Value fashion and homeware retailer Primark reports that it has cut carbon emissions across its value chain, three years after it published its 2030 sustainability commitments, after switching to renewable and low-carbon energy. Primark said in its annual ‘Sustainability and Ethics Progress Report’ that its decarbonisation programme is beginning...
25 Nov 2024
The H&M Foundation has unveiled a change in strategic direction in its annual innovation challenge, the Global Change Award (GCA), to support the textile industry’s aim of halving its greenhouse gas emissions each decade to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. The GCA 2025 is now open to innovative solutions and concepts that seek to address...
23 Oct 2024
The e-commerce sector is grappling with a surge in product returns, a trend that is squeezing profit margins and forcing retailers to reassess their policies. This shift comes as consumer expectations for frictionless returns clash with retailers' need to maintain profitability and reduce environmental impact. ASOS, the online fashion retailer,...
28 Sept 2024
Active Apparel Group (AAG), a manufacturer of performance apparel for the outdoor lifestyle and active markets, has committed to a more structured approach to reduce its environmental impact across its global operations. Through its new Environmental Management System (EMS), which was built using the ISO14001 Standard Framework, the company will...
29 May 2024
The ACT (Assessing low-Carbon Transition) initiative is the result of collaboration between the French Agency for Ecological Transition (ADEME), the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) and the World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA). Together, they have developed a methodology for assessing the maturity of companies' low-carbon transition plans. At the...
10 May 2024
Apple’s annual event, which took place on the penultimate day of New York Fashion Week, had a surprise announcement. The tech giant said it would ban the use of leather for all its accessories, including watch straps and mobile phone cases. In an effort to meet its net zero emissions goal by 2030, Apple unveiled a new textile called FineWoven, a...
13 Sept 2023
Japanese sportswear brand Asics has created what it claims to be the sneaker with the lowest carbon footprint on the market. The new product - called the Gel-Lyte III CM 1.95 sneaker - reportedly emits just 1.95 kilograms of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) emissions across its life cycle, which the brand says is “significantly” lighter than the...
20 Sept 2022
The UK government has announced the establishment of a new regulatory framework aimed at boosting industrial emissions standards and reducing air pollution. The ‘Best Available Techniques’ programme will require manufacturing facilities in the UK’s largest sectors, including textiles and chemicals, to work together with regulators on identifying...
1 Sept 2022
Retail group H&M has formed a long-term partnership with global renewable energy platform, Matrix Renewables, in an agreement that will see the group progress towards its goal to become climate positive. Signed today, the partnership brings H&M one step closer to adopting 100 percent renewable energy throughout its operations, a goal set in its...
8 Oct 2021
Marks & Spencer has pledged to be net zero by 2040. Its timeline includes a 34 percent reduction in carbon emissions by 2025, a 55 percent reduction by 2030, and finally net zero status by 2040. Part of the company’s decarbonisation process includes a commitment to zero deforestation in palm oil and soy sourcing and obtaining more sustainable...
5 Oct 2021
Zara owner Inditex has announced an acceleration of a number of sustainability targets, including a new aim to achieve net-zero emissions by 2040, ten years earlier than previously planned. The fast fashion giant also aims for all the cotton it uses to be “more sustainable” by 2023, two years ahead of schedule, and for all energy in its direct...
14 Jul 2021
Swedish payments provider Klarna has launched a CO2 tracker to allow its 90 million users to see how much carbon is linked to their purchases. The new feature aims to “democratize access to unbiased climate impact information for consumers” and “help drive awareness around climate change”. Klarna has partnered with Swedish fintech startup...
23 Apr 2021