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BoF Insights | Does Fashion Stand a Chance of Hitting Its Sustainability Targets?

With all eyes on COP27, BoF Insights research into the sustainability initiatives of the world’s 30 largest publicly listed fashion companies underscores why the industry is at risk of missing sustainability goals set for the end of this decade.

Sustainability

Unless CO2 Plummets, Nations May Breach Warming Limit by 2030

If the current rate of greenhouse-gas emissions continues, there’s a 50 percent chance the world will breach the 1.5C warming threshold in just nine years, according to the Global Carbon Budget annual report.

Retail

Fast Fashion Upstarts Are Using Shein’s Own Strategies Against It

The Chinese retailer’s influence on manufacturing has been just as seismic. Now, the breakneck supply chain pioneered by Shein is allowing a new swathe of brands to make the most of operating in the colossal retailer’s slipstream.

Sustainability

Fashion’s COP27 Cheat Sheet

The UN’s annual climate summit is taking place against a challenging backdrop. But coming together to agree on tangible action has never been more critical.

Sustainability

The BoF Podcast | Joy Howard on Community Fuelled Sustainability

BoF’s editor-in-chief Imran Amed spoke with the founder of degrowth brand Early Majority about the power of energised communities and what the future of token-gated commerce looks like.

Sustainability

COP27 Reports World on Track to Increase Emissions 10.6% By 2030

The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says a 43 percent reduction in emissions by 2030 is needed to limit warming to 1.5 Celsius above pre-industrial temperatures.

Sustainability

Fast Fashion’s Race Into Resale Has Yet to Shift Its Core Business Model

Zara and Shein are the latest brands to enter the fast-growing secondary market, citing sustainability goals, but for the most part it’s business as usual.

Sustainability

The Quest to Make Environmentally-Friendly Bras and Knickers

Much of the lingerie industry has undergone a socially responsible makeover, but becoming environmentally responsible presents its own set of challenges. Here’s how some players are addressing them.

Luxury

The BoF Podcast | Marine Serre Questions the Fashion Industry’s Practices

The French designer, known for her embrace of eco-futurism, speaks to BoF founder and editor-in-chief Imran Amed about the evolution of her namesake brand and explains its deeper purpose.

Sustainability

How Sustainable Designers Can Make Wholesale Work

Landing a big retail partner can be transformative for an emerging brand, but managing the pressures of the wholesale system can be particularly challenging for labels that want to operate responsibly.

Topics

Shein Outlines Plans to Reduce Emissions

The Chinese ultra-fast-fashion giant said it will reduce supply chain emissions 25 percent by 2030, outlining projects to drive greater energy efficiency and support a transition renewable power among its manufacturers.

Sustainability

Corporate Climate Action Hits Its Limits

The tensions between business, politics and a worsening climate crisis were on display at New York Climate Week, with implications for fashion.

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