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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.
This week, New York played host to one of the world’s largest climate confabs, but there was little visible presence from fashion’s biggest companies. If the industry doesn’t pull up a seat at the table, it risks getting left behind.
The Chinese company hopes to alleviate its environmental impact through programmes like EvoluShein, which focuses on producing garments out of recycled polyester and reducing waste from unsold clothes.
On the heels of New York Fashion Week, the city is set to host a major climate summit running alongside a meeting of the UN General Assembly this coming week with implications for fashion. Here’s what to watch.
The industry isn’t planning for rising temperatures and intensifying flooding that could slash export earnings in just a handful of key manufacturing hubs by $65 billion by 2030, a new report finds.
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