Sustainability Pulse #63
Sustainability Trends & News Worth Exploring — December 18th, 2022
Why the U.S. Is Losing the Fight to Ban Toxic Chemicals
From a powerful chemical industry that helped write the toxic substances law to an underfunded EPA lacking in resolve, the flaws in the American chemical regulatory apparatus run deep.
Sustainable fashion is stuck in ‘pilot phase’
Fashion reached several sustainability milestones this year, but there’s growing pressure for the industry to make real progress, not just announce its intentions to do so.
FASHION FOR GOOD LAUNCHES THE HOME-COMPOSTABLE POLYBAG PROJECT
Today, Fashion for Good launches the Home-Compostable Polybag Project, a pilot to test alternatives to conventional single-use polybags.
B Corp gold standard may just encourage green-washing, critics claim
“Even if every business became B Corp certified, would the world really be any different? Would we have a regenerative economy?” Georgia Rae Taylor, of the environmental agency Eco Age, asked, rhetorically.
Luxury sector's growth rate set to halve in 2023
“2023 will surely be a complicated year, because real inflation will be felt in the next twelve months. We must be aware of this and prepare to talk to the market in different ways.” This is the vision of the luxury industry's short-term future outlined by Moncler CEO Remo Ruffini, speaking at the Milano Fashion Global Summit 2022 symposium, held virtually on Tuesday October 25.
Beni is creating an ‘easy button’ for secondhand shopping
The company has partnered with more than 1,000 fashion and accessory sites. When the shopper goes to one of the sites and clicks on an item, Beni will tap into over 30 resale marketplaces, including The RealReal, Rent the Runway, Vestiaire Collective, eBay and Kidizen, to find similar items on resale.
Second edition of Metaverse Fashion Week to be held in 2023
One year after a first, rather lacklustre experiment, MFW is back. Once again, Decentraland will have the honour of hosting some of the top fashion labels in one of its parallel worlds at the end of the (real) fashion weekseason, which will draw crowds from New York to Paris in February and March.
Virtual Influencers Are The New Faces Of Luxury Campaigns In Asia
Web2 may have given us the influencer, but Web3 is paving the way for its computer-generated counterpart. Cue, the rise of the virtual influencer.
JCA graduate Melissa-Kate Newitt wins British Designer Award at Northern Fashion Week
Melissa-Kate Newitt, an M.A. Designer from the Jimmy Choo JCA London Fashion Academy, has received the British Designer Award from Northern Fashion Week's (NFW) organizers.
Amazon to roll out TikTok-like shopping experience in social commerce push
Amazon.com Inc said on Thursday it will roll out a TikTok-like feed on its e-commerce app, hoping to attract new shoppers through a stream of photos and videos from their favorite influencers.
Forever 21 is selling clothing inspired by avatar best sellers
One year since its launch onto Roblox, Forever 21 has expanded its Roblox affiliation by launching the F21 Metaverse Collection on its e-commerce site and in stores. The collection, released December 1, is the first to be inspired by its digital fashions that can be purchased on Roblox, pointing to new opportunities for fashion brands playing in metaverse spaces.
The political stance, a new paradigm in fashion?
Emerging over the last decade, brand activism has become an unavoidable theme since the beginning of the decade, and the Black Lives Matter movement in the U.S.
Fast-Fashion Giant Shein Mulling Becoming Online Marketplace
Creating a marketplace would put Shein in more direct competition with e-commerce giants including Amazon and Alibaba. The new volumes under its sales umbrella would also make Shein a bigger force in international logistics.
Can $15 million overhaul Shein’s supply chain?
The ultra fast fashion giant has created a fund to improve its supply chain after allegations of garment worker exploitation. Experts say it’s a start, but it doesn’t acknowledge the business model that makes these violations more likely.
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