De Beers Makes Sweeping Cuts to Its Elite Diamond-Buying Club
The diamond company produced less than 22 million carats last year, down from almost 35 million in 2022.
sustainability / Circularity
Sustainability
Fashion Searches For a New Climate Solution
Coach-owner Tapestry’s new carbon-removal partnership and brands making fresh commitments to textile-to-textile recycling startups show an industry searching for ways to address its environmental impact.
Fashion Searches For a New Climate Solution
Coach-owner Tapestry’s new carbon-removal partnership and brands making fresh commitments to textile-to-textile recycling startups show an industry searching for ways to address its environmental impact.
Sustainability
Textile Recycler Circ Names New Brand Partners as It Grows Commercial Reach
A new group of brand partners, including Reformation and C&A, is joining the poly-cotton recycler’s long-term commercialisation program only weeks after its debut, signalling growing demand as the company gears up for industrial-scale production in Europe.
Textile Recycler Circ Names New Brand Partners as It Grows Commercial Reach
A new group of brand partners, including Reformation and C&A, is joining the poly-cotton recycler’s long-term commercialisation program only weeks after its debut, signalling growing demand as the company gears up for industrial-scale production in Europe.
Sustainability
Exclusive: Textile Recycler Circulose Is Restarting Its Recycling Plant
The sustainable materials company, which closed its Swedish factory in 2024, is opening it again after a year of restructuring.
Exclusive: Textile Recycler Circulose Is Restarting Its Recycling Plant
The sustainable materials company, which closed its Swedish factory in 2024, is opening it again after a year of restructuring.
Sustainability
‘Every Shirt Has a Story’: The Designers Saving Football Kits From Landfill
The increasing popularity of retro football kits has helped to ease the flow of polyester garments to landfill sites.
‘Every Shirt Has a Story’: The Designers Saving Football Kits From Landfill
The increasing popularity of retro football kits has helped to ease the flow of polyester garments to landfill sites.
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Sustainability
Vestiaire Collective Will Now Sell Carbon Credits on your Purchases
The resale platform will begin selling carbon credits based on emissions avoided when consumers buy secondhand on their site.
Vestiaire Collective Will Now Sell Carbon Credits on your Purchases
The resale platform will begin selling carbon credits based on emissions avoided when consumers buy secondhand on their site.
Sustainability
Are Things as Bad as They Seem?
At New York Climate Week, fashion’s sustainability cadre wanted to send the message that work is continuing — and making progress — despite grim political and economic headwinds.
Are Things as Bad as They Seem?
At New York Climate Week, fashion’s sustainability cadre wanted to send the message that work is continuing — and making progress — despite grim political and economic headwinds.
Sustainability
Explainer: Can Big Fashion Make Recycling Work at Scale?
Industry coalition ReHubs is calling for billions of dollars of investment to establish industrialised textile recycling capabilities in Europe. For its strategy to work, many elements still need to fall into place.
Explainer: Can Big Fashion Make Recycling Work at Scale?
Industry coalition ReHubs is calling for billions of dollars of investment to establish industrialised textile recycling capabilities in Europe. For its strategy to work, many elements still need to fall into place.
Sustainability
Fashion’s Recycling Start-Ups Inch Closer to Commercialisation
Over the last month, a flurry of companies with backers from H&M to Inditex have advanced plans to build their first industrial-scale textile-to-textile recycling plants, advancing a technology that is often held up as a holy-grail-like solution to many of fashion’s environmental ills.
Fashion’s Recycling Start-Ups Inch Closer to Commercialisation
Over the last month, a flurry of companies with backers from H&M to Inditex have advanced plans to build their first industrial-scale textile-to-textile recycling plants, advancing a technology that is often held up as a holy-grail-like solution to many of fashion’s environmental ills.
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Sustainability
Fashion’s Big Bet on Textile Recycling, Explained
The nascent textile recycling industry has been positioned as a holy grail solution to fashion’s environmental challenges. The reality is more complicated.
Fashion’s Big Bet on Textile Recycling, Explained
The nascent textile recycling industry has been positioned as a holy grail solution to fashion’s environmental challenges. The reality is more complicated.
Sustainability
Textile-to-Textile Recycler Circ Raises $25 Million
The company has gained new backing from Taranis, an investment firm owned by oil company Perenco, and additional funds from investors including Zara-owner Inditex as it looks to bring its recycling capabilities to commercial scale.
Textile-to-Textile Recycler Circ Raises $25 Million
The company has gained new backing from Taranis, an investment firm owned by oil company Perenco, and additional funds from investors including Zara-owner Inditex as it looks to bring its recycling capabilities to commercial scale.
Sustainability
The Best of BoF 2024: Fashion’s Sustainability Pullback
This year offered up a jarring reality check for players seeking to improve the industry’s environmental and social impact, with brands deprioritising sustainability efforts even as the risks of inaction have become more apparent.
The Best of BoF 2024: Fashion’s Sustainability Pullback
This year offered up a jarring reality check for players seeking to improve the industry’s environmental and social impact, with brands deprioritising sustainability efforts even as the risks of inaction have become more apparent.
Sustainability
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.
The News in Brief
L’Oréal India in Talks to Acquire Beauty Company Innovist
L’Oréal is in advanced talks to acquire a majority stake in Bare Anatomy parent Innovist sources told The Economic Times India.
Zegna Chairman Says War Has Clouded Visibility of Demand in Middle East
The Italian fashion house cautioned the war is reducing visibility on demand in the Middle East, which accounts for 7 percent of its sales, though all stores are currently open in the region.
Glossier Appoints New CMO
Nicole Solorzano, who joins from Ouai, is the Millennial beauty brand’s latest hire.
Macy’s CEO Points to E-Shaped Economy, Signalling Consumer Shift
The mention of a forked economy by the head of America’s largest department store signals a heightened wariness that middle-income Americans will continue to spend at the same pace.
France’s Bid to Suspend Shein’s Marketplace Rejected by Appeals Court
The decision from Paris’ Court of Appeal marked a win for the fast-fashion giant after a scandal over sex dolls resembling children for sale on its site.
Coty Announces Board Revamp
The embattled Covergirl owner has appointed five new independent directors amidst a wider leadership and company shakeup.
Zimmermann Names Roberto Eggs CEO
The Moncler Group executive will succeed longtime CEO Chris Olliver, who is staying on as executive chairman.