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Fashion and Lifestyle Giant Inditex (Zara) Joins Canopy’s Pack4Good Initiative to Keep Vital Forests Out of Paper Packaging

Stuart Mitchell

Inditex, the parent company of fashion brand Zara, and six other brands such as Berksha and Massimo Dutti, is joining solutions-driven non-profit Canopy’s Pack4Good campaign. Through Pack4Good, partners focus on sustainable alternatives to logging Ancient and Endangered Forests, including recycled pulp and paper, Next Generations Solutions, and FSC Certification. Inditex’s decade-long CanopyStyle commitment to eliminate the use of Ancient and Endangered Forests in their textiles has now expanded to ensure these vital forests are not ending up in their paper packaging. The fashion sector is a major consumer of paper…

Fashion Minority Alliance x Blurred | The Road to Inclusivity Report Is the Fashion Industry Heading in the Right Direction Towards an Inclusive Culture?

Stuart Mitchell

A new report from the Fashion Minority Alliance x Blurred shines a spotlight on inclusion and belonging among underrepresented groups in the fashion and creative industries. The findings highlights the work done to create more diverse and inclusive workplaces with 42% agreeing that they believe the senior leadership team has shown commitment through visible actions to creating a more diverse and inclusive environment’. Yet 45% of respondents have had to leave their current role to achieve a promotion. Of these, 52% are now at the management and mid-senior level. Backlash…

New analysis reveals major corporations in Entertainment, Food & Beverage, Fashion, Auto, Airline and Oil & Gas industries are utilizing millions of “likely junk” carbon offsets

Stuart Mitchell

New research by Corporate Accountability provides a deep dive into which globally-recognized brands have purchased the most “likely junk” carbon offset credits. An offset is an “allowance” that governments, institutions, and corporations—from fossil fuel majors and airlines to fast-food giants—purchase from environmental projects to supposedly count towards their respective greenhouse gas emissions reductions. The analysis underscores the inherently problematic nature of increasing corporate and governmental investment in a fundamentally-flawed scheme that has failed to reduce carbon emissions while distracting from effective climate action and even likely causing harm. “These findings…

Elton John Partners with eBay to Release a Personal Collection of Pre-loved Fashion in Support of Elton John AIDS Foundation

Stuart Mitchell

This Pride Month, Elton John is bringing his legendary wardrobe to eBay to benefit the Elton John AIDS Foundation, giving collectors and fans a once-in-a-lifetime chance to own a piece of fashion history. “Rocket Man Resale” will feature hundreds of items from Elton’s closet, including bespoke Gucci jackets, Versace robes, customized Prada loafers, as well as affordable items such as historic concert T-shirts and baseball caps. The auction begins on June 27, and 100% of sales will benefit the Elton John AIDS Foundation. “Giving new life to the cherished items…

The price of our addiction to cheap fast fashion as pressure builds on UK second hand clothing market

Stuart Mitchell

New WRAP research shows people are putting almost half (49%) of all used textiles in the rubbish bin. On average, each person in the UK throws a shocking 35 items of unwanted textiles straight into general waste every year. Meanwhile, the textiles that do get donated responsibly have plummeted in price due to saturation of low-quality fast fashion on the market, resulting in less income for reuse and recycling sectors. WRAP urges key partners across brands, retailers, investors and governments to support the UK’s textiles reuse and recycling sector through…