In the news today: In the US Ocasio-Cortez unveils the Green New Deal, a bold plan to fight climate change; whilst in the UK a government adviser says Brexit could be good for UK environment; and one of Britain’s six remaining coal-fired power stations is to shut this autumn after half a century.
Blueprint for a carbon-neutral economy has been embraced by prominent Democrats and evokes FDR's famous legacy
Dieter Helm says withdrawal from common agricultural policy could safeguard natural world
On Wednesday, NASA and NOAA announced that 2018 was the fourth hottest year on record. But the impacts of a warming planet extend beyond just warming air; the feverish state of the planet is also changing when, where, and how intensely rain and snow fall.
UK must deal with plastic waste on its own soil, says group calling for export ban
One of Britain's six remaining coal-fired power stations is to shut this autumn after half a century, putting more than 150 jobs at risk.EDF Energy said that it would close the Cottam plant in Nottinghamshire on September 30 as it would no longer be economically viable to run.The plant started gene
My shopping habits have been known to look something like this: 1. Spot an influencer I follow on Instagram wearing the high street's latest cult dress. 2. Swipe. Click. Buy. 3. 12 hours later I'm wearing it, maybe even posting about it (if I love it enough).
It's the most divisive material in fashion. Many have sworn they would rather go naked that wear it; but its animal-free alternative is not faring much better in the controversy stakes. Because faux fur is not immediately the good guy in this scenario.
We dubbed 2018 the year that resale went mainstream, and clearly that's only continuing into 2019. Rebag and its investors are certainly betting on it. The Kyle Richards-beloved luxury resale destination known for handbags and for paying sellers upfront just announced a Series-C $25 million funding round that brings its total funding to $52 million; it was led by private equity firm Novator and also includes existing investors General Catalyst and FJ Labs.
L'Officiel, the media brand comprising 60 magazine titles across 30 countries, has created a fund to promote social, environmental and equality causes supported by their brand partners. The publication has committed to donating 60 million US dollars worth of advertising space, over two years, in its magazines, websites and social media posts.
LONDON - Sustainability will be at the heart of the next Dream Assembly, the technology accelerator program founded by Farfetch that provides start-ups with access to mentorship, networking opportunities and early-stage funding. On Friday, Farfetch will reveal that it's partnering with a longstanding champion of sustainability, Stella McCartney, on the second Dream Assembly edition as it seeks applications from seed-stage start-ups that drive social or environmental benefit.
UK trade show Pure London has confirmed that MP and chair of the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC), Mary Creagh, will be taking to the main stage at this February event where she'll be discussing sustainability in the fashion industry. Crea
News / News / Study: some clothing "disintegrating after a few washes" MUNICH - At this year's ISPO in Germany, researchers presented evidence that clothing is polluting the ocean with tiny plastic microfibres every time it is washed.
In a cultural climate where no one would be seen dead without a reusable water bottle and veganism is the mot du jour, it's becoming increasingly uncomfortable for many of us to buy into brands that fall so short of our values - and fast fashion is one of the worst offenders.
LOS ANGELES, United States - For Hollywood stylists, making that first A-list connection is everything. A stylist whose client list is topped by an in-demand actor or actress will suddenly find brands and publicists clamouring to work with them. That attention leads to collaborations with yet more big stars, and a career is born.
7th February 2019
In the news today: NASA and NOAA declare that the last five years were the hottest ever; while weather and climate-related disasters cost the US $80 billion in 2018; and Nike signs its first clean energy deal in Europe.
It's official: 2018 was the fourth warmest year ever recorded, scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and NASA say in their annual report, published Wednesday. Global air temperatures have warmed steadily over past decades, shifting up and down slightly from year to year depending on natural climate oscillations like El Niño, but following a consistent upward path.
Weather and climate-related disasters cost the U.S. economy $80 billion last year - and have hit the nation's bottom line to the tune of roughly $100 billion per year over the last five years, according to a new survey from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. That tally...
Nike has signed its first European clean energy deal with Iberdrola, the Spanish utility, marking the latest in a series of corporate power purchase agreements that have provided a boost to the renewables industry.
Trilobites Converting biosolids into building materials could keep a lot of leftovers of the waste process out of landfills, and provide other environmental benefits, too. It may be unpleasant to contemplate the ultimate fate of all the material from your own body that you flush down the pipes.
DHAKA - More than 7,500 garment workers from 27 factories which supply brands such as H&M and Next have allegedly been laid off in Bangladesh after they joined wage protests. The layoffs come on the heels of clashes between police and workers in Janu...
Sustainable beauty has never been more timely. World Environment Day is the perfect time to educate yourself on plastic-free alternatives, as well as the charitable initiatives and eco-friendly beauty formulas out there.
While increased attention is (finally) being given to wages and working conditions faced by garment factory workers in countries such as India, Burma and Bangladesh, few people know there are millions of workers making garments in informal, home-based settings too. During times of increased seasonal demand, many factories outsource production to informal businesses.
MUNICH - With the Sustainable Apparel Coalition talking about garment durability and extended garment use at the ISPO exhibition which closes today, for the winner of the Scandinavian Outdoor Award for most 'sustainable product 2019' - Aclima FleeceW...
And it involved apples and polyester and Moby! LOS ANGELES - Mena Suvari, the actress known for both "American Woman" and "American Beauty," was in the front row at last week's first Vegan Fashion Week at the California Market Center, wearing a black textured patent-something cap with matching jacket and pants by Enda, along with "leather" shoes by a brand that bore the label Cult of Coquette.
Rebag's store on Madison Avenue | Source: Courtesy By Cathaleen Chen February 7, 2019 05:27 NEW YORK, United States - Most luxury brands have long ignored the grey market, the global network of consignment stores, resellers and online marketplaces where consumers buy, sell and trade second-hand bags and clothes.
To found a fashion brand with no keen sense of style or prior knowledge of the industry might sound like madness. For Sébastien Kopp and François Morillion, it was merely an adventure. In 2005, the two best friends, who met as 14-year-olds at school, decided to create a trainer that respected the environment and the people in the supply chain.
Volcom has confirmed that it is partnering with CottonConnect as part of its 'Farm to Yarn', a traceable organic cotton initiative with social and environmental benefits as it looks to add more transparency in its supply chain.
The lethal combination of being both time-poor and further away from my old East London home has resulted in far fewer opportunities to physically shop in vintage stores every weekend. It's just too much hassle schlepping into town, and when you go thrifting, it's easy to feel pressured to come away with something (or anything).
As more students like Patrick McDowell are thronging fashion school campuses worldwide, they are indicative of a changing mindset in the fashion industry that will transform actions all the way from the boardrooms to the high-street.
The first sweater that I fell in love with on Instagram was worn by a member of the tribe that I refer to as "organic moms." Their food is organic, their clothes are organic, their toys are wooden, their children are homeschooled or Waldorf or world travellers.
6th February 2019
In the news today: Climate change could leave thousands of lakes Ice-free; Brazilian dam workers say they warned of disaster; and a new study finds 66% of people want a say in how products get made.
Lakes that reliably freeze every winter Lakes that no longer freeze every winter Each dot represents one lake. Global warming is melting glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica, but for millions of people, ice is vanishing closer to home as lakes lose their winter cover.
Fears and repairs preceded January collapse in which 134 people died and 199 are still missing, near Brumadinho in Minas Gerais state
Kalle Kronholm works on the edge of the world, at the crossroads of science and public safety. Through his company, Skred AS, Kronholm is avalanche consultant to the roughly 2,600 residents of the Norwegian island of Svalbard, at perhaps the most volatile moment in the island's long relationship with ice and snow.
In November last year, home secretary Sajid Javid introduced legislation which made it possible for people to legally access cannabis for medical reasons. At the time, campaigners hailed it as a landmark victory - the Conservative government had typically taken a hardline stance on rescheduling drugs - and scientists and researchers welcomed the change.
Following the launch of Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop into the UK this September, the brand's In Goop Health wellness summit is coming to London for the first time in June 2019. An immersive event incorporating panel talks, alternative medicine, fitness classes and wellness experiences - think healers, positively-charged water and manifestation workshops - the summit has taken place for the past two years across the US and Canada.
Last Friday, sustainable streetwear went global. In a special event hosted at the United Nations, everyone from Dapper Dan to NASA astronauts dropped knowledge as part of The Study Hall Summit, a one-day conference devoted to sustainable fashion.
Despite expectations that retailers should invest in tech, inspiring brand love and loyalty still comes down to delivering amazing product. Thanks to the rise of ratings and reviews systems where people can sound off about their purchases and experiences, consumers are primed to offer their opinion and expect their feedback to make a difference.
For its fourth L.A. pop-up, New York-based online luxury fashion rental and styling business Armarium continues to build on its mission of making sustainable fashion more accessible during awards season.
LONDON - Outdoor advertising firm Ocean has teamed up with fashion studio VIN + OMI for London Fashion Week to launch an apparel range incorporating used vinyl panels taken from its advertising displays. The resultant Ocean label will be produced in ...
After launching an investigation into fast fashion in the fall of 2018, the U.K. Parliament's Environment Audit Select Committee (EAC) has released the first of its findings, detailing the winners and losers of the nation's fashion industry in terms of sustainability and environmental impact. The committee began its investigation by sending written requests to 16...
Joaquim Goes did not set out to be an expert on microplastics: those minuscule fragments of plastic, smaller than one-fifth of an inch, that have emerged as the oceans' biggest invisible scourge. As a marine biologist at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University in Palisades, N.Y., his main concern was phytoplankton physiology and how...
5th February 2019
In the news today: A third of the Himalaya’s glaciers will be lost by 2100; Europe's most deprived areas are hit hardest by air pollution; and luxury online retailer Farfetch has confirmed it will drop fur from collections.
Get WIRED's daily briefing in your inbox. Sign up here Within 80 years, 36 per cent of the glaciers in the Hindu Kush and Himalaya range will be lost due to climate change, even if we keep global warming down to just 1.5 degrees Celcius above pre-industrial levels ( The Guardian).
Exposure to particulate matter and ozone highest in poor eastern European states, says study
Luxury online retailer Farfetch has confirmed that it is to ban the sale of animal fur from its website from December 2019. The move has been applauded by animal charity Humane Society International (HSI), and its US affiliate, who worked w
Scientists say effects of global warming on 'phytoplankton' will intensify the colours
Want climate news in your inbox? Sign up here for Climate Fwd: , our email newsletter. In 2013, starfish - including the morning sun star, the richly hued ochre star and the sunflower star, whose limbs can span four feet across - started dying by the millions along the Pacific Coast from Mexico to Alaska.
Young patients with respiratory problems are a regular sight for doctors due to air pollution crisis
The idea that gender is over sounds like a Ph.D thesis for a gender studies major at some liberal university in a coastal city. However, Palomo Spain, who made a triumphant return to New York Fashion Week: Men's this season, continuously works
Sales from the former Vogue Italia editor's archive sale on Yoox.com will benefit the Franca Sozzani Fund for Preventive Genomics at the Brigham and Women's Hospital at Harvard.
With the realization that today's shoppers quite literally wear their values on their sleeves, the fashion industry spent 2018 getting more serious about sustainability. From real fur becoming a fashion faux pas to the rise of the luxury rental and resale market, we've entered 2019 with a marketplace hungry to create a more environmentally-conscious fashion landscape and, ultimately, to design a sustainable end-to-end retail economy.
The marketplace, which is not connected to My-Wardrobe.com, will allow shoppers to browse products from brands, retailers and other individual users to rent or buy through Instagram-style profiles. Rental costs are agreed between the owner or brand and renter.
You know that thing, where you say a word to yourself a couple dozen times in a row, and by the 25th repetition, the word doesn't signify anymore? It's just a bunch of syllables. That's how I've started to feel about the phrase "ethical consumer." Who on earth is that?
1st February 2019
In the news today: Why the recent polar vortex should have been colder; Animals and birds are under increasing threat from plastic waste; and how machine learning could help save the bees.
This story was produced in partnership with the National Geographic Society. Now that the latest frigid, deadly Arctic blast is giving way to warmer conditions in the Midwest and Northeast, some clarity is emerging on how to think about cold waves in a warming climate.
Water birds and marine animals particularly at risk, according to new RSPCA findings
Several 2020 hopefuls are already embracing the nascent effort - but success will require overcoming legislative hurdles
Almost six years on from a sweatshop building collapse that killed over 1,100 people in Bangladesh, VOICES Salon attendees discuss why the fashion supply chain is still plagued with worker abuses and what action could be taken to make conditions better.
A parliamentary committee has announced that UK retailers are failing to promote environmental sustainability, reports The Guardian . A number of major retailers - including Amazon UK, JD Sports, Sports Direct and TK Maxx - "were found to be lagging behind the rest of the industry when it came to their commitment to environmental sustainability and labour market initiatives", the Environmental Audit Committee document revealed.
SAN FRANSISCO - On the back of a software development consultancy being awarded a two-year grant by the U.S. State Department to develop a blockchain platform, Levi Strauss and Harvard University's Sustainability and Health Initiative for NetPositive...
As peak Australian farming body bemoans advent of pea protein-based bar, others hail 'smart move' by Unilever
Fashion student Ammar Alsaker, 23, hopes his story will challenge negative stereotypes of refugees
Germany Dispatch BERLIN - It seemed like a no-brainer: Lower Germany's embarrassingly high carbon emissions at no cost, and save some lives in the process. But when a government-appointed commission in January dared to float the idea of a speed limit on the autobahn, the country's storied highway network, it almost caused rioting.
Machine learning and all its related forms of "AI" are being used to work on just about every problem under the sun, but even so, stemming the alarming decline of the bee population still seems out of left field. In fact it's a great application for the technology and may help both bees and beekeep...
New study from Stanford and NYU finds logging off causes 'small but significant improvements in wellbeing'
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Retailer Waitrose & Partners has today (28 January) launched a new £1m grant scheme which will funnel investment into projects and products aimed at tackling the global plastic pollution problem.
Keep Britain Tidy workshops will demonstrate how to use leftover bread in cooking
You've heard of farm to table, but what about source to table? In a bid to improve the traceability of supply chains around the world, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has put its considerable weight behind a blockchain-based platform, called OpenSC, that can follow a fish caught in sub-Antarctic waters right from the moment it's caught to the moment it lands on your plate.
Pledges for 2019 plant-based campaign exceeded those in previous four years combined
London cafes bring people together while tackling the UK's food waste problem
European Chemicals Agency draft law aims to cut 400,000 tonnes of plastic pollution
1st February 2019
In the news today: 30% of Earth needs protection by 2030 to safeguard biodiversity, slow extinctions, and help maintain a steady climate; new research finds that the killing of native people during colonisation indirectly contributed to a colder period; and in Bangkok schools close over air pollution concerns.
This story was produced in partnership with the National Geographic Society. In a joint statememt posted online in December, some of the world's largest conservation organizations called for 30 percent of the planet to be managed for nature by 2030-and for half the planet to be protected by 2050.
Research finds killing of native people indirectly contributed to a colder period by causing deaths of around 56 million by 1600
BANGKOK - More than 400 schools in Thailand's capital, Bangkok, were shut for the rest of the week Wednesday due to increasing concern over dangerously unhealthy air pollution. Faced with public discontent as well as a possible health crisis, Police Gen.
News / News / Pakistan harvests its first organic cotton RAHIM YAR KHAN - Pakistan this week saw the harvesting of its first organic cotton bale in the province of Balochistan in the south west of the country. The positive development has come about thanks to a partnership between C&A Foundation, WWF-Pakistan and the Agriculture Extension Department (AED) of Balochistan.
The Brazilian president's pro-business agenda will be a test of American companies' commitment to the environment. By Leila Salazar-López Ms. Salazar-López is a defender of the Amazon rain forest. The rise of President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil has put the environment and human rights in peril.
The beauty industry is often portrayed as a glittering, glamorous world of lotions, potions and brightly coloured bottles on bathroom shelves... but it has an ugly side. Last year, Zero Waste Week, an annual awareness campaign, reported that more than 120 billion units of packaging are produced every year by the global cosmetics industry, most of which are not recyclable.
Anxious thoughts are one of the enemies of a restorative sleep. They're also incredibly common. In fact, The Anxiety and Depression Association of America reports that 68% of people wake up worrying about work, money, children and relationships several nights a week.
If reading winter forecasts doesn't send a chill down your spine, stepping outside will. In some regions of the country, temperatures are dropping below freezing, and some portions of the Midwest are experiencing temperatures below 40 degrees Fahrenheit and a mind-blowing wind chill of 75 degrees below zero thanks to the polar vortex.
L'agenzia di consulenza e comunicazione fondata da Livia Firth, che supporta i brand internazionali nel loro percorso verso l'etica e l'ecosostenibilità, apre una nuova sede a Milano
By the time Freida Pinto and I collect our lemon ginger teas from a coffee shop in the leafy Hancock Park neighbourhood of Los Angeles, the table we had been eyeing outside has been taken. Pinto turns to me and says, "Let's go," then dashes across Larchmont Boulevard and slips into a nearby cafe, hoping no one will notice that we BYO'd.
Could 2019 be the year size inclusivity reaches a tipping point? Gabrielle Chou certainly thinks so. The Allure Systems chief executive has some skin in the game; the company she founded in 2017 helps fashion brands and apparel retailers affordably render styles on diverse models ranging from petite to plus.
News / News / Inventories at H&M up 12% to US$4.1bn STOCKHOLM - Swedish fast fashion giant H&M is sat on US$4.1bn of unsold stock, with inventories up 12 per cent over 12 months. The annual report of the world's second largest fashion retailer shows pre-tax profit from September through November shrank for the sixth straight quarter to 4.4 billion crowns (US$482m) on a year-on-year basis.
The concept of sustainable fashion has only recently made its way into mainstream media, alerting people to the toxic repercussions of their spending. Attention has been drawn through the pioneering actions of various women who are determined to alter the catastrophic effects of fast fashion by simply advocating the benefits of sustainable production and shopping.
Producing vegan fashion can be just as harmful to the natural environment as traditional fashion.
It's hard to argue against the moral appeal of sustainable and ethical fashion. Who doesn't want to protect our planet for generations to come? But unfortunately, sustainable fashion often comes with a big price tag, forcing us to weigh our ethics against our wallets.
Today, J.Crew and Madewell are launching their first round of Fair Trade certified products, indicating that even the big shopping mall brands are beginning to think more deeply about their production process. In their debut Fair Trade collections, J.Crew is launching 18 styles of denim and Madewell added 16 styles, across men's and women's denim.
News / News / UK enquiry singles out sustainability laggards LONDON - A UK Parliamentary enquiry has singled out major fashion retailers failing to promote environmental sustainability or protect their workers.
31st January 2019
In the news today: H&M hires Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie; China’s coal plants haven’t cut Methane emissions as required; and the EU proposes a ban on 90% of microplastic pollutants.
Christopher Wylie speaks on stage during #BoFVOICES | Source: Getty Images for The Business of Fashion By Bloomberg January 30, 2019 10:57 STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Hennes & Mauritz has hired Christopher Wylie, the whisteblower who exposed the Cambridge Analytica scandal, to help as the Swedish fashion retailer turns to data analytics and artificial intelligence to better understand what its customers want.
Want climate news in your inbox? Sign up here for Climate Fwd: , our email newsletter. China, the world's coal juggernaut, has continued to produce more methane emissions from its coal mines despite its pledge to curb the planet-warming pollutant, according to new research.
European Chemicals Agency draft law aims to cut 400,000 tonnes of plastic pollution
ALMHULT - Swedish home furnishings retailer IKEA has been recognised with an award for its commitment to circularity at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. IKEA has been selected as the winner of the Accenture Strategy Award for Circular ...
On a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean, the Salk Institute stands like a concrete temple: an open courtyard facing the sea, flanked by two rows of buildings. The California campus, designed by Louis Kahn in the early 1960s, is one of the most celebrated examples of modernist architecture in the world.
A farmer recently took his lambs to a sanctuary instead of the slaughter - and these sudden turnarounds are not uncommon
Pledges for 2019 plant-based campaign exceeded those in previous four years combined
You've heard of farm to table, but what about source to table? In a bid to improve the traceability of supply chains around the world, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has put its considerable weight behind a blockchain-based platform, called OpenSC, that can follow a fish caught in sub-Antarctic waters right from the moment it's caught to the moment it lands on your plate.
Fashion retailers JD Sports, Sports Direct and Boohoo, are "failing to commit" to reducing their environmental and social impact, MPs say. Amazon, TK Maxx and Missguided were also described by the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) as being among the "least engaged" in sustainable fashion and labour market initiatives.
YANGON - A MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) has been signed by SMART Myanmar and AYA Bank in order to facilitate green finance in Myanmar's garment sector, increasing factories' access to funding for environmentally sustainable and energy saving imp...
Dressing athletes is a sport unto itself and Asics, for one, wants to make it a team effort. The Japanese sportswear brand announced last week that it'll be recycling clothing, gathered from the general public, to manufacture uniforms for Japan's Olympic and Paralympic teams in time for next year's games in Tokyo.
Veja's new "Campo" sneaker drop doesn't have a big name athlete or entertainer attached to its marketing, but it does have a new type of raw material: corn. The shoe's upper fabric is made with vegan leather produced from canvas and corn-and Veja says it's the first time the material has ever been used in...
Audit committee singles out firms who take no action to reduce impact on environment
Anna Bergstrom had a dilemma. She loved the glitzy world of high fashion, but had also come to feel that it was unsustainable and bad for the planet. She's now found peace of mind by running a stylish shopping mall in Sweden, where everything is second-hand. "Do you notice the smell?"
In 2004, the social network site was set up to connect people. But now, with lives increasingly played out online, have we forgotten how to be alone?
30th January 2019
In the news today: Air pollution has been linked to teenage mental health in a new study; Samsung is ditching plastic packaging; and Investors urge KFC, McDonald's and Burger King to cut their emissions.
Young people more likely to have depression at 18 if exposed to dirtier air at age 12
Samsung Electronics said Sunday it will replace plastic packaging used for its bevy of products - from mobile phones and tablets to home appliances and wearables - with paper and other environmentally sustainable materials like recycled/bio-based plastics. Samsung will start making the ...
Coalition worth $6.5tn challenge fast food chains over lack of low-carbon plan
This article was created in partnership with the National Geographic Society. Converging currents at the surface of the ocean create some of the best places to find life. It's there that tiny plankton hang out-and where plankton float, hungry fish follow. It's also there that researchers are finding a new, and now ubiquitous, ocean resident- plastic.
A technique developed by a Jesuit priest is producing bigger harvests - and reducing emissions of a crop responsible for 1.5% of greenhouse gases
The Marquis House penthouse at Sovereign Court, the pinnacle of a new Berkeley St George development in Hammersmith, comes fully dressed with all the luxuriance you might expect of a West London show flat that costs £4.95m. The difference is, this property is vegan.
While the rest of the world has sufficiently participated in the 10-year-challenge, Kate Middleton just gave her entry for the 7-year-challenge without as much as trying. The Duchess of Cambridge ended repeated a look from 2012 when she headed to Dundee, Scotland to celebrate the opening of Victoria & Albert Museum there, for which she is a patron.
The city of Paris has announced official plans to become the most sustainable fashion capital by 2024. The initiative, entitled 'Paris Good Fashion' will aim to push the fashion industry towards using more sustainable practices, reports. The process will be carried out through three themes: improving sourcing and traceability, working on making processes more sustainable (including Paris Fashion Week) and creating a circular economy.
Toms, the philanthropic for-profit brand that built an empire on giving away shoes for every pair sold, announced Wednesday its newly minted status as a certified B Corp, or benefit corporation. The designation, which has been described as akin to the Fair Trade label, but for an entire company instead of just a bag of...
Have you ever had a coworker exclude you from a party or meeting in a way that reminded you distinctly of high school? What about a boss who used public humiliation as a way to punish employees?
My relationship with my body has never been smooth sailing. I've been everything from a UK size 6 (probably bordering on a 4 at some points) to a size 14; curvaceous to rail thin and everything in between.
There has been a lot of recent buzz about companies relocating sourcing or manufacturing out of China -and it's easy to understand why. Supply chains are running at full steam as the economy is booming in parts of the world, while in other parts of the world, economies are taking a hit from obstacles to open commerce and trade.
The J.Crew Group on Tuesday announced a long-term commitment to working with Fair Trade USA, starting with a new Fair Trade Certified collection as part of the mission of its Madewell and J.Crew brands to introduce more sustainable product, and create a supply chain that puts workers first.
29 January 2019
In the news today: The EU confirmed a provisional agreement to introduce restrictions on certain single-use plastic products; Brazil's deadly mining disaster has vast ecological repercussions; and the UK launches a campaign to curb the waste of 1.2 billion bread crusts.
Europe wants to lead the fight against plastic pollution. On January 18th EU countries confirmed the provisional agreement on a new directive to introduce restrictions on certain single-use plastic products. In 2021 EU citizens will say goodbye to plastic cutlery, plates, and straws, among others...
Water resources are tapped with often reckless abandon and poor regulation. And it looks set to go on under new president
Keep Britain Tidy workshops will demonstrate how to use leftover bread in cooking
The World Trade Organization launched an investigation into President Donald Trump's tariffs on $250 billion of Chinese goods, ratcheting up tensions as the two nations are set to begin a new round of trade talks, according to an official with knowledge of the probe. The Geneva-based arbiter of trade disputes on Monday began an inquiry...
Investors have started to call loudly for action on climate change, but few are following up their words adequately with deeds. More specifically, very few shareholders are voting against directors at companies that have shown themselves to be either oblivious or dismissive of climate risks.
CALL OF THE WILD: Balenciaga and Farfetch are teaming for an exclusive capsule collection for women, men and kids, which is championing species conservation. The limited edition is leather, fur and down-free and will launch globally on Tuesday.
Levi Strauss & Co. is building on its three-year-old worker well-being program, underpinning new efforts with blockchain in order to enhance trust and transparency and reduce the time from data collection to review and response.
New Balance might have to pay for those shoes that weren't made in America. A California federal judge gave the green light to a preliminary approval of a settlement between the activewear company and a group of California consumers who accused New Balance Athletics of selling sneakers marketed as "Made in the USA."
"Perverse poshness" was the phrase that Clare Waight Keller, artistic director at Givenchy, used to describe her tailoring-heavy AW19 menswear collection. Bar the twee alliteration, it smacked the nail on the head as to what this men's season was about - an interplay between two distinct, opposing ideas, generally isolated, occasionally crossed over.
KOBE - Sportswear firm Asics is seeking used garment donations after it announced that it will manufacture the Japanese Olympic and Paralympic teams' official apparel from recycled clothing for the nation's home games in 2020. In the run-up to next y...
28th January 2019
In the news today: Germany lays out a path to quit coal by 2038; KFC pledges to remove all single-use plastic packaging by 2025; and Cod stocks are on course to crash if ocean warming continues.
BERLIN - Germany will spend tens of billions of dollars to end its use of coal power within two decades, if a plan agreed to early Saturday by representatives of the power industry, environmental movement, miners and local interest groups becomes official policy.
Fast food chain KFC has pledged to remove all single-use plastic items from its range of consumer-facing packaging by 2025, in a bid to minimise its waste output. The commitment, which covers KFC's 135 global markets, will see the company re-design the majority of its own-brand packaging lines to be recyclable, reusable or compostable over the next six years.
Barents Sea is key source of UK cod imports and could see temperature rises of over 6C
London cafes bring people together while tackling the UK's food waste problem
Retailer Waitrose & Partners has today (28 January) launched a new £1m grant scheme which will funnel investment into projects and products aimed at tackling the global plastic pollution problem.
Scotland Yard's small wildlife unit opens its store of raided treasures for the first time
Morrisons is hiking the price of long-life plastic bags to 15p and introducing a paper version costing 20p as part of a trial. The supermarket said the eight-week trial at eight stores is in response to customers saying that reducing plastic is their top environmental concern.
The dam accident that has claimed the lives of at least 58 people is a huge blow to Brazil's Vale, the world's biggest producer of steelmaking ingredient iron ore, and its chief executive Fabio Schvartsman.
Calvin Klein has hopped on the bandwagon of fashion brands looking to get more eco-friendly. Their products will now feature an instruction label on how to recycle the packaging. The brand's parent company PVH Corp. has partnered with How2Recycle, a company that focuses on creating labels for recycling purposes.
As fashion editors, unsurprisingly, we're the go-to sources of information for our friends and family when it comes to anything style-related. Whether it's a dress for a big date or simply the perfect white tee, we've addressed every question you could imagine.
Sustainability proved to be one of the key trends sweeping the UK fashion industry last year, and the vogue for eco-friendly fashion looks set to last, as retailers and brands face increasing pressure from both customers and the government to ensure their green credentials are up to scratch.
The fashion industry has largely embraced sustainable manufacturing methods and materials in the last decade, and now the sector's moving to the next stage in its development: addressing social change. In a panel discussion on "Beyond Textiles: The Social Impact of Sustainability" at Texworld USA Tuesday, executives noted that as the fashion industry evolves and...
Gabriela Hearst has joined the LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton family. Hearst's four-year-old eponymous brand announced last week that it has received a minority investment from LVMH Luxury Ventures, a subgroup of the French multinational luxury conglomerate that invests in emerging fashion, cosmetics or accessories companies with sales of between 2 million and 5 million...
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Sometimes it can feel like the news is all doom and gloom, so we're highlighting the most positive and uplifting news stories relating to sustainability, social justice and the environment each Monday for a little #MondayMotivation
Yalitza Aparicio had just finished her teaching degree and didn't yet have a job when the Mexican director Alfonso Cuarón held a casting call in her home of Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca, for the lead role in his semi-autobiographical drama, "Roma."
The Isle of Arran has become the first community in Scotland to achieve Surfers Against Sewage's Plastic Free Communities status. The accrediation was given in recognition of the island's work to start reducing the impact of single-use plastic on the environment.
For lovers of wildlife documentaries, the hidden camera has been providing stunning images of animals up close to wow viewers. In the BBC's Dynasties, a well-placed motion detection camera at a watering hole picked up the unique moment of a male tiger meeting his baby cub for the first time.
It looks like reducing plastic waste is the cause closest to Adidas' heart. The sportswear brand announced ambitious plans to increase the production of shoes containing recycled plastic waste from five million pairs in 2018 to eleven million pairs in 2019.
Google has launched its first clean energy project in Asia. The company announced today that it struck a long-term agreement to buy the output of a 10-megawatt solar array in Tainan City, Taiwan, about 100 km south of its data center in the country. Google already has solar and wind projects across...
In 2004, Dan Nevins was deployed to Iraq with the U.S. Army. After nearly a year of fighting overseas, Dan's life nearly ended in tragedy. He became a double amputee and life as he knew it changed forever. Then, he found a new source of strength and purpose.
25th January 2019
In the news today: British clothing manufacturers have been forced to pay £90,000 to employees for exploitation; Arctic glaciers are smaller than ever before in human history; and Australia is facing droughts and heatwaves as rivers run dry.
British clothing manufacturers have been forced to pay almost £90,000 to employees for non-payment of the minimum wage. An HM Revenue & Customs investigation found that over a six-year period 126 garment workers were paid wage arrears. MP Mary Creagh, who reviewed the HMRC data, said it showed exploitation in the industry was still "rife".
The glaciers on Baffin Island, high in the Canadian Arctic, have been shrinking as the climate warms. As they melt and recede, these glaciers have exposed fragments of ancient plants-frozen into the exact spots where they once grew-that haven't seen the light of day for at least 40,000 years, new research published Friday in Nature Communications suggests.
Usually rivers provide relief from the searing summer heat, but this year water mismanagement and drought combined to create an outback disaster
Want climate news in your inbox? Sign up here for Climate Fwd: , our email newsletter. As the fight continues over President Trump's demand to extend the border wall between the United States and Mexico, one thing is clear: Whatever the wall's effect on immigration might be, it would have an impact on the environment of the borderlands.
As President Donald Trump and Congress continue to wrangle over funding for a border wall and the overall 2019 budget, the federal government remains shutdown since December 22, 2018, making it the longest furlough of large numbers of government employees in U.S. history.
Want climate news in your inbox? Sign up here for Climate Fwd: , our email newsletter. The last time the atmosphere contained as much carbon dioxide as it does now, birdlike dinosaurs roamed what was then a verdant landscape. The earth's lushness was at least partly caused by the abundance of CO₂, which plants use for photosynthesis.
US will become increasingly reliant on natural gas and could become a net energy exporter by next year
It looks like reducing plastic waste is the cause closest to Adidas' heart. The sportswear brand announced ambitious plans to increase the production of shoes containing recycled plastic waste from five million pairs in 2018 to eleven million pairs in 2019.
Number of students skipping school in protests inspired by Greta Thunberg, 16, reaches record numbers around world
Google has launched its first clean energy project in Asia. The company announced today that it struck a long-term agreement to buy the output of a 10-megawatt solar array in Tainan City, Taiwan, about 100 km south of its data center in the country. Google already has solar and wind projects across...
Entrepreneur Adarsh Alphons made a name for himself when he founded ProjectArt, the largest free art school for children in the United States, working with underserved communities. Now he is turning his passion for social impact to the world of fashion. His idea? Wardrobe - a platform that allows people to rent out their own clothes.
Can Silicon Valley survivor Julie Wainwright's luxury consignment company, the RealReal, save retail? BRISBANE, Calif. - Here is where high-end Marie-Kondo'd clothes go now - not to die, but to enter their collective half-life, in a chilly 200,000-square-foot warehouse about eight miles south of San Francisco.
24th January 2019
In the news today: The US Supreme Court allows Trump to ban transgender people from the military; a coalition of major companies trial reusable packaging for online orders; and celebrities call on Japan to scrap resumption of whaling.
Last week, I was in a bathroom in a café in Miami Beach. The café had two separate bathrooms, each with a toilet, a sink, and a locking door. One was marked "Women" and the other "Men." I went into the women's room, as I usually do.
Under Loop scheme, durable containers will be delivered instead of single-use packaging
Letter to Shinzō Abe signed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Fry attacks decision to leave IWC
Prince William is in Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum, where he interviewed his grandmother's friend David Attenborough onstage about how to care for and make necessary change on the planet. But he also had a less public meeting on the same topic with former vice president reports CNBC.
Though the snows of Davos may obscure their view, the political and business elite attending 2019's World Economic Forum clearly need some visionary thinking. Gone are the days when the annual shindig in the Swiss mountain resort was a chance for self-congratulation.
A record-breaking cold snap is relentlessly descending on parts of the U.S. this month. It spawned from a split polar vortex that sent cold, Arctic air across the continent. In a time when climate change is discussed in the context of record highs, droughts, and wildfires, cold weather and blizzards can seem out of place.
Letters: Meghnad Desai and Richard Horrocks say Guardian readers shouldn't be angry at 'poverty wages' being paid to Bangladeshi workers, but Sue Simmons says we delude ourselves that we can buy clothing for almost nothing
Rent the Runway, a fashion rental service which provides its subscribers freedom from stuffing their closets while still enjoying a rotating cast of high-end designer clothing for a fraction of the retail price, is now working with a group of private designers to create new collections that will cater directly to its existing shoppers by...
NEW YORK, United States - You just can't trust the media anymore. At least that's according to Ellory Camejo, a 22-year-old student studying fashion design at Parsons School of Design in Manhattan. Her scepticism about traditional media outlets has driven her to rely on Instagram account Diet Prada for her fashion news.
Vogue editor-in-chief, speaking at Australian Open event, also slams Margaret Court's opposition to same-sex marriage
National Magazine Company Breathing: it should be the most natural thing in the world. We do it without thinking, some 20,000 times a day. And from their very first gasp, babies respire as nature intended, ribs expanding, torso rising and falling.
23rd January 2019
In the news today: A new Thinktank analysis warns of lack of progress on 2020 global emissions target; meanwhile the UK has the biggest fossil fuel subsidies in the EU; and Cambodia faces trade sanctions from the European Union as a result of alleged human-rights violations.
The United States Supreme Court has allowed President Donald Trump to enforce his policy of banning certain transgender people from the military. The court voted 5-4 to grant a Trump administration request to lift injunctions blocking the policy while challenges continue in lower courts. The four liberal judges on the court opposed the ruling.
Subsidies for coal, oil and gas are not falling despite EU pledges to tackle climate change
Thinktank says not enough is being done to cut coal burning and end fossil fuel subsidies
The European Union moved closer to imposing trade sanctions against Cambodia as a result of alleged human-rights violations in the country. The European Commission in Brussels has asked EU national governments to give the green light by Jan. 29 for suspending a policy that lets Cambodia export all goods except weapons duty-free and quota-free to...
"Please don't cut off my hair," Bobita sobbed to the attending doctor in the emergency ward of the Centre for Women and Children Health hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, as he prepared to stitch up the gaping wound at the back of her head.
DAVOS, Switzerland - Worrying about the climate is hot right now. So much so that the subject is front and centre at the World Economic Forum's annual Davos gathering.
Deaths of about 40 horses discovered near Santa Teresa blamed on extreme weather conditions
GREEN GIANT: Kering has been ranked as the second most sustainable company in the world across all industries in Corporate Knights Global 100 Index unveiled at the World Economic Forum in Davos today, rocketing up from 47 th place just a year ago.
As political and business leaders gather for the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this week, a roster of the most sustainable companies is also enjoying a moment in the spotlight. The list, the Global 100, ranks large corporations across the globe on their performance reducing carbon and waste, their gender diversity among leadership, revenues derived from clean products, and overall sustainability.
Editor's note: The Global Fashion Agenda is spearheading the fashion industry's journey toward a more sustainable future and is behind the Copenhagen Fashion Summit and the annual Pulse of the Fashion Industry report in collaboration with the Boston Consulting Group.
In the U.S., women hold 6.9 percent of chief executive roles. As of now, it could take more than 200 years to reach gender pay parity. And at the top levels of business, the data continues to be stark.
For companies on a mission to be true participants in the circular economy, the challenges of getting and staying on that path are many. Foremost is communicating that brand identity to consumers, but sourcing the right materials while maintaining quality and performance, follow right behind.
22nd January 2019
In the news today: Greenland's ice is melting four times faster than we thought; meanwhile further south in northern Ethiopia, authorities and local communities are partnering to save the >5% of forests that remain; and in Dhaka the decision regarding the future of the Bangladesh Accord has been delayed for another month.
A new study warns that Greenland's ice is melting faster than scientists previously thought. But perhaps the biggest surprise is that most of this ice loss is from the land-fast ice sheet itself, not Greenland's glaciers.
News / News / Bangladesh Accord decision delayed another month DHAKA - A decision on the future continuation of the Bangladesh Accord has been delayed - for a 6 th time - to 18 February. The ruling was passed by a four-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by chief justice Syed Mahmud Hossain.
When Alemayehu Wassie Eshete was a boy, he went to church each Sunday. He would make his way along the dry, dusty roads between the wheat fields in his home province in northern Ethiopia. At the end of the trip was the prize: a literal step into another world.
Patagonia has underscored its commitment to be carbon neutral by 2025 when the company will have a fully sustainable production cycle. The news was confirmed by Patagonia ceo Rose Marcario at the 2019 edition of the America's National Retail Federation's annual Big Show & Expo.
News / News / Katharine Hamnett calls for regulation to drive sustainable change LONDON - Fashion icon Katharine Hamnett claims most apparel brands are unwilling to fully embrace sustainability because it will impact bottom line profits. The British designer and fashion pioneer has consequently called on legislation as a means of, "forcing the industry to change in line with consumer expectations and environmental necessity."
American fashion photographer Bruce Weber, who was accused of sexual harassment by a former model last year, faced five more accusations on Friday. Weber, who worked for Vogue and helped forge the image of such brands as Calvin Klein, Ralph
Renew by Eileen Fisher might just be the gold standard in recycling and upcycling of apparel. The line's designer, Carmen Gama, told a Smart Talks audience at Premiere Vision on Wednesday that the regenerative Renew by Eileen Fisher brand has taken back over 1 million garments and done over $10 million in sales since it..
DealBook DAVOS, Switzerland - As business and political leaders arrive in the Swiss Alps for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, a surprisingly alarming letter from an influential investor who studiously eschews attention has already emerged as a talking point. The letter, written by Seth A.
The long read: Today's titans of tech and finance want to solve the world's problems, as long as the solutions never, ever threaten their own wealth and power
Labor would allocate $1bn from Clean Energy Finance Corporation and invest up to $90m from Arena
21st January 2019
In the news today: The Spice Girls charity T-shirts that raise money for Comic Relief are made by workers paid 35p an hour; meanwhile Patagonia's CEO says that the outdoor apparel brand's approach to saving the planet has been good for business; and in other news, Oxfam calls for a 1% wealth tax to help educate children who are not in school.
Workers producing tops sold to raise money for Comic Relief receive far below a living wage
Patagonia may technically be an outdoor apparel company, but in the past few years, it's cemented itself in the public imagination as a whole lot more.
Stella McCartney is barefoot and insouciant in an Alter Nappa (aka faux leather) dress in Prussian blue from her FW18 collection. She's a great advertisement for her own brand, one that merges the masculine and ultra-feminine into a narrative of imperturbable cool.
Twelve days ago, 50,000 garment workers in Bangladesh began a series of demonstrations in and around Dhaka to demand higher wages. For nearly two weeks, they've been blocking roads, burning tires, and shutting down factories. Women workers are confronting a multibillion-dollar fashion industry, their abusive and mostly male bosses, and bad-faith trade deals that benefit Western countries and corporations at their expense.
European NGO says firms are likely to be at centre of global boom in plastic production
By Tim Blanks January 20, 2019 23:34 PARIS, France - The search for sustainability is understandably fashion's obsession. It's one of the most significant ways that the industry can hang on to any kind of relevance. But Junya Watanabe approached the issue from his own point of view with his latest men's presentation.
Thirty years ago, all 197 countries got together to ban the gases damaging the Earth's ozone layer. Now we need to unite to combat an even greater threat. What can we learn from 1989?
Charity calls for 1% wealth tax, saying it would raise enough to educate every child not in school
CAMBRIDGE - The first in a series of reports by luxury group Kering and the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability has linked the Planetary Boundaries framework to business, seeking to explore how it can help inform decision-making on e...
Delhi has become a "gas chamber" with pollution so dangerous that it is best to avoid living there, according to two judges on India's supreme court.Air pollution has soared to hazardous levels over recent days, bringing renewed finger-pointing among rival politicians over who is to blame.At a sup
Tommy is turning his attention to sustainable denim. For spring, Tommy Hilfiger's Tommy Jeans division will begin introducing models made with 100 percent recycled cotton. The sewing thread will be made from 100 percent recycled plastic bottles, buttons will come from deadstock and hangtags will consist of recycled paper.
Last week's Uplifting News
Sometimes it can feel like the news is all doom and gloom, so we're highlighting the most positive and uplifting news stories relating to sustainability, social justice and the environment each Monday for a little #MondayMotivation
Scientists estimate there are now 235 wild bengal tigers in Nepal, a huge leap from 2009, when there were only about 120 of the endangered animals. In just the last four years, the population jumped nearly 20 percent, up from 198 of the animals, according to analysis performed by Nepal's Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation, along with conservation groups including Panthera and the Zoological Society of London.
A frog believed to be the last of his kind in the world has been granted a reprieve from solitude. Romeo, known as the world's loneliest frog, has spent 10 years in isolation at an aquarium in Bolivia. Scientists say they have found him a Juliet after an expedition to a remote Bolivian cloud forest.
Beauty brand Lush is set to open its first 'Naked' store in the UK in Manchester later this week, which will entirely void of any plastic packaging. The retailer famed for its brightly-coloured bath bombs, will be highlighting plastic packa
Two female jaguars, each less than two years old, are being incorporated into the Jaguar Reintroduction Project based in Iberá Park and led by The Conservation Land Trust (CLT)-founded by Tompkins Conservation-and the government of Corrientes Province, Argentina.
Wearers of any brand of soft lens can now have them collected or drop them off at recycling bins
18th January 2019
In the news today: Glaciers are retreating, which means less water for people and crops in the future, prompting economic questions about just how extreme weather will become; meanwhile tech giants are using AI, facial recognition and drones to tackle illegal wildlife trade.
On a summer day in the mountains high above Almaty, Kazakhstan's largest city, the Tuyuksu glacier is melting like mad. Rivulets of water stream down the glacier's thin leading edge. As she has for nearly two decades, Maria Shahgedanova, a glaciologist at the University of Reading in England, has come here to check on the Tuyuksu.
For lovers of wildlife documentaries, the hidden camera has been providing stunning images of animals up close to wow viewers. In the BBC's Dynasties, a well-placed motion detection camera at a watering hole picked up the unique moment of a male tiger meeting his baby cub for the first time.
Many of the big economic questions in coming decades will come down to just how extreme the weather will be, and how to value the future versus the present. By now, it's clear that climate change poses environmental risks beyond anything seen in the modern age.
What a week it's been for Gabriela Hearst. Matchesfashion.com launched an exclusive collection comprising some of the designer's greatest hits; LVMH invested a minority stake in her brand; and the Duchess of Sussex was photographed carrying the cult Nina bag yet again.
Hello BoF Professionals, welcome to our latest members-only briefing. China's colossal size and dynamism makes it a top priority for any global business, but it remains opaque to many in the fashion industry. Leveraging our rare access and local knowledge, the BoF China team demystifies the Chinese market with weekly industry analysis and the wider socio-cultural context you need to sharpen your focus.
Fashion's polluting impact on the environment has never been more in mainstream consciousness. From its unsustainable manufacturing methods to its wastage of plastics into our seas, the textile industry is in the throes of coming to terms with its status as an unenvironmentally friendly repeat offender.
Want climate news in your inbox? Sign up here for Climate Fwd: , our email newsletter. What should we eat? Depends on who is eating. That's one of the principal conclusions of a comprehensive report that sets out targets on how to feed the world in a way that's good for human health and the health of the planet.
Unilever is upping its beauty incubation game. The consumer goods giant is readying the U.S. launch on Jan. 21 of its latest brand, Skinsei - a direct-to-consumer, wellness-inspired skin-care line with a personalization bent - that was developed in-house by a team of five working across Unilever's London and Englewood Cliffs, N.J., headquarters.
17th January 2019
In the news today: the last five years have been the hottest our oceans have ever been, but a plant-based diet could transform the planet’s future; in Bangladesh garment workers have received a wage increase after a week of violent protests, but tension remains.
Rising temperatures can be charted back to the late 1950s, and the last five years were the five hottest on record
Following a week of violent demonstrations for higher salaries, the government of Bangladesh has agreed to raise garment workers' wages, the country's commerce minister said. The protests, which included clashes with police involving rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannons, and resulted in the death of one worker and injuries of dozens more, prompted officials...
'Planetary health diet' would prevent millions of deaths a year and avoid climate change
In less than two minutes, the men and boys in Gillette's new ad engage in a panoply of bad behavior: bullying, fighting, discrimination, sexual harassment and more. A line of them, standing behind smoke wafting up from their grills, recites, "Boys will be boys will be boys will be boys."
Derek Lam and Prabal Gurung (center) Collective for Rent the Runway | Source: Courtesy By Cathaleen Chen January 17, 2019 05:30 NEW YORK, United States - Rent the Runway has unveiled a set of new clothing lines, working with designers Derek Lam, Prabal Gurung and to produce clothing that will be exclusive to the rental platform.
NEW YORK, United States - Jean Deaux, a Chicago-based musical artist, said she met model and stylist Ian Connor on Instagram. After exchanging some direct messages, they switched to texting. They met up briefly in Chicago, and after she moved to New York, they ran into each other at a concert in New Jersey.
Ermenegildo Zegna is wasting not, wanting not. Roughly 25 percent of its 2019 XXX Men's Fall collection comprise cashmere, wool and nylon textiles recycled from the Italian fashion house's own factory offcuts. The repurposed fabrications, which are supported by Zegna's textile division under the slogan #UseTheExisting, are designed to be repurposable, too.
Was 2018 the year of the "influential sustainable consumer," as Nielsen has decreed? The market research firm certainly think so. Nearly half (48 percent) of U.S. consumers say they would definitely or probably change their consumption habits to reduce their impact on the environment, Nielsen has found. These aren't empty promises either.
Brand collaborations are currently the hottest thing in fashion. Brand x Designer capsule collections or Brand x Brand collabs are filling up catwalks, glamour magazines and Instagram profiles. Originally created as short-term co-branding concepts to inject additional energy into new collections in an ever more crowded and fast-moving media world, more and more vertical brand collaborations now include component manufacturers and material suppliers.
OpenSC venture, which will track Patagonian toothfish, developed by WWF and BCG Digital
There are two kinds of people in this world: Those who take it upon themselves to go to understaffed national parks to keep them clean during the government shutdown, and then those who set up illegal campsites and cut down Joshua trees in the national park of the same name.
16th January 2019
In the news today: The CFDA introduces the Sustainability Initiatives Resource Hub, while in the UK the fashion industry faces an uncertain future after the Brexit deal was voted down; and a new study shows that phasing out fossil fuels immediately could arrest climate change.
As part of the CFDA's ongoing commitment to sustainability through education and professional development, today, we launch the CFDA Sustainability Initiatives resource hub. Centralized on CFDA.com, the sustainability-centered resource hub is designed to provide open access resources and information specific to fashion design x business sustainable strategies.
By Sarah Kent January 15, 2019 19:57 LONDON, United Kingdom - The UK government Tuesday definitively voted down Prime Minister Theresa May's proposed deal for the country to leave the European Union, raising uncomfortable questions for the country's roughly £30 billion ($38 billion) fashion industry.that The deal, which would have laid out the terms of Britain's divorce from the bloc, was defeated by a resounding 230 votes - an unprecedented loss.
Scientists say it may still technically be possible to limit warming to 1.5C if drastic action is taken now
The United Nations Alliance for Sustainable Fashion will be officially launched March 14, during a media event of the 4th U.N. Environment Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya. While different U.N. institutions have tried to encompass fashion in various sustainability initiatives, this will mark a more comprehensive approach to address all aspects of a sustainable fashion industry.
After extreme weather-related events, there is 'need for international cooperation'
A bacon roll can shorten your life expectancy as much as four cigarettes.
ANAO finds department decided Great Barrier Reef Foundation was the 'obvious' partner after just three days
15th January 2019
In the news today: According to a new survey, Americans trash 600 pieces of clothing over their lifetimes; the UK is making progress in the fights against plastic as the first free contact lens recycling scheme launches this week and beauty brand Lush opens its first plastic packaging-free store.
UK's first contact lens recycling scheme launches
Wearers of any brand of soft lens can now have them collected or drop them off at recycling bins
Get WIRED's daily briefing in your inbox. Sign up here The government has published its new Clean Air Strategy, intended to improve air quality and the catastrophic impact of nitrous dioxide pollution on health with new restrictions on wood stoves, open fires and agriculture ( BBC News).
I have been traveling the world and supporting global artisans, artists and emerging designers for as long as I can remember. This respect for craft was borne out of my upbringing and heritage - values that I inherited from my parents.
It's only three words on a T-shirt or embroidered on a denim jacket in Palestinian designer Yasmeen Mjalli's collection, but they carry a powerful message: "Not your habibti", or darling. She sees the clothes as helping empower Palestinian women facing unwelcome male attention in public.
PORTLAND/NEW YORK - Sportswear giant Adidas has teamed up with the NHL (National Hockey League) to develop the league's first-ever hockey jerseys to contain recycled materials. As part of the ongoing collaboration between the German sportswear brand ...
Scientist Brad Lister returned to Puerto Rican rainforest after 35 years to find 98% of ground insects had vanished
There was a period of time when the aggressive Photoshopping of women's bodies felt like society's biggest problem. I was young, and body image was the most important issue to me, because I was unhappy about my body.
As clean freshwater has become scarcer around the world- especially in arid regions such as the Middle East and North Africa-those countries that can afford it have increasingly turned to desalination. That energy-intensive process extracts salt from sea (or other saline) water, transforming it into water that's fit for human consumption.
Beauty brand Lush is set to open its first 'Naked' store in the UK in Manchester later this week, which will entirely void of any plastic packaging. The retailer famed for its brightly-coloured bath bombs, will be highlighting plastic packa
Americans are divided on a lot of things-their opinions about clothing are no different. While a poll released Thursday found that American consumers are less concerned about the ecological impacts of what they wear than than their overseas counterparts, most would also prefer to see large fashion brands open up about their social and environmental practices....
According to a new survey, America can add throwing out clothing to its list of national past times, along with baseball and apple pie. It's no secret that the fashion industry has a problem with waste. But Trunk Club, the personal styling service bought by Nordstrom in 2014, says that consumers who don't understand how...
It's only three words on a T-shirt or embroidered on a denim jacket in Palestinian designer Yasmeen Mjalli's collection, but they carry a powerful message: "Not your habibti", or darling. She sees the clothes as helping empower Palestinian women facing unwelcome male attention in public.
14th January 2019
In the news today: A new opinion poll found that almost 3/4 of the UK public think clothing brands should be responsible for what happens in their supply chains; the UK’s failure to meet EU air quality standards raises questions over what will happen after Brexit, while new research shows that the Earth’s oceans are heating up faster than previously thought
With the fashion industry's environmental impact under scrutiny, there's a move to eschew new stuff and wear what you already own
Eight out of ten Britons feel that brands should provide more information on their environmental commitments, and almost three-quarters of the UK public think clothing brands should be responsible for what happens in their supply chains and should ensure garments are manufactured in an environmentally friendly way, states a new opinion poll by Ipsos MORI.
Government has astonishing record of fighting demands to meet legal obligations
Office initially named agricultural chemical red tape bill, then said Morrison was actually referring to ban on cosmetic testing
There are still people talking up coal and talking down renewable energy but we have installed more solar panels and wind turbines than ever before
Fifty years after US representative Shirley Chisholm became the first black woman elected to the US Congress, women of colour across the US are preparing in record numbers to conquer and hold the floors of local, state and national legislatives. More than 600 black women candidates are, or have been, running for office in 2018.
In Sagar Gram, poverty and caste discrimination drive families to coerce girls into doing sex work
In the heart of the Sonoran Desert in Arizona, lush rows of tomatoes, peppers, carrots, chard and peas are growing in the arid extremes, protected by an array of solar panels which shade the crops and keep moisture in the soil.
