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Canopy adds eight new fashion partners as industry pressure mounts to protect ancient forests

Environmental non-profit Canopy has expanded its fashion-sector coalition, adding eight companies to its Pack4Good and CanopyStyle initiatives in a move that underscores the industry’s accelerating pivot toward forest-free materials. Marc O’Polo, Victoria’s Secret & Co., Akyn, Mint Velvet, Spell, OUTnABOUT, DÔEN and ICICLE have all signed on to...

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Yorkshire’s wool-recycling heritage drives new circular knitwear launch

Yorkshire has long been synonymous with wool, once home to England’s influential Heavy Woollen District and a bustling network of rag merchants who turned discarded fibres into new textiles. Now, British outdoor brand Finisterre is returning to the roots of that heritage with the launch of Revive, its first knitwear capsule made from old...

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Kidswear brand Roarsome secures investment to drive growth

Sustainable outdoor kidswear brand Roarsome has secured 1.5 million pounds of new investment led by Sustainable Wealth Group to support its next phase of growth. In a statement, the kidswear brand, which offers snow suits, coats, swimwear, and sportswear made entirely from recycled plastic bottles (using suppliers like Repreve and FENC TopGreen,...

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Marks & Spencer launches renewable energy programme across supply chain

British department store Marks & Spencer has launched a new programme aimed at accelerating the adoption of renewable electricity across its fashion supply chain. Dubbed Re:Spark, the scheme, developed in partnership with Schneider Electric, builds on a wider mission of the retailer to achieve net-zero emissions throughout its value chain by...

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New SCAD report finds resale reshapes fashion's future

A new report from SCADask, “Style in Motion: The Evolution of Resale and Retail,” reveals that secondhand fashion has moved from niche to mainstream, becoming one of the most influential forces in today’s retail landscape. SCADask is the research initiative of the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), a leading global university in art,...

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Marks & Spencer becomes first UK brand to join Circulose as scaling partner

British department store Marks & Spencer has become the first UK Scaling Partner of Circulose, a deal that will see the retailer integrate the firm’s next-generation material into select products. The partnership builds on efforts by Marks & Spencer to reduce its reliance on virgin fibres and accelerate its implementation of circular design...

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Cost of inaction grows for your brand every year, warns Kantar in its latest sustainability report

For years, sustainability has been the most repeated mantra in the fashion industry. Most of the time, however, this discourse has remained superficial. It has consisted of vague promises, green campaigns and commitments without clear metrics. Today, there is no longer any room for ambiguity. Sustainability has become a matter of business...

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What 'thinking sustainably' means at Lagos Fashion Week

Lagos - Four days before the Éki kéré show at Lagos Fashion Week, sewing machines were still whirring in the workshop of this popular Nigerian brand. The studio is located in the heart of the cultural and economic capital of Africa's most populous country. On that day, brand founder Abasiekeme Ukanireh gathered models and seamstresses for the...

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How can brands and retailers navigate EU textile and garment regulations?

In the European Union, a person consumes on average 19 kilograms of textiles per year according to the European Environment Agency (EEA). Of those, 8 kilograms are clothing, 7 kilograms are household textiles and 4 kilograms are shoes. “Nineteen kilograms basically compare to what can fit in a large travel suitcase,” compared EEA expert on...

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Consumers still want sustainability, but fashion brands are failing to deliver

Sustainability remains a powerful force shaping how people shop, but consumers are increasingly weighed down by global uncertainty, according to Bain & Company’s latest Consumer Lab ESG Survey 2025, which polled more than 14,000 people across eight countries including the US, UK, China, Italy, and Indonesia. The study finds that while...

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Fashion must rethink its system, says H&M Foundation report

H&M Foundation urges fashion industry to rethink transformation in new systems-change report The non-profit H&M Foundation, in partnership with Accenture, has released From Signals to Systems Change, a report urging the fashion industry to reimagine how it approaches sustainability and transformation. At its core is the Reimagined System Map, an...

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Investigation: EU's sustainable fashion score is 'finalised' but far from reliable

On paper, an agreement has been reached on the first tool for scoring fashion products on sustainability. The regulation comes from Brussels and is called the Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules (PEFCR), hereafter referred to as 'PEF', for apparel and footwear. However, the method and the way it was developed are a source of...