Unsustainable

AUGUST 8, 2020

Sustainable Fabric: Not all fabrics are created equal, especially as regards the costs of production and disposal to the environment and to human health. The post Fashion & Fabric: From Sustainable to Harmful appeared first on Unsustainable.

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EDF + Business

MARCH 23, 2021

Boma Brown-West, Director, Consumer Health. Today chemical pollution generated from the fashion industry threatens waterways, wildlife and the health of people across the value chain, especially workers. The fashion industry can and must do better to eliminate toxic chemicals. Where the fashion industry must go from here.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 21, 2021

Sustainable Fashion Starts With Eliminating Toxic Fast Fashion. The use of toxic chemicals threatens the progress of creating a truly sustainable fashion industry. This is exacerbated in the fast fashion industry where there are shorter product life cycles, increased waste, and less consideration for the environment.

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Business Green

APRIL 20, 2021

As the fashion sector grapples with issues of sustainability, we have shifted our own investments away from high street retailers, explains Liontrust's Peter Michaelis. Fashion Revolution Week, which runs until Friday 25 April, has become an established part of the sustainable calendar.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Raft of new environmental targets sees fashion giant pledge to strengthen the durability of its clothes and switch to recycled or sustainably sourced materials. And it promised to step up efforts to promote equal opportunities for women and improve health and wellbeing for workers in the company's supply chain.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 28, 2020

VIDEO: Lucy Siegle quizzes supermodel and campaigner Arizona Muse, Selfridges' Daniella Vega, Planet Tracker's Robin Millington and Hello Halo Productions' Wendy Rattray about how to green the fashion industry.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 20, 2021

Businesses around the globe have heard the consumer call for sustainable fashion products. The fashion industry as a whole has earned a notably bad rep for wasteful and dirty manufacturing. Bucha delivers lab-made leather alternative for clean fashion. Biomaterial manufacturing is the primary order of business at Bucha.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 20, 2021

In response, the fashion industry is looking to push sustainability through its supply chain, both for cotton and other fabrics. But, as a recent progress report by the UN-backed Fashion Industry Charter reveals, much more needs to be done. Shoppers are not blind to such impacts, especially young people.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 3, 2021

Textiles and the fashion industry account for about 20 percent of global wastewater pollution, 10 percent of global carbon emissions and 17 million tons of municipal solid waste. Their diagnostic platform can assess real-time health data, battery analytics and issues, and enable a secondary market for used batteries.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Jeans Jeans are truly the cornerstone of great fall fashion. As a company, MUD jeans closely monitors health and safety issues for all employees as well as its own supply chain to ensure that sustainable practices are followed. Affordable and sustainable fashion trends for fall. PETA has rated MUD Jeans as vegan.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 3, 2020

New benchmark shows that biodiversity is in fashion Liesl Truscott Thu, 12/03/2020 – 01:00 This week, in advance of World Soil Day — Dec. 5 — the Textile Exchange Corporate Fiber and Materials Benchmark (CFMB) Program is launching a new tool to help the fashion and textile industry take urgent action on biodiversity.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 9, 2020

How to ensure circular fashion is good for people and the environment Annelise Thim Fri, 10/09/2020 – 00:15 This article originally was published in the BSR Insight. The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown the fashion industry into disarray, leaving supply chain workers without wages and causing major global brands to file for bankruptcy.

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The Environmental Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Owning less will also eliminate clutter and help you create a soothing living space, which in turn will reduce stress and promote good health and wellbeing. Studies have also found that an uncluttered home can boost your health and wellbeing by reducing feelings of stress and anxiety. Waste – is it ‘really’ fashion?’,

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 9, 2020

How to ensure circular fashion is good for people and the environment Annelise Thim Fri, 10/09/2020 – 00:15 This article originally was published in the BSR Insight. The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown the fashion industry into disarray, leaving supply chain workers without wages and causing major global brands to file for bankruptcy.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 17, 2020

The future of the fashion industry requires innovative circular systems Nicole Pamani Fri, 07/17/2020 – 00:15 Agricultural waste from food crops either is traditionally left to rot or is burned, contributing to greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Clean beauty and fashion are trendy. Some of the biggest contributors to the plastic crisis are the cosmetics and fashion industries. . In fashion, similarly, going the extra mile takes an innovative approach. But the industries need to push beyond recycling. Media Source. Courtesy of. Media Authorship. Close Authorship.

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 30, 2021

The team behind BioRomper wanted to create something to meet the moment; an innovative new garment that blends fashion and function for anyone on the move in this new normal. BioRomper: a safe, fashionable, eco-friendly outfit for travel. Will people still be thinking about germs? Friedman: Absolutely. BioRomper Images via BioRomper.

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Grist

MARCH 13, 2024

While their long-term impacts on human health are still largely unknown , another study published earlier this month linked microplastics in arteries with increased risk of heart attacks and stroke. The company debuted its fully biodegradable shell-based fabric at New York Fashion Week in 2022, in a collaboration with designer Peter Do.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Sustainable fashion became material. Fashion is another long-simmering environmental story that has finally reached a boiling point. In 2020, several new developments help put sustainability in fashion. The Regenerative Organic Alliance developed a standard to support farmers who promote soil health.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Finally, sustainable fashion platform Fashion for Good has been tasked with leading stakeholder co-operation and communications efforts, with branding support from Finland’s Aalto University and Infinited Fiber Company. .” View original here: Adidas and H&M join project to scale circular fashion and recycled fibers.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 25, 2024

Conscious Clothing The fashion industry is one of the most polluting in the world. Plant-Based Overhaul Eating more plant-based meals isn’t just good for your health—it’s beneficial for the planet, too. Eco-Friendly Cleaning Harsh chemicals are not only damaging to your health but also to the environment.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 5, 2021

It means changing consumption patterns to reduce new purchases and keep clothes in use for longer, for instance by developing the second-hand and rental markets as well as changing the culture of fast fashion. Protect human health and biodiversity. Every year, more than 9 million deaths occur due to air, water and soil pollution.

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The Environmental Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Avoid Fast Fashion and Consider Second Hand Clothes. The fashion industry generates over 1 billion tons of gas emissions in a year. Well, you can still buy fashionable products but ensure they’re marked as organic cotton. Besides, transporting fast fashion over miles requires the consumption of energy.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Green fashion ecommerce platform reveals growing success of sustainable sexual health collections 'Roses are red, violets are blue, a green ecommerce platform, has a sustainable sex toy for you'.

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The Environmental Blog

APRIL 5, 2022

– FASHION. The fashion industry would not strike most as a frontrunner regarding pollution, but it is the world’s 2nd most polluting industry, behind oil production. International fashion transportation requires hefty means when freighting the products to your frequently shopped stores. – ENVIRONMENT.

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The Environmental Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

This important concept is emerging as a key ingredient of a mindful and fashionable lifestyle, impacting both the makers and users of home textiles. It goes beyond mere aesthetics, bringing in elements of care – for our planet, the workers involved, the manufacturing process, and even our health and well-being.

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The Environmental Blog

JANUARY 14, 2020

Not only are these products a lifeline for our animals, but they are better for your own health too. You will make a difference to the environment and to your own health! For example, a tattered old pair of jeans can be replenished into a fashionable new pair of shorts. Take part in conservation and awareness activities.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 19, 2020

The program collects information about soil health, biodiversity and ecosystem function, which is related to water cycle, mineral cycle, energy flow and community dynamics. So much of what we wear, if we think about it, is really just repurposed oil. Supply Chain. Regenerative Agriculture. Sponsored Article.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 11, 2021

For years, companies have focused voluntary social reporting on metrics that are, let’s say, comfortable: government-mandated data, such as occupational health and safety or certain hiring metrics, that has been measured and managed for years. Reprinted from GreenFin Weekly, a free weekly newsletter. Subscribe here.

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Business Green

JUNE 24, 2021

Soil is suddenly in fashion. The holistic approach to land management has "ecological, social and economic stability at its heart", it said, because it aims to boost biodiversity, community well-being, and soil health. The food sector is catching on, but the apparel industry is fashionably late to the party.".

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GreenBiz

MARCH 23, 2021

While originally separate from environmental sustainability, they now share common values to applying human capital towards resolving society’s most vexing inter-generational challenges, including access to health care, educational opportunities, and protection from toxic exposures and climate change. Evaluating DEI practices and performance.

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Low Impact

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

From Agroforestry to Seed Saving, Soil Health to Coppicing, there’s a range of stories, all beautifully told by on the ground practitioners. For the year following COP26 this calendar showcases twelve practices and activities that are part of the solution for cooling the planet and building the world we know is possible.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 16, 2021

Thwarting the virus also requires good old-fashioned physical distancing, mask wearing, testing and contact tracing to prevent spread. Despite warnings of " catastrophic moral failure " from the World Health Organization, vaccine distribution has been far from equitable. Innovation isn’t everything. Equity is essential (but thorny).

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EDF + Business

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

This lack of information serves as a barrier for shoppers to make more informed decisions that impact their health and the planet. can now shop more than 25,000 products that are certified “Climate Pledge Friendly” across grocery, household, fashion, beauty, and personal electronics. Companies have to change that.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

The shoes are meant to disassemble and disintegrate completely in the wash after a designated time frame to encourage greener fashion choices and limit excessive consumer consumption. By essentially shifting the concept of an expiration date to the fashion industry, Best Before is sending us on the right track toward sustainable fashion.

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The Environmental Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The same way we as adults should reject fast fashion due to their environmental, not to mention humanitarian impact, you should think about this with your baby’s clothing too. Babies are prone to heat rash, acne, eczema, and more as their skin is sensitive, so choosing sustainable textiles is beneficial to the environment and health.

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The Environmental Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

The constant use of single-use plastic and immeasurable amounts of waste thrown away is a threat to nature and people’s health. Cotton bags come in many designs and can be used as a fashion accessory. Living sustainably has become increasingly important nowadays since the environment is slowly deteriorating. Zero waste concept.

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