This report from McKinsey & Co and Global Fashion Agenda presents an analysis on the fashion industry’s GHG emissions and outlines areas in which players can focus their efforts to meet climate targets. Read more

Until now, no overview of the textile flows in Aotearoa has been available to inform business and government on the scale of the challenge we are facing with the current linear textile system. Read more

The Biomimicry institute looks to answer the question: What would the fashion industry look like if it acted like a natural ecosystem? Read more

The newly published organic cotton sourcing guide “How to go organic” provides practical answers to the question how companies can source organic cotton. This guide was published by the Partnership of Sustainable Textiles under the German government & industry organisations including Textile Exchange and GOTS. Read more

Pathways for evolving apparel and textile businesses from linear to circular. The Renewal Workshop, a leading circular solution provider for the apparel industry reports on the power of circular business models and presents examples of how circular practices are being used across the apparel and textile industry. Read more

2020 will go down in history as one of the most challenging for the fashion industry on record, marked by declining sales, shifting customer behaviour and disrupted supply chains. Business of Fashion and McKinsey & Co provide expert analysis on the trends and challenges facing the industry in the year ahead. Read more

In 2018, UN Climate Change convened companies from across the fashion value chain - raw material producers, textile producers, apparel manufacturers, and brands - as well as other organizations to align on a holistic set of commitments on climate action. From this came the Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action (Charter). Building on the Charter, the UN Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action has developed the Climate Action Playbook to guide industry action. Read more

The Ellen MacArthur Foundations Make Fashion Circular initiative presents its vision of a circular economy for fashion, where products (apparel, footwear, and accessories) are used more, made to be made again, made from safe and recycled or renewable inputs. Read more