Nylon Recycling Startup Syntetica Raises $30 Million Series A
Lululemon and apparel manufacturer MAS Holdings are among the investors backing the French startup as it scales a proprietary process for recycling nylon from mixed-textile waste.
Sustainability
How fashion can do better for people and the planet.
Sustainability: The Case for Collective Action
A fragmented fashion industry needs to cooperate in order to avoid falling further behind on decarbonisation efforts, according to the BoF-McKinsey State of Fashion 2025.
Sustainability: The Case for Collective Action
A fragmented fashion industry needs to cooperate in order to avoid falling further behind on decarbonisation efforts, according to the BoF-McKinsey State of Fashion 2025.
Why Fashion Isn’t Making Climate Progress and What Needs to Change
Big brands are focused on buzzy, marketable ‘solutions’ and face little accountability for failing to deliver on decarbonisation targets, but there are ways to unlock more effective action, writes Kenneth P. Pucker.
Why Fashion Isn’t Making Climate Progress and What Needs to Change
Big brands are focused on buzzy, marketable ‘solutions’ and face little accountability for failing to deliver on decarbonisation targets, but there are ways to unlock more effective action, writes Kenneth P. Pucker.
Textile Recycling: Big Opportunity or Risky Business?
French engineering giant Technip Energies builds oil refineries and liquefied natural gas platforms. Now, it’s aiming to establish a $2 billion business regenerating polyester.
Textile Recycling: Big Opportunity or Risky Business?
French engineering giant Technip Energies builds oil refineries and liquefied natural gas platforms. Now, it’s aiming to establish a $2 billion business regenerating polyester.
The Debrief | Luxury’s Italian Sweatshops Problem
BoF senior correspondent Sheena Butler-Young and chief sustainability correspondent Sarah Kent unpack a scandal that has linked brands like Armani and Dior to Italian sweatshops.
The Debrief | Luxury’s Italian Sweatshops Problem
BoF senior correspondent Sheena Butler-Young and chief sustainability correspondent Sarah Kent unpack a scandal that has linked brands like Armani and Dior to Italian sweatshops.
What Will Happen to Fashion If the World Misses Its Climate Targets?
This year, average global temperatures surpassed 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels for the first time. With action increasingly uncertain after a fractious UN climate summit, fashion is facing risks from overheated factories to consumer volatility.
What Will Happen to Fashion If the World Misses Its Climate Targets?
This year, average global temperatures surpassed 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels for the first time. With action increasingly uncertain after a fractious UN climate summit, fashion is facing risks from overheated factories to consumer volatility.
Fur Industry Faces Challenges with Elevation Strategy and LVMH Support
Cultural shifts, geopolitical upheaval and health scares have shrunk the value of global fur exports from a peak of $14.7 billion in 2013 to just $3.4 billion last year.
Fur Industry Faces Challenges with Elevation Strategy and LVMH Support
Cultural shifts, geopolitical upheaval and health scares have shrunk the value of global fur exports from a peak of $14.7 billion in 2013 to just $3.4 billion last year.
Fashion Faces Big Climate Questions Ahead of COP 29
The UN’s annual COP climate change conference kicking off in Baku, Azerbaijan next week comes at a precarious moment for the industry’s environmental efforts.
Fashion Faces Big Climate Questions Ahead of COP 29
The UN’s annual COP climate change conference kicking off in Baku, Azerbaijan next week comes at a precarious moment for the industry’s environmental efforts.
Unsustainable Fashion Is Pricing Out the Conscious Consumer
Brands that make products with little concern for environmental and social impact are benefitting from a ‘brown discount,’ undercutting industry efforts to operate more responsibly, writes Kenneth P. Pucker.
Unsustainable Fashion Is Pricing Out the Conscious Consumer
Brands that make products with little concern for environmental and social impact are benefitting from a ‘brown discount,’ undercutting industry efforts to operate more responsibly, writes Kenneth P. Pucker.
A Fashion Exec’s Guide to the UN’s Nature Summit
Efforts to protect and restore nature are becoming a more important part of the fashion industry’s climate conversation.
A Fashion Exec’s Guide to the UN’s Nature Summit
Efforts to protect and restore nature are becoming a more important part of the fashion industry’s climate conversation.
Is Fast Fashion Worth Recycling?
As the EU seeks to crack down on a growing glut of clothing waste, the rise of low-value ultra-fast-fashion, along with increased competition and geopolitical disruption, are putting pressure on the economics of collecting, sorting and recycling used textiles.
Is Fast Fashion Worth Recycling?
As the EU seeks to crack down on a growing glut of clothing waste, the rise of low-value ultra-fast-fashion, along with increased competition and geopolitical disruption, are putting pressure on the economics of collecting, sorting and recycling used textiles.
Eileen Fisher’s Mindful Growth Model
After a pandemic contraction — and with a new CEO on board — the godmother of mindful consumption is gearing up to grow (mindfully).
Eileen Fisher’s Mindful Growth Model
After a pandemic contraction — and with a new CEO on board — the godmother of mindful consumption is gearing up to grow (mindfully).
Fashion’s Plastic Addiction in Four Charts
Cheap and versatile polyester has underpinned both the fashion industry’s growth and its worsening environmental footprint. Efforts to switch to recycled fibre are stalled, new data show.
Fashion’s Plastic Addiction in Four Charts
Cheap and versatile polyester has underpinned both the fashion industry’s growth and its worsening environmental footprint. Efforts to switch to recycled fibre are stalled, new data show.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF
EU Removes Leather From Deforestation Law
The changes, which will go into effect in December 2027, are a win for the leather industry.
UK Bans ‘Recycled’ Clothing Ads From Adidas, Uniqlo and Calvin Klein
Major retailers’ ads promoting “recycled” clothing and shoes have been banned by the UK watchdog after advertisers were unable to prove their green claims.
Burberry Delays Net Zero Emissions Target by 10 Years to 2050
The British group positioned itself as an industry leader five years ago when it announced a goal of net zero by 2040 — ahead of other luxury brands and the Paris Agreement on climate change.
Milan Fashion Week Will Ask Brands Not to Show Fur
The National Chamber of Italian Fashion will no longer promote fur at events or on social media.
Zara Workers Urge Fashion Chain to Stop Plan Cutting Local Wages
Labour representatives worry the shift to standardised conditions would erase years of locally negotiated terms in A Coruña.
Levi’s Sued for Allegedly Misleading Consumers on Ethical Labour Practices
The Clean Clothes Campaign and four Dutch consumers have accused the denim brand of failing to meet the responsible production standards it promotes in its marketing.
Etsy Bans Fur From Its Listings
Effective Aug. 11, the e-commerce marketplace will pull any remaining animal fur products from its website.