H&M Group
H&M Faces Boycott Calls in China Over Xinjiang Cotton Ban
The brand can no longer be found on China’s major e-commerce platforms, following an uproar on social media about its decision not to use cotton sourced from the Xinjiang region.
Measuring Fashion’s Sustainability Gap — Download the Report Now
Brands are talking about sustainability more than ever before, but does their rhetoric stand up to scrutiny? BoF’s new report, The BoF Sustainability Index, benchmarks 15 of the industry’s biggest companies against ambitious environmental and social goals and finds fashion is falling short.
The Risky Business of Emerging Manufacturing Hubs
The pandemic is not the only cause of disruption to global supply chains. From Myanmar to Ethiopia, civil unrest and political conflict are impacting suppliers used by brands like H&M and Benetton.
Brands Say They Want to Keep Workers Safe. Not All Are Willing to Pay for It.
Walmart and other large fashion retailers tout their progress on worker safety to consumers. But suppliers say they’re often on their own when it comes to improving factory conditions.
Fashion Goes Green to Raise Capital
The likes of Chanel, Adidas and H&M are landing funds based on potential environmental, social and governance impact, relying on sustainability targets to secure both public and investor goodwill.
H&M Taps Simone Rocha for Latest Designer Collaboration
The collection between the Swedish fast-fashion retailer and UK-based womenswear designer is yet another in a long list of high-fashion crossover projects.
H&M’s Helena Helmersson on Making Retail More Resilient
H&M Group sank to a loss in the second quarter of 2020 as the pandemic caused sales to plummet 50 percent year-on-year, but it has since recovered faster than expected. The fast fashion giant’s chief executive is focusing on more sustainable business models to drive growth in the coming years.
The Year Ahead: Keep Your Suppliers Close
To mitigate future ruptures, fashion players must move away from transactional relationships with suppliers in favour of deeper partnerships that bring greater agility and accountability.
VOICES 2020: Finding Opportunity in a Global Crisis
Session 1 of VOICES 2020 grappled with the immense challenges and opportunities in the wider world beyond the borders of the fashion industry, covering the pandemic, de-globalisation, the threat of big tech, the racial reckoning and what fundamentally makes us happy.
Fashion Makes Mixed Progress on Circularity
Brands missed roughly a third of the goals they set for themselves as part of an industry initiative that ended this year, reflecting the challenge that remains for the sector beyond ambitious sustainability targets.