GreenBiz

OCTOBER 2, 2020

A closed loop fashion system requires scaling solutions now, not later. The fashion industry is damaging to the planet — it's responsible for 10 percent of the world's carbon emissions. That’s one reason why addressing the environmental impacts of the fashion industry will require multiple solutions to be at play at the same time. .

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The Environmental Blog

JANUARY 18, 2022

With consumer awareness and consciousness shifting toward sustainable fashion, businesses in the clothing industry began to focus on making brands ethical. Yet, this is why sustainable clothing printing comes in as a more eco-friendly means of printing custom T-shirts and other clothes. Recycled And Treated Water.

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GreenBiz

JULY 17, 2020

The future of the fashion industry requires innovative circular systems. Winner of the 2018 Global Change Award , the company aims to unlock value for the textile and fashion industry, for farmers and for the planet. Pamani: How do the textiles produced by Agraloop stack up against recycled fabrics? Nicole Pamani.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Scaling Circular Fashion in North America: Part 2. What will it take to transition the fashion industry toward circularity at scale? Debbie Shakespeare, Senior Director Sustainability, Compliance & Core PLM, Avery Dennison. But where there’s inefficiency, there’s often opportunity. A continuation of Part 1: [link]. Holly Secon.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 31, 2022

Humble Activewear strives to promote slow fashion and encourage customers to “Buy less, choose well, and make it last”, as renowned fashion designer, Vivienne Westwood, puts it. Further, Humble Activewear’s garments are made from recycled materials, including the labels and packaging in which they’re shipped.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Inside the world’s first VR circular fashion summit: 4 key takeaways. COVID-19 has radically accelerated the need for the fashion industry to innovate. The second edition of the Circular Fashion Summit bears fruit of this new socially distanced reality. The world’s first virtual reality (VR) fashion summit Oct.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 3, 2024

The Textile Recycling Association (TRA) are sounding the alarm about the imminent collapse of the textile recycling sector due to global market challenges. According to a statement on the group’s website, “fast fashion has intensified the influx of low-quality textiles into the recycling stream. ”

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Vegan luxury brand, Sambar , specializes in handbags made from sustainable, cruelty-free textiles including organic cotton and post-consumer recycled polyester yarn. Their line of handbags proves that it’s possible to achieve high fashion aesthetics without compromising ethics and values. To me, sustainability is very personal.

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GreenBiz

JULY 18, 2023

Spanish fashion group Inditex said it will turn to recycling and regenerative farming to help meet ambitious new sustainability targets.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 18, 2021

This Global Recycling Day (18 March), Robert Lockyer, CEO and founder of Delta Global, a sustainable packaging solutions provider for luxury fashion brands, discusses some of the ways in which he believes the industry is making great headway in terms of recyclability, as well as where more can still be done.

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The Environmental Blog

MARCH 19, 2020

Fashion is an industry that sometimes flies under the radar in terms of its environmental impact. The fashion industry produces approximately 10% of the world’s carbon emissions. The fashion industry produces approximately 10% of the world’s carbon emissions. But what exactly is fast fashion? How Can You Help?

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The Environmental Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

As the dawn of a new era of conscious consumerism rises, we find ourselves pivoting towards a blend of luxury and sustainability. Gone are the days when sustainability was perceived as a trend – it is now becoming the new norm, especially within the realm of home textiles. What is Recycled Polyester? What is Organic Cotton?

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 5, 2020

Digital technology, green finance in vogue among fashion’s sustainability trendsetters. The key to long-term success in the fashion industry is to start trends and continually push the envelope — a philosophy that also applies to its ESG priorities. Phylicia Wu. Wed, 08/05/2020 - 01:00.

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Green Living Guy

JUNE 3, 2022

Take a stand against Animal Cruelty in the fashion industry with handbags from Urban Originals. Made with a blend of vegan leather and recycled materials, Urban Originals is paving the way to better and ethical fashion across the world.

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Better Ventures

JANUARY 10, 2023

Not So Fast (Fashion)- Resale Continues to Rise Our Investment in Beni Whether you try and keep up with the latest fashion trends, or your kids do, there’s no denying the prevalence of fast fashion. The UN has declared that “the only way to make fashion sustainable is to end the throwaway culture.”

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Inhabitat - Innovation

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Modern methods of fashion have led to worldwide global catastrophe. The plastics, the waste, the non-recyclable materials…it has all added up to the biggest environmental crisis humankind has ever faced. WAMA Underwear is turning to hemp, one of the most sustainable fabrics in the world.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Self-growing shoes, clothing dyes made from food waste, and clothing traceability QR codes among winners from £100,000 Circular Fashion Innovators Fund. The winners of support from the Circular Fashion Innovators Fund were unveiled yesterday with a wide range of different technologies among the recipients.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

From design to recycling, opportunities abound to make solar more circular. The challenge is making PV waste recycling and repurposing more efficient than it currently is in order to move towards a more circular economy. A more circular solar industry at the recycling level. Myisha Majumder. Fri, 11/06/2020 - 02:00.

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The Environmental Blog

APRIL 5, 2022

Sustainability is a practice that can and should be implemented routinely and faithfully in everyone’s life. Sustainability is a habit defined as the avoidance of the depletion of natural resources to consistently maintain an overall ecological balance in the pursuit of keeping our environment healthy and thriving.

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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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Forbes Green Tech

MARCH 18, 2021

Some industry leaders have postulated a future with no need to grow raw cotton and a fashion industry that thrives on recycled and upcycled materials alone.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

How to talk about racial justice in sustainability. Sustainability centers around leaving the world a better place for the next generation. However, sustainability practices have notoriously catered to the wants and needs of the wealthier majority, while excluding the most vulnerable communities by lack of engagement and practice.

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Business Green

MAY 20, 2021

Fashion retailer Boohoo has bowed to pressure from shareholders and MPs to enhance its sustainability efforts, this week announcing plans to link the pay of its executive team to the achievement of its environmental, social, and governance (ESG) targets.

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Green Living Guy

JUNE 3, 2022

The fashion industry has a huge impact on the environment. The post Childrenswear Brand FIVE OF US New Analysis Demonstrates Impact of Fashion Industry appeared first on Green Living Consultants, Companies, Electric Car Expert, Green Living, Electric Car News, New York, California, Florida, Missouri, Texas, Nevada. Fast Facts: ?

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The Environmental Blog

JANUARY 13, 2021

Fashion and your dressing style say a lot about the person wearing the clothes. If you’re thinking about how to lower your impact on the environment by shopping for sustainable clothing, here are a few tips to get you started. Focus on Sustainability with Renewable Resources. Try Repairing Instead of Replacing.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Fashion industry has 'failed to make headway' in curbing its damage on the environment and dependence on fossil fuels, campaigners warn. The fashion industry is fuelling the climate emergency and waste crisis through its huge and growing addiction to synthetic fibres made from carbon-intensive fossil fuels.

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GreenBiz

JULY 26, 2021

LanzaTech, a carbon recycling tech company, views addressing those industrial emissions as an opportunity. And in its latest announced partnership with athletic apparel company Lululemon, it’s creating yarn and fabric using recycled carbon emissions. That equates to about 8 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions. Innovation.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

The fast fashion movement may have reshaped the clothing industry, but it is at risk of alienating a majority of the public who are increasingly concerned about the sector's out-sized environmental impact. Creating a sustainable and ethical future for the fashion industry?is?an

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Business Green

JULY 29, 2022

Three fashion retailers could face legal action from the UK's Competition and Markets Authority if found to have misled its customers over the environmental credentials of their products. Online retailers ASOS and Boohoo both promote more ‘ethically'-produced clothing ranges on their websites. The CMA has contacted all three firms.

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Business Green

MARCH 25, 2022

Investigation by the Changing Markets Foundation claims a host of industry sustainability initiatives are not fit for purpose. The Changing Markets Foundation analysed 10 certification labels and industry initiatives used by fashion brands to measure and promote their environmental credentials.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Adidas and H&M Group are among a host of fashion and textile firms to have teamed up for an EU-funded sustainable fashion project announced today, which aims to develop a circular economy for clothing that would result in old garments and fibres being recycled into new items for major high street brands.

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Business Green

APRIL 28, 2021

Boohoo, Asos, Primark, Next, M&S, Primark, and John Lewis are among 18 major fashion brands that have this week launched a major environmental initiative geared at reducing the sector's significant environmental footprint over the coming decade.

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Business Green

APRIL 13, 2021

New UBS analysis warns consumption of fast fashion items is likely to decline by up to 30 per cent over the coming decade as consumers increasingly embrace more sustainable fashion choices. A growing number of fashion brands are aware of these risks, but many are unsure as to how best to respond. "If

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 27, 2022

Announced on 24 June, the Circular Textiles Fund will go directly to businesses across the textiles industry in Scotland, from fashion to upholstery, according to the Scottish Government-funded advisory group. maximise the amount of textile waste that is captured and recycled.

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Business Green

JULY 29, 2020

High street fashion retailer rolls out collection boxes for shoppers to ditch old clothes at all 190 of its UK stores. Primark has launched a nationwide recycling scheme to enable shoppers to recycle clothes of any brand at the fashion retailer's stores, in an effort to slow the flow of garments ending up in landfill every year.

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The Environmental Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

If you’re reading this, you likely live a life of intentionality, sustainability and it’s a top priority for you. And while there are plenty of meaningful ways to teach small children about sustainable living , there are just as many ways to be a sustainable parent to a newborn. Cloth Diapering. The Textiles You Use.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Firms representing more than $857bn in combined revenues have now signed up to the CanopyStyle initiative which aims to eliminate destruction of endangered and ancient forests from fashion supply chains. CanopyStyle is a brilliant addition to our sustainability work, and we look forward to our collaboration.".

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