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Eva Kruse, who started up the Copenhagen-based sustainability advocacy group 15 years ago, is leaving her role as chief executive in February 2021 to join sustainable fashion label Pangaia. She will become a member of GFA’s board of directors.
While the search for Kruse’s successor is underway, chief operating officer Travis Peoples and chairman Niels Eskildsen will jointly lead GFA.
Europe’s Parliament has signed off rules that will make brands more accountable for what happens in their supply chains, ban products made with forced labour and set new environmental standards for the design and disposal of products.
Fashion’s biggest sustainable cotton certifier said it found no evidence of non-compliance at farms covered by its standard, but acknowledged weaknesses in its monitoring approach.
As they move to protect their intellectual property, big brands are coming into conflict with a growing class of up-and-coming designers working with refashioned designer gear.
The industry needs to ditch its reliance on fossil-fuel-based materials like polyester in order to meet climate targets, according to a new report from Textile Exchange.
