How do you shift the lens through which we document and depict people working in the fashion supply chain? - is the question that propelled regenerative supply chain and technology company Materra , toward their latest campaign Guardians of Planet Earth. The fashion industry’s

Loro Piana is now the fifth high-end brand to be placed under administration for labour violations - after workers were discovered to be working up to 90 hours a week for as little as €4 an hour. These findings are cracking the facade of luxury fashion. With exploitation hiding

Leather is a byproduct of the meat industry’ ‘Leather is natural’ or ‘Leather is sustainable’. Using phrases like the ones above, animal leather champions are on a media blitz - trolling alternative materials and ‘vegan’ labelled leather materials by branding them plastic. Not

Today is #EarthOvershootDay which means we’ve exhausted all the resources the planet can regenerate in a year. This day arrives earlier each year. The fashion industry has an huge role to play in this by over-extracting resources, polluting the environment with harmful

This week’s Sustainable Fashion Good News: 🟢 Billie Eilish is addressing the music industry’s textile waste problem by upcycling unsold tour merch - partnering with Bravado to repurpose 400’000 t-shirts in Morocco with Hallotex. The t-shirts will be broken down and spun into

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A new report by the Apparel Impact Institute reveals that the apparel industry recorded a 7.5% increase in greenhouse gas emissions in 2023 - the first year-on-year increase since 2019. According to the report the primary reasons for this increase in emissions are a growth in

According to a new study by Australian peer-to-peer rental platform The Volte and the Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Fashion + Textiles, the per-wear climate change impact reduction of a rented-versus-owned garment ranges from 44% to 78%, depending on the rental frequency of

The fashion industry has recorded a year-on-year increase in greenhouse gas emissions for the first time since 2019. Given that the fashion industry accounts for 8-10% of global CO₂ emissions, this 7.5% swing in the wrong direction is especially troubling. Eco Age reached out

SHEIN has been fined… again. This time by Italy’s Competition Authority (AGCM) for misleading customers on the environmental impact of its products. This comes just weeks after France imposed a €40 million fine on SHEIN for similar offences, including deceptive discounting

With Laura Weir as their new CEO, the British Fashion Council has set out to decentralise the fashion industry, championing the power of fashion beyond the capital. The BFC will pilot the ‘Fashion Assembly,’ a new creative education programme sending designers back to their

Sustainable Fashion Good News: 🟢 At Copenhagen Fashion Week Collective Fashion Justice showcased its collaboration between Caxacori Studio and the Awajún community of the Peruvian Amazon to create SHIRINGA - a sustainable bio-leather. 🟢 Research by Depop and WRAP reveals that

Jelly shoes are nostalgic for many - a staple summer childhood shoe. But the jelly shoe has quickly become a trendy summer staple, re-emerging in 2024 when celebrities like Jennifer Lawrence stepped out in The Row’s jelly flats. This summer is no different. But in the nature of

This week’s Sustainable Fashion Good News: 🟢eBay has announced the return of its Endless Runway this Fashion Month, with shows in New York and London aimed at reinforcing the growing presence of pre-loved fashion on the runway. New collaborations with designers such as

Why can’t you afford to shop with sustainable brands?’ is an uncomfortable question, but something we need to start asking. While it’s easy to frame affordability within our own financial circumstances, it’s time we see beyond the individual and start thinking more systemically.

Topshop is back — and while its return may spark nostalgia, the revival of a fast fashion brand without any meaningful shift in its business model is a step backward for fashion’s already faltering climate progress. Aside from a few pairs of jeans and basic t-shirts, the