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.
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Will Fashion’s Next Generation of Materials Be Brewed Like Beer?
Japanese sportswear group Goldwin and biotech start-up Spiber are set to test the market for lab-grown materials with collections for brands including North Face and Woolrich this fall.
Will Fashion’s Next Generation of Materials Be Brewed Like Beer?
Japanese sportswear group Goldwin and biotech start-up Spiber are set to test the market for lab-grown materials with collections for brands including North Face and Woolrich this fall.
Sustainability
‘Toxic Trail of Pollution’: States Step Up to Curb the Use of ‘Forever Chemicals’
Partisanship has thwarted Congress’s attempts to limit PFAS, but a patchwork of state laws is pushing for their phase-out.
‘Toxic Trail of Pollution’: States Step Up to Curb the Use of ‘Forever Chemicals’
Partisanship has thwarted Congress’s attempts to limit PFAS, but a patchwork of state laws is pushing for their phase-out.
Sustainability
Fashion’s Microplastics Problem Is a Design Challenge
Material choices, garment construction and manufacturing processes can make a big difference to reducing much of the polluting particles clothes shed.
Fashion’s Microplastics Problem Is a Design Challenge
Material choices, garment construction and manufacturing processes can make a big difference to reducing much of the polluting particles clothes shed.
Sustainability
The Best of BoF: Fashion’s Sustainability Reckoning
From innovative materials to regulatory crackdowns, 2022 was a year that pushed the fashion industry to rethink how it operates.
The Best of BoF: Fashion’s Sustainability Reckoning
From innovative materials to regulatory crackdowns, 2022 was a year that pushed the fashion industry to rethink how it operates.
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Sustainability
Why Fashion Still Uses Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’
Brands from Canada Goose to Patagonia still rely on PFAS for performance attributes like waterproofing.
Why Fashion Still Uses Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’
Brands from Canada Goose to Patagonia still rely on PFAS for performance attributes like waterproofing.
Sustainability
The Start-Ups Aiming to Detox Dyeing
Turning dresses red and jeans blue is a dirty, resource-intensive process. A number of new technologies offer promising solutions for a lower-impact way forward.
The Start-Ups Aiming to Detox Dyeing
Turning dresses red and jeans blue is a dirty, resource-intensive process. A number of new technologies offer promising solutions for a lower-impact way forward.
Technology
The Traceability Tech Aiming to Unlock a More Sustainable Industry
Traceability systems powered by tracking software and Big Data will help brands reach far into their supply chains to understand the entire lifecycle of their products.
The Traceability Tech Aiming to Unlock a More Sustainable Industry
Traceability systems powered by tracking software and Big Data will help brands reach far into their supply chains to understand the entire lifecycle of their products.
Sustainability
Case Study | Fashion’s Race for New Materials
Brands are pursuing a raft of initiatives to adopt recycled textiles, regeneratively farmed cotton and mushroom-based leather, but giving fashion’s major materials a sustainability makeover still requires billions of dollars worth of investments and deeper, longer-term commitments to scale. BoF breaks down some of the key innovations, the companies leading the charge and the barriers to change.
Case Study | Fashion’s Race for New Materials
Brands are pursuing a raft of initiatives to adopt recycled textiles, regeneratively farmed cotton and mushroom-based leather, but giving fashion’s major materials a sustainability makeover still requires billions of dollars worth of investments and deeper, longer-term commitments to scale. BoF breaks down some of the key innovations, the companies leading the charge and the barriers to change.
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Sustainability
Novetex’s Ronna Chao on Winning the Circularity Game
As fashion brands pursue closed-loop recycling, they increasingly need to engage with suppliers who can help them source 'circular' materials and scale these efforts. However, the chairman of Novetex Textiles says meaningful mass adoption is a chicken-and-egg conundrum.
Novetex’s Ronna Chao on Winning the Circularity Game
As fashion brands pursue closed-loop recycling, they increasingly need to engage with suppliers who can help them source 'circular' materials and scale these efforts. However, the chairman of Novetex Textiles says meaningful mass adoption is a chicken-and-egg conundrum.
Sustainability
How Fashion Can Deliver on COP26 Ambitions
Amid mounting evidence of fashion’s dramatically negative climate impact, countries, communities and companies are mobilising around protecting the planet. However, a new era of climate action will be required if fashion is to meet ambitious targets to reverse the damage being done.
How Fashion Can Deliver on COP26 Ambitions
Amid mounting evidence of fashion’s dramatically negative climate impact, countries, communities and companies are mobilising around protecting the planet. However, a new era of climate action will be required if fashion is to meet ambitious targets to reverse the damage being done.
Sustainability
The Year Ahead: Paving the Way for Closed-Loop Recycling
The scaling of closed-loop recycling could help reduce fashion’s environmental impact at the materials level. The technologies to make this happen are maturing, creating an opportunity for companies to embed them in a product’s design phase while adopting processes to enable scaling.
The Year Ahead: Paving the Way for Closed-Loop Recycling
The scaling of closed-loop recycling could help reduce fashion’s environmental impact at the materials level. The technologies to make this happen are maturing, creating an opportunity for companies to embed them in a product’s design phase while adopting processes to enable scaling.
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.