The Business of Fashion
Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
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The fashion industry knows that it needs to clean up its act, but when brands themselves don’t know their own supply chains, how can they make the necessary strategic changes?
In the third masterclass in #BoFLIVE’s new series, How to Build a Sustainable Fashion Brand, London Editor Sarah Kent was joined by Dr Helen Crowley, a senior advisor and fellow at Conservation International; Dio Kurazawa, founding partner at sustainability consultancy The Bear Scouts; and Allbirds Sustainability Manager Hana Kajimura for a virtual panel discussing how to track and measure impact in a way that enables meaningful change.
Key Lessons from Masterclass 3: Tracking and Traceability
Also, stay tuned for the next monthly episode of BoF's online learning series How to Build a Sustainable Fashion Brand.
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Masterclass 4: Buying Better, with Marsha Dickson and Ayesha Barenblat, on November 10th, 15:00 GMT / 12:00 ET
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Masterclass 5: The Case for Culture
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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.
Cotton linked to environmental and human rights abuses in Brazil is leaking into the supply chains of major fashion brands, a new investigation has found, prompting Zara-owner Inditex to send a scathing rebuke to the industry’s biggest sustainable cotton certifier.