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Stella McCartney and VC Firm Collaborative Fund Launch $200 Million Climate Solutions-Focused Fund

The fund, Collab SOS, will invest in companies working to develop more sustainable materials, ingredients, energy and supply chains the Series A and B level.

Topics

Stella McCartney and VC Firm Collaborative Fund Launch $200 Million Climate Solutions-Focused Fund

The fund, Collab SOS, will invest in companies working to develop more sustainable materials, ingredients, energy and supply chains the Series A and B level.

Sustainability

Inditex Enters ‘Clean Tech’ With Investment in Circular Start-Up Circ

The fast-fashion giant joined a $30 million funding round, making its first venture investment in a clean technology company as interest in textile recycling grows.

Sustainability

Inditex Enters ‘Clean Tech’ With Investment in Circular Start-Up Circ

The fast-fashion giant joined a $30 million funding round, making its first venture investment in a clean technology company as interest in textile recycling grows.

Sustainability

The Start-Ups Aiming to Detox Dyeing

Turning dresses red and jeans blue is a dirty, resource-intensive process. A number of new technologies offer promising solutions for a lower-impact way forward.

Sustainability

The Start-Ups Aiming to Detox Dyeing

Turning dresses red and jeans blue is a dirty, resource-intensive process. A number of new technologies offer promising solutions for a lower-impact way forward.

Sustainability

Sustainable Fashion’s Credibility Crisis

This week, the Sustainable Apparel Coalition suspended the use of its product labels, employed by companies like H&M and Amazon, as concerns over greenwashing engulfed one of the industry’s top sustainability tools.

Sustainability

Sustainable Fashion’s Credibility Crisis

This week, the Sustainable Apparel Coalition suspended the use of its product labels, employed by companies like H&M and Amazon, as concerns over greenwashing engulfed one of the industry’s top sustainability tools.

Sustainability

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.

Sustainability

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.

Sustainability

Where Does Your T-Shirt Really Come From?

A stringent US ban on imports from China’s Xinjiang region that came into effect this week ratchets up the pressure on companies to prove their supply chains are free of forced labour.

Sustainability

Where Does Your T-Shirt Really Come From?

A stringent US ban on imports from China’s Xinjiang region that came into effect this week ratchets up the pressure on companies to prove their supply chains are free of forced labour.

Sustainability

Why LVMH Is Betting on Lab-Grown Diamonds

For years, luxury’s biggest jewellers have dismissed synthetic diamonds as inauthentic. But an investment by LVMH’s venture fund in lab-grown diamond company Lusix suggests this calculus may be changing alongside consumer interest in ethical and sustainable products.

Sustainability

Why LVMH Is Betting on Lab-Grown Diamonds

For years, luxury’s biggest jewellers have dismissed synthetic diamonds as inauthentic. But an investment by LVMH’s venture fund in lab-grown diamond company Lusix suggests this calculus may be changing alongside consumer interest in ethical and sustainable products.

Sustainability

How Do the Biggest Companies in Sportswear Score on Sustainability?

Puma tops The BoF Sustainability Index 2022, but Skechers, Fila Holdings and Anta Sports all rank in the assessment’s bottom five.

Sustainability

How Do the Biggest Companies in Sportswear Score on Sustainability?

Puma tops The BoF Sustainability Index 2022, but Skechers, Fila Holdings and Anta Sports all rank in the assessment’s bottom five.

Sustainability

Goldman-Backed Recycled Cotton Supplier Valued at $1 Billion

The Spanish company Recover, whose clients include Zara-owner Inditex and Revolve, raised $100 million in a funding round led by Goldman Sachs as it targets growth amid mounting demand for recycled fibres.

Sustainability

Goldman-Backed Recycled Cotton Supplier Valued at $1 Billion

The Spanish company Recover, whose clients include Zara-owner Inditex and Revolve, raised $100 million in a funding round led by Goldman Sachs as it targets growth amid mounting demand for recycled fibres.

Sustainability

Widespread Inaction on Sustainability Eclipses Progress at Fashion’s Biggest Companies

Efforts to transform the fashion industry in line with global ambitions to curb climate change and establish more responsible business practices by 2030 have yet to gain sufficient momentum, The BoF Sustainability Index 2022 finds.

Sustainability

Widespread Inaction on Sustainability Eclipses Progress at Fashion’s Biggest Companies

Efforts to transform the fashion industry in line with global ambitions to curb climate change and establish more responsible business practices by 2030 have yet to gain sufficient momentum, The BoF Sustainability Index 2022 finds.

Sustainability

Would You Buy a Mushroom Handbag?

For the first time, brands including Stella McCartney, Balenciaga and Hermès are bringing products made of buzzy mushroom-based materials to market, a critical test for whether the next-generation fabrics could one day hit the mainstream.

Sustainability

Would You Buy a Mushroom Handbag?

For the first time, brands including Stella McCartney, Balenciaga and Hermès are bringing products made of buzzy mushroom-based materials to market, a critical test for whether the next-generation fabrics could one day hit the mainstream.

Technology

The Traceability Tech Aiming to Unlock a More Sustainable Industry

Traceability systems powered by tracking software and Big Data will help brands reach far into their supply chains to understand the entire lifecycle of their products.

Technology

The Traceability Tech Aiming to Unlock a More Sustainable Industry

Traceability systems powered by tracking software and Big Data will help brands reach far into their supply chains to understand the entire lifecycle of their products.

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