Tag: Canopy

Indian Brands and Canopy Unite to Protect Forests and Champion Circular Fashion Solutions

Stuart Mitchell

Indian fashion brands Doodlage, Lovebirds, Ka-Sha, Paiwand Studio, Sonam Khetan, and Urvashi Kaur are the latest to join Canopy, a solutions-driven environmental non-profit and global movement to safeguard the world’s climate- and biodiversity-critical forests and accelerate Next Gen Solutions for the fashion industry. These brands join the ranks of Indian sustainability leaders Flipkart and Anita Dongre, as well as Canopy’s international network of 950+ companies, further solidifying India’s growing role in the international shift towards circular supply chains and forest protection. This announcement follows Canopy’s recent “Fashion for Forests” event…

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GANNI Joins Canopy to Advance Forest-Friendly Fashion

Stuart Mitchell

Leading fashion and lifestyle brand GANNI has announced its commitment to ensure its textiles and paper packaging are free of fibre sourced from climate-critical forests through a new partnership with solutions-driven non-profit Canopy.  Preserving forests is one of the fastest, most cost-effective, and impactful strategies for combating climate change. However, each year, over 3.4 billion trees are logged to produce paper packaging and fabrics such as viscose.  As a new CanopyStyle and Pack4Good partner, GANNI is committed to eliminating sourcing from Ancient and Endangered Forests in their textile and paper…

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World Nature Conservation Day Video Campaign Calls for Shift to Sustainable Packaging to Protect World’s Vital Forests

Stuart Mitchell

In anticipation of World Nature Conservation Day, Canopy, a solutions-driven environmental non-profit, launched a powerful new video to spotlight the severe environmental impact of paper packaging on the world’s most climate and biodiversity critical forests. World Nature Conservation Day, celebrated globally on July 28th, is dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of preserving and protecting the natural world. As the global demand for paper packaging soars, this timely video aims to highlight the alarming annual loss of 3.1 billion trees for paper packaging, equating to two soccer pitches of…

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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…

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At last months Earth Day, fashion and lifestyle brands and innovators unite to protect forests

Stuart Mitchell

In celebration of Earth Day, 15 companies have committed to end sourcing from Ancient and Endangered Forests in their textile and packaging supply chains, demonstrating their dedication to people and the planet. This commitment is part of the CanopyStyle and Pack4Good initiatives from solutions-driven environmental not-for-profit Canopy. Forward-thinking fashion and lifestyle brands in today’s announcement include John Lewis & Partners, Kering, Groupe Beaumanoir, Zadig & Voltaire, C&A, PANGAIA, City Threads, 2WO+1NE=2, Zeus + Dione, and House of Hackney.  Every year, 3.4 billion trees are cut down to make man-made cellulosic…

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