Day: 22 December 2025

Eight Brands Join Initiative to Keep Deforestation Out of Fashion and Packaging

Stuart Mitchell

Solutions-driven environmental non-profit Canopy announced that eight companies — Marc O’Polo, Victoria’s Secret & Co., Akyn, Mint Velvet, Spell*, OUTnABOUT, D Ô E N, and ICICLE — are working towards eliminating the use of Ancient and Endangered Forests in their paper packaging and MMCF-based textile (like rayon and viscose) supply chains. These companies have joined Canopy’s Pack4Good and CanopyStyle initiatives, which is indicative of the growing intent across the fashion sector to build greater supply chain resiliency and protect the world’s climate-critical forests and biodiversity. The forward-thinking fashion brands are…

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Republic of Korea and Bahrain join the Powering Past Coal Alliance at COP30

Stuart Mitchell

Last month at the UN Climate Summit COP30, the Republic of Korea (RoK) and Bahrain joined the Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA), a global coalition of over 180 national and subnational governments, businesses and organisations working to advance the transition from unabated coal power generation to clean energy. This announcement further demonstrates momentum in discussions on how to accelerate the transition away from fossil fuels at COP30. The Republic of Korea currently operates the 7th largest coal fleet in the world. The share of coal generation has decreased from 42.5%…

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Fashion for Good Unveils First-of-its-kind Blueprint For Near-net-zero Textile Manufacturing

Stuart Mitchell

Fashion for Good launches the first open-source blueprint for near-net-zero textile manufacturing, tackling one of fashion’s biggest emissions hotspots. Developed under the Future Forward Factory project, the blueprint offers Tier 2 manufacturers in India five practical, financially viable pathways to reduce carbon emissions by up to 93%. THE URGENT NEED FOR PRACTICAL DECARBONISATION STRATEGIES Textile dyeing, treatment, and finishing facilities (Tier 2 of the fashion supply chain) are a major source of pollution and emissions. These wet processes consume high amounts of water, energy, and chemicals, yet manufacturers face a…

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