Yarns® has become an essential partner for brands...

Feb 23, 2023

Business

Standard Ethics issues first sustainability ratings to Burberry and Hugo Boss

Standard Ethics, the self-regulated sustainability rating company, has announced that Burberry and Hugo Boss are among the first fashion brands to be analysed and rated for the SE European Fashion and Luxury Index. In a press release, Standard Ethics assigned the Corporate Standard Ethics Rating (SER) “EE” to the British heritage label Burberry....

Feb 23, 2023

Fashion

Lenzing and NFW collaborate on sustainable leather alternative

Austrian fibre producer Lenzing Group has teamed up with US-based material science company Natural Fiber Welding Inc. (NFW) to offer Tencel-branded fibres as another backer option to the current all-natural fabric backing for NFW’s patented plant-based technology Mirum. The Mirum x Tencel collaboration is currently being showcased for the first...

Feb 22, 2023