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Circular Economy

New report reveals fashion industry’s reliance on fracked gas from Texas

by CK Staff

Research by Stand.earth shows how over 100 fashion brands — including H&M, Zara and Adidas — are using textiles made with

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Circular Economy

How TikTok’s ‘underconsumption core‘ trend is challenging consumer culture

by Omar H. Fares and Seung Hwan Lee

Driven by an erosion in purchasing power and a rise in environmental consciousness, Gen Z and younger Millennials are pushing back against

Circular Economy/Summer 2024

These designers are making the most of Africa’s fast fashion waste crisis

by Shilpa Tiwari

Is it enough to take on the torrent of second-hand clothing flooding the continent?

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Circular Economy

As fast-fashion giant Shein looks to go public, the industry's eco claims come under the microscope

by Elaine Ritch

With more regions cracking down on the fast fashion industry, getting listed on the London Stock Exchange could spell trouble for the

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Circular Economy

The secret to fixing fast fashion’s waste problem

by Quynh Do Nhu and Mark Stevenson

Textile recycling is no longer for a few “sustainable” fashion firms – it is quickly becoming a reality that no fast fashion

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Waste

A look at the secret world where our waste ends up

by Danielle Renwick

Oliver Franklin-Wallis' new book Wasteland explores the true economic and environmental toll of the waste we produce – and how to dig

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Supply Chain

How Canada’s Modern Slavery Act lets fashion brands hide behind aura of social responsibility

by Gayathri Krishna, Judy Fudge and Kaitlyn Matulewicz

Investigation into Lululemon exposes major shortcomings in legislation that experts say acts as window dressing

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Circular Economy

Saving forests one piece of clothing at a time

by Natalie Alcoba

Canadian non-profit gets major boost to save forests by turning discarded fashion into new clothes

Supply Chain

Warning: garment may contain slave labour

by Miriam Amdur

The idea was simple. Walk into the mall on a busy Saturday afternoon and turn ethical labelling on its head in an

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