Sustainability Concerns
...and apparel companies to create a culture of sustainability — where business strategy aligns with sustainability strategy and employees are empowered to integrate such...
In Apparel, It’s Fast Fashion Versus Sustainability
...more from consumers’ addiction to fast fashion. That eye-popping landfill statistic comes courtesy of a McKinsey & Company Oct. 2016 report titled “Sustainability &...
Embracing Sustainability
...before. That’s led to the disposal of a lot of items that don’t wear, wash, or fit well. Paradoxically, consumers are actually impressed by...
Why Fashion Designers are Embracing Sustainability
...her distance. Instead, the larger concerns voiced by many designers were climate change, sustainability, and how the fashion industry could make a difference. The...
The Fashion Industry & Sustainability
...sale helps fight global hunger. Lauren spoke at a recent panel discussion during the Fashion Institute of Technology’s (FIT) Innovation in Sustainability conference. “I...
Sustainability & Transparency
When it comes to sustainability and transparency, the fashion industry has taken its share of hits. While older generations may not have known about...
Ethical Matters
...‘green,’ ‘sustainable,’ or otherwise.” Walmart maintains its sustainability initiatives help both people and the environment. It worked with The Sustainability Consortium to create its...
Fashion Industry & Earth Day
...The firm found sales increases are two-to-five times better when the brands either included sustainability claims on packaging or actively promoted their sustainability actions...
Banking on ‘Green’
...data sets are being populated into the most widely-used, public life cycle inventory databases, so that sourcing and sustainability professionals can access it to...
Closing the Loop
...earlier this year introduced its online Sustainability Leaders Shop. Using data provided by The Sustainability Consortium, for which it was a founding member (Cotton...
Behind Fashion’s Fabulousness
...of the apparel industry have been quietly making changes to the way they do business, recognizing early the importance of environmental sustainability."The big difference...
Continuing Eco Improvements
...become better stewards to the planet. And cotton, as a global industry, has been part of numerous programs promoting sustainability."Public companies can and are...
Making Transparency a Priority
...garment made? And under what conditions for workers?” The supply chain also encompasses the environment and sustainability. In their joint “State of Fashion 2017”...
Repositioning For the Conscious Consumer
...eco-friendly product edits to outlining sustainability goals. Drawing attention to environmentally friendly fabrics has been a key topic, promoted by several retailers. Mentions of...
Going Green
If online apparel shoppers look closely at a retailer or brand’s website, they will often find an area devoted to sustainability or social responsibility....
Those Pesky Kids Are Showing Up
...whose values align with their own, even if the preferences vary between the two groups."Our survey revealed Gen Z puts a high priority on...
Meeting New Demands
...Internet of Things platform, and author of “Fashion Fibers: Designing for Sustainability,” sits on the SF Goodwill board. She says a circular approach to...
A Responsible Fiber
...consistent with sustainability, the use of best practices and traceability in the supply chain. Fruit of the Loom® was one of the initiative’s early...
Fast vs. Slow
...to improve their environmental footprint. Levi’s has implemented sustainability measures for decades. Its most recent programs include the 2013 introduction of the Dockers Wellthread...
Will Millennials Force Apparel Industry into Transparency?
...textile sustainability, Millennials are driving us there on the internet highway...And even if you don't market to Millennials, if your core audience is older,...