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Fashion’s Sustainable Materials Strategy Needs a Glow-Up
Big brands are buying more recycled polyester, better cotton and responsible leather than ever. But progress is precarious and more radical action is needed to really transform the industry’s supply chains, a new report from Textile Exchange finds.

What COP26 Means for Fashion
Achieving the ambitions laid out at the UN climate summit that ended this week will require a wholesale transformation of the way the fashion industry operates. Are business leaders ready?

Fashion Steps Up Climate Commitments
The UN Fashion Charter upgraded its targets to drastically slash emissions by the end of the decade and added LVMH as a signatory.

Nature Is Fashion’s Next Frontier in Climate Battle
The industry’s impact on deforestation and biodiversity loss is coming into focus as efforts to tackle global warming look beyond emissions.

What Fashion Needs to Know About COP26
The UN Climate Change Conference kicked off Sunday. With two weeks of crucial negotiations about to take place, here’s where the fashion industry should take note.

Power Moves | Lululemon Bolsters Executive Team, VF Names Global D&I VP
The Canadian sportswear company promotes Celeste Burgoyne to president of the Americas and global guest innovation teams, while Lauren Guthrie will helm diversity and inclusion initiatives at VF Corp.

Everlane Teases New Climate Goals with Organic Cotton Commitment
The brand is going further than many bigger companies in adopting tough organic certification standards, but has yet to publish other significant environmental targets.