Sustainability Pulse #55
Sustainability Trends & News Worth Exploring — October 23rd, 2022
How Fashion Brands Are Standing Up for Reproductive Rights
Now, the fashion industry is taking a stand. In an effort to speak out against the opinion — which undoubtedly impacts a large portion of both their customers and employees — luxury, premium, and indie brands alike are donating proceeds and altering employee benefits to stand up against the ruling. Read on to see what fashion brands are doing to ensure a woman's continued right to bodily autonomy now, and forever.
In Ejaculate Responsibly, Gabrielle Blair Makes Abortion a Men’s Issue
There is nothing subtle about author and Design Mom blogger Gabrielle Blair’s new book. Both its eye-opening title, Ejaculate Responsibly: A Whole New Way to Think About Abortion, and its thesis, which appears in all caps on page 1, demand “a crucial refocus” of the issue of abortion and pregnancy prevention: “IT’S THE MEN.”
Why is There (Still) No Industry Recognized Definition or Benchmark for Sustainable Fashion?
As pointed out by New York Times fashion director Vanessa Friedman, sustainable fashion is an oxymoron. Sustainability is defined as the ability to be maintained at a certain rate or level —to sustain. Its secondary definition means avoiding the depletion of natural resources to maintain an ecological balance.
Sustainability-linked finance is fashion's latest trend, but will it work?
Green and sustainability-linked bonds and loans are all the rage in the industry.
COUNTRY ROAD HAS LAUNCHED AUSTRALIA’S FIRST FASHION CLIMATE FUND
Funding projects driving climate solutions in the Australian fashion industry
New Crypto Sustainability Coalition to Investigate Potential of Web3 Technologies in Fighting Climate Change
Today the World Economic Forum launched a new coalition to investigate and highlight the potential of web3 technologies, such as crypto and blockchain, in accelerating action on climate change
Using blockchain tools, for example, can improve the transparency of the global carbon credits market while crypto-mining has potential to boost the business case for renewable microgrids through its decentralized, off-peak demand
The coalition, which features 30 organizations, aims to better inform governments on how they regulate web3 technologies and incentivize investment and research into their development
Read and learn more about the Sustainable Development Impact Meetings 2022
12 New York City Fashion Companies Awarded FMI Grants
Nearly $460,000 is being awarded this year through the FMI grants.
Teen Becomes One of the First Down Syndrome Models to Walk at New York Fashion Week
The bright lights of the Big Apple got even more brilliant when 14-year-old Monika Myers, a model with Down Syndrome from Toronto, Canada had the opportunity to walk the runway at the highly-coveted New York Fashion Week.
Groundbreaking Held at National Women’s Hall of Fame
The National Women’s Hall of Fame Wednesday broke ground for the next stage of work at its home at the 1844 Seneca Knitting Mill, 1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls.
This stage of renovation will expand usable space, which is currently limited to the first floor of the four-story building. The scope of work will include rehabilitating the existing spiral staircase, adding a main staircase, and building a new elevator shaft with a glass connector.
Textile Equipment Manufacturer to Establish Global Headquarters in Rowan County with $5 Million Investment
Serving the knitwear industry for more than five decades, Fab-Con designs, builds, and exports finishing machines for men’s, women’s, and children’s clothing, outerwear and underwear. Fab-Con has a global footprint that supports a major market share of more than 200 customers in Asia, and North, South, and Central Americas. This relocation will be the new home of the company’s global headquarters in a 90,000-square-foot facility as well as its machine manufacturing, administration, and sales operations.
Taipei Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2023 Opens with "CrossLab: Dialogue Between Indigenous Art and Fashion" Runway Show
The show explores the intersection of fashion, craft and humanity through 50 pieces, emphasizing the importance of preserving and passing along cultural traditions and design techniques from various indigenous groups while building community and fashion with a new perspective. Modern civilization is the crystallization of historical accumulation, which is the mission of Taipei Fashion Week.
COTTON FARMERS: GROWING CROPS THAT BRING AGRICULTURE AND FASHION CLOSER THAN EVER
Agriculture and fashion are connected but far-removed. Farmers and ranchers grow and produce the materials that go into the clothes, accessories and home goods that are the basis of fashion, but they generally aren’t related to the creation of those fashion styles at all. Until now. A handful of U.S. ag producers are using a connection between agriculture and fashion to take the reins of growth and profit by turning out farm-to-home linens and clothing made from their own crops. Read below how the idea grew with one cotton farmer.
Shein factory employees are working 18-hour days for pennies per garment and washing their hair on lunch breaks because they have so little time off, new report finds
Workers who make clothes sold on Shein get as little as 4 cents for each item they make, according to a new investigation.
They often work 18-hour days with one day off per month, Channel 4 and The i newspaper reported.
Some workers even wash their hair on their lunch breaks because they have so little time left after work, according to the report.
Authentic Brands Group Completes the Acquisition of Ted Baker
Authentic Brands Group (ABG), a global brand owner, lifestyle, entertainment and marketing platform, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of the distinctive British lifestyle brand Ted Baker.
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