Regulation
What’s Behind the Slow Fashion Recession
The closure of Mara Hoffman and other brands that built ethical consumption into their business models is raising questions about whether there’s room in the market for brands that put sustainability first.
What’s Behind the Slow Fashion Recession
The closure of Mara Hoffman and other brands that built ethical consumption into their business models is raising questions about whether there’s room in the market for brands that put sustainability first.
American Fashion Wants More Say Over Sustainability Regulation
Powerful trade groups are pushing back on a landmark New York bill that would make big businesses more accountable for their environmental impact.
American Fashion Wants More Say Over Sustainability Regulation
Powerful trade groups are pushing back on a landmark New York bill that would make big businesses more accountable for their environmental impact.
Fashion’s Supply Chain Is Still Full of Banned Chinese Cotton
A study published this week found traces of cotton from Xinjiang in nearly a fifth of the products it examined, highlighting the challenges brands face in policing their supply chains even as requirements to do so spread to raw materials from diamonds to leather and palm oil.
Fashion’s Supply Chain Is Still Full of Banned Chinese Cotton
A study published this week found traces of cotton from Xinjiang in nearly a fifth of the products it examined, highlighting the challenges brands face in policing their supply chains even as requirements to do so spread to raw materials from diamonds to leather and palm oil.
Explainer: What the EU’s Big Week of Regulation Means for Fashion
Europe’s Parliament has signed off rules that will make brands more accountable for what happens in their supply chains, ban products made with forced labour and set new environmental standards for the design and disposal of products.
Explainer: What the EU’s Big Week of Regulation Means for Fashion
Europe’s Parliament has signed off rules that will make brands more accountable for what happens in their supply chains, ban products made with forced labour and set new environmental standards for the design and disposal of products.
What Would Happen if Fashion Were Taxed Like Cigarettes?
France is pressing ahead with a ‘game-changing’ bill that would impose a ‘sin tax’-style penalty on fast-fashion products as high as €10 per item by 2030.
What Would Happen if Fashion Were Taxed Like Cigarettes?
France is pressing ahead with a ‘game-changing’ bill that would impose a ‘sin tax’-style penalty on fast-fashion products as high as €10 per item by 2030.
Europe’s Push to Regulate Fashion’s Supply Chains Is in Danger of Being Derailed
A landmark piece of legislation designed to make companies accountable for labour abuses and environmental damage in their supply chains has faltered, reflecting growing political opposition to more onerous climate rules.
Europe’s Push to Regulate Fashion’s Supply Chains Is in Danger of Being Derailed
A landmark piece of legislation designed to make companies accountable for labour abuses and environmental damage in their supply chains has faltered, reflecting growing political opposition to more onerous climate rules.
Why Big Brands Are Pushing Back Against Sustainability Regulations
Fashion companies argue proposed government mandates for greater supply chain transparency are ‘impractical.’ They shouldn’t be, writes Kenneth P. Pucker.
Why Big Brands Are Pushing Back Against Sustainability Regulations
Fashion companies argue proposed government mandates for greater supply chain transparency are ‘impractical.’ They shouldn’t be, writes Kenneth P. Pucker.
Luxury Brands Lag on Efforts to Reduce Forced Labour
Despite strides made to eliminate the use of forced labour in fashion’s supply chain, companies’ commitments straggle due to a lack of transparency, according to a new industry report.
Luxury Brands Lag on Efforts to Reduce Forced Labour
Despite strides made to eliminate the use of forced labour in fashion’s supply chain, companies’ commitments straggle due to a lack of transparency, according to a new industry report.
Rachel Arthur: How the UN Wants Brands to Sell Sustainability
Rachel Arthur, the sustainable fashion advocacy lead at the UN Environment Programme, breaks down for The State of Fashion 2024 why marketers should have a bigger role in efforts to improve the way the industry operates.
Rachel Arthur: How the UN Wants Brands to Sell Sustainability
Rachel Arthur, the sustainable fashion advocacy lead at the UN Environment Programme, breaks down for The State of Fashion 2024 why marketers should have a bigger role in efforts to improve the way the industry operates.
Is This the Year New York Regulates Fashion?
Two landmark bills taking aim at the industry’s environmental and social impact — the New York Fashion Act and the Fashion Workers Act — are back on the US state’s legislative agenda.
Is This the Year New York Regulates Fashion?
Two landmark bills taking aim at the industry’s environmental and social impact — the New York Fashion Act and the Fashion Workers Act — are back on the US state’s legislative agenda.
The Year Ahead: What to Expect as New Sustainability Rules Roll In
The State of Fashion 2024's essential guide to incoming sustainability regulation reveals how and why retailers, brands and manufacturers need to revamp business models to align to a shifting regulatory landscape.
The Year Ahead: What to Expect as New Sustainability Rules Roll In
The State of Fashion 2024's essential guide to incoming sustainability regulation reveals how and why retailers, brands and manufacturers need to revamp business models to align to a shifting regulatory landscape.
The Best of BoF 2023: Fashion’s Sustainability Reckoning
Record-breaking temperatures have turned up the heat on fashion’s climate commitments this year. But the industry still has a long way to go to deliver on its sustainabiity ambitions.
The Best of BoF 2023: Fashion’s Sustainability Reckoning
Record-breaking temperatures have turned up the heat on fashion’s climate commitments this year. But the industry still has a long way to go to deliver on its sustainabiity ambitions.