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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 model presents a creation by Spanish designer Lara Alonso made with organic elements during the UN’s COP 16 biodiversity summit in Cali, Colombia.
A model presents a creation by Spanish designer Lara Alonso made with organic elements during the UN’s COP 16 biodiversity summit in Cali, Colombia. (Luis Acosta/AFP via Getty Images)

Over the last two weeks, thousands of policymakers, conservationists and business leaders descended on the Colombian city of Cali for COP 16, the UN’s biennial nature-focused summit.

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Can Fashion Be ‘Nature-Positive’?

As COP15 puts biodiversity in the spotlight, fashion companies from H&M to Kering are re-upping their commitments to protecting and restoring nature. But tackling the issue in earnest will require industry-wide reform.

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Sarah Kent
Sarah Kent

Sarah Kent is Chief Sustainability Correspondent at The Business of Fashion. She is based in London and drives BoF's coverage of critical environmental and labour issues.

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