Sustainability

News & Analysis

Amazon Vows to Be Carbon Neutral by 2040

19 September 2019 • By Reuters

19 September 2019 • By Reuters

Cutting emissions is a challenging goal for the e-commerce giant, which delivers 10 billion items a year and has a massive transportation footprint.

News & Analysis

Amazon Vows to Be Carbon Neutral by 2040

Cutting emissions is a challenging goal for the e-commerce giant, which delivers 10 billion items a year and has a massive transportation footprint.

Sponsored Feature

At Zalando, Driving Innovation Through Shared Values

16 September 2019 • By BoF Team

Sponsored Feature

At Zalando, Driving Innovation Through Shared Values

Zalando encourages individuals to take responsibility for their own development by operating a flat business structure with a start-up mindset and creating opportunity in continuous change.

BoF Professional Exclusive

In London, Is Extinction Rebellion Out-Marketing Fashion?

16 September 2019 • By Sarah Kent

BoF Professional Exclusive

In London, Is Extinction Rebellion Out-Marketing Fashion?

The activist group’s calls to ‘cancel’ London Fashion Week have failed, but its demands that the industry clean up its act have made headlines.

News & Analysis

Gucci Looks to Set a New Trend on Carbon Neutrality

12 September 2019 • By Sarah Kent

12 September 2019 • By Sarah Kent

The luxury giant will pay millions of dollars every year to offset the emissions it can’t eliminate from its supply chain.

News & Analysis

Gucci Looks to Set a New Trend on Carbon Neutrality

The luxury giant will pay millions of dollars every year to offset the emissions it can’t eliminate from its supply chain.

BoF Professional Exclusive

Glitz, Glamour & Garbage: Why Fashion Week Needs to Clean Up Its Act

4 September 2019 • By Sarah Kent

BoF Professional Exclusive

Glitz, Glamour & Garbage: Why Fashion Week Needs to Clean Up Its Act

With scrutiny on fashion’s environmental impact mounting, the excess of major fashion weeks is increasingly at odds with the public commitments of major brands to operate more sustainably.

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Gore-Tex. Lycra. Could Fashion's Next Major Fabric Brand Be Green?

23 August 2019 • By Sarah Kent

BoF Professional Exclusive

Gore-Tex. Lycra. Could Fashion's Next Major Fabric Brand Be Green?

The companies that produce fashion’s textiles have long hovered behind the scenes, but growing consumer awareness of the industry’s environmental impact is creating brand-building opportunities further down the supply chain.

News & Analysis

Kering Chief to Present Industry Sustainability Pact to G7

23 August 2019 • By Laure Guilbault and Sarah Kent

Thirty fashion companies, including Chanel, Prada and H&M have joined the initiative spearheaded by François-Henri Pinault, at the request of French President Emmanuel Macron.

News & Analysis

Kering Chief to Present Industry Sustainability Pact to G7

Thirty fashion companies, including Chanel, Prada and H&M have joined the initiative spearheaded by François-Henri Pinault, at the request of French President Emmanuel Macron.

News & Analysis

Gucci and Saint Laurent Face Uphill Battle to Get Green

20 August 2019 • By Bloomberg

News & Analysis

Gucci and Saint Laurent Face Uphill Battle to Get Green

Kering is leading luxury’s sustainability efforts, but the wider sector is walking a high wire: surging demand and social media are pushing brands to increase production and stage ever-flashier events, while consumers and regulators ramp up pressure on the same brands to lower their environmental impact.

The Business of Beauty

Beauty's Giant Glitter Problem

1 August 2019 • By Amy-Laure Richards

The Business of Beauty

Beauty's Giant Glitter Problem

Growing consumer demand for the sparkly substance comes with steep environment cost. Could a biodegradable alternative be the answer?

Stella McCartney Taps Anti-Consumption Activists to Sell More Clothes

26 July 2019 • By Sarah Kent

26 July 2019 • By Sarah Kent

The eco-conscious label’s new campaign highlights the delicate balance brands and activists navigate when working together.

Stella McCartney Taps Anti-Consumption Activists to Sell More Clothes

The eco-conscious label’s new campaign highlights the delicate balance brands and activists navigate when working together.